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1985 Ford Bronco “Big Blue Beast”
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“Big Blue Beast”1985 Ford Bronco

documented by Josh Benfield 218 photos documented since 3 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

XLT
Used as a daily driver and mild four wheeling.
Its a work in progress and will eventually be completly rebuilt as a very nice four wheeling/show truck.
I'll probably never sell it and will hopefully pass it on to my kids in mint condition. — Josh Benfield

Day one vs. today

Drag to compare 2004 against 2007.

1985 Ford Bronco in 2007
1985 Ford Bronco in 2004
2004 2007

Photo history

218 photos across 4 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.

2004

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Intro to the Newly redesigned Ford Bronco 1985 Ford Bronco — Hmm....didn't know they still had Ranger XLTs in the 80's 1985 Ford Bronco — Free Wheeling Package Explained with details on the special tape strips The Bronco Custom A very handy list of probably all the options you could get on the 1980 bronco. Notice the option for the fac… 1985 Ford Bronco — All the paint colors are listed along with information on the rust protection that didn't really work for man… 1985 Ford Bronco — A specs list along with the hardtop colors. 1985 Ford Bronco — Either the front or back cover

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1985 Ford Bronco — This happened 50 yards off the main road :( 1985 Ford Bronco — Yeah, it was deep 1985 Ford Bronco — This gives you an idea of how deep it sunk down. The mud was so slick that it just slid sidways into it, with… 1985 Ford Bronco — We had to leave it for the night 1985 Ford Bronco — No, those aren't my tracks. Found out later that some "big jeep" got stuck down there a week before 1985 Ford Bronco — Heres the hole after i got pulled out. The top of my tires just barely stuck out over the top of the rut. Of… 1985 Ford Bronco — Seemed fitting for the situation. "GIT-R-DONE!" 1985 Ford Bronco — Heres the only shot i got of the guys that pulled me out. A 2dr. Cherokee on 44's with some major trimmed fen…

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1985 Ford Bronco — Hand holding a new aluminum piston with valve reliefs above a box of engine parts 1985 Ford Bronco — Pair of Ford-blue painted stamped steel valve covers with Ford oval script on red carpet MSD distributor cap with blue spark plug wires and a small gray bracket on a red carpet 1985 Ford Bronco — Hand holding a Ford-blue painted engine timing chain cover with crank seal opening 1985 Ford Bronco — New Eagle performance V8 crankshaft on red carpet beside its printed cardboard box 1985 Ford Bronco — Blue lift coil springs, shocks and drop brackets staged indoors on red carpet Disassembled V6 engine block with intake manifold resting on an old tire outdoors 1985 Ford Bronco — Roller lifters and hold downs in the valley

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1985 Ford Bronco — Lots of extra room after the a/c stuff is gone. It was pretty easy with the body off the frame and the front… 1985 Ford Bronco — White accessory bracket and black pulley stamped E0TC-3D673-EA on a blue engine part white metal bracket with bolt and blue washer 1985 Ford Bronco — Power steering pump on a blue mount and white bracket lying on a plywood shop floor 1985 Ford Bronco — Mud-terrain tire tread with coins in the lugs for depth, driveshaft on a block behind Close-up of tire tread with water droplets, Supermotors logo visible Close-up of a large tire with several coins resting on its tread. Dark background Two large off-road tires and suspension components are lying on the ground amongst leaves and dirt

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