Wanted a Bronco (West Coast Bronco Build Thread)

kholding · Feb 10, 2011

Really not sure in the color scheme just yet? I'm all over the map with that. I am really drawn to the "Molten Orange" color of the new Raptors but not sure if that will work for me. Open to suggestions... I would like to find a nice hardtop but figure that is later down the road. I'm going to run the full doors but bought the "lift off" hinges for the nice weather.

Heus33 · Feb 10, 2011

kholding said:
Really not sure in the color scheme just yet? I'm all over the map with that. I am really drawn to the "Molten Orange" color of the new Raptors but not sure if that will work for me. Open to suggestions... I would like to find a nice hardtop but figure that is later down the road. I'm going to run the full doors but bought the "lift off" hinges for the nice weather.

My two favorite colors at the moment are a dark maroon or a dark hunter green. Both look good with a white hardtop and especially great with a tan soft top.

Cobra11 · Feb 10, 2011

i think that molten orange sounds like a great choice. im very interested to see how your paint ends up because i really want to strip mine down and put a new color on mine. are you going to have it done through wcb also? i wouldve done it now, but i did the interior before i gave it to john. so im going to wait a bit until i pull the body off.

kholding · Feb 11, 2011

Not sure yet if their body shop is going to paint or not. The tub is supposed to be going there soon to get prepped for paint and the liner done. I would like to get it all done in one shot.

Cobra11 · Feb 11, 2011

i agree, that would probably be best getting it all done at once. what liner are you going with?

kholding · Feb 11, 2011

Not sure on the liner yet. Need to see what options they have at the body shop. My gauges just got here. Its funny, as you get older Santa Claus turns into a guy in a big brown truck.

Izzy · Feb 11, 2011

Very nice, can't wait to see your plans on a layout of the dash.

Cobra11 · Feb 11, 2011

haha...so true on the men in brown!! If those were in my truck, id probably keep wrecking it because i couldnt take my eyes those beautiful gauges!! very sweet- what color do they light up? glow blue or green?

kholding · Feb 11, 2011

I believe they light up with an orange background? Here are a few pics of the project I'm working on today. A pair of full width axles I got from a '76 F150. Just finishing removing the last of the brackets from the 9 inch. Still not sure if I'm going to stay with the stock axles or throw these on. Got a good deal on these so I figured I could clean/rebuild them and see what happens.

Cobra11 · Feb 12, 2011

those are pretty darn sweet. thats a 60 frt isnt it? what's bolted up to the chassis right now at the shop?

mavereq · Feb 12, 2011

JParker11x said:
those are pretty darn sweet. thats a 60 frt isnt it? what's bolted up to the chassis right now at the shop?

no it's a high pinion d44. it's stout though. the axle tubes on those are 1/2" thick.

kholding · Feb 12, 2011

Yes, HP D44. My rig has the regular width D44/9in right now. Thought about going with 60's but found a bunch of good articles/information here talking about the capabilities of the D44/9in and figured they would be more than enough for me. I plan on building them up with Yukon axles, ARB in the rear, 4.88 gears.

Cobra11 · Feb 12, 2011

that'll be a good combo...im really stoked about the rear that i swapped in on mine. now i just need to do gears and lockers...and the atlas would be the icing! along with the 4r70w like youre doing!!

kholding · Feb 16, 2011

WCB fabbed up my rear shock mount this week and are putting the finishing touches on the core support. Still waiting on my King shocks for the front.

malonejy · Feb 16, 2011

Looking good Kenny. I'm no welder but those welds look nice. I was surprised at how sloppy some of the welds looked on the trucks out at KOH last weekend. I definitely like that rear shock set up. I can tell you why John hasn't got your shocks yet, King had them all on display last week.

I'll be back out to WCB next week and will be checking out your truck some more

Cobra11 · Feb 16, 2011

looks really nice kenny. is that a brand new front grill assembly?

kholding · Feb 16, 2011

Wow! Shock garden! The grill is new. It came with the original tub I purchased. I ended up keeping the grill and the doors. I talked to John yesterday, he is going to install the rocker guards soon. He wants to get everything involving the tub done before sending it off to the bodyshop. I'm trying to figure out my dash layout now. I need some good ideas...

kholding · Mar 1, 2011

I know not a lot has changed, but made a trip down to WCB yesterday to drop off a buddies Bronco and a box of parts for mine and snapped a few pictures. Still deciding on the dash layout, seats, color, etc... decided not to go with the full width axles I found. Anyone looking for a set of '76 full widths, let me know (included a pic of those as well).

malonejy · Mar 1, 2011

Sorry I missed you Kenny. It would have been nice to meet you. I was down there last week. I of course took some pictures of your Bronco while I was there ;D It looks like your King shocks came in. I'm really, I mean really digging that rear shock set up

James

Crawdad · Mar 1, 2011

kholding said:
WCB fabbed up my rear shock mount this week and are putting the finishing touches on the core support. Still waiting on my King shocks for the front.

What kind of grill is that? Painted or stainless steel?

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