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Hello my name is Willem, and my bronco is in bits and pieces with a body my dad and I picked up from a junk yard and a frame from another donor, a Viper Built transmission, and a motor from Royce. My bronco's name is "Big O" because of his massive old school lift and a paint job of rust and actual orange paint. It has some of the usual problems, but not too much so the work on the body will be light; floor pans, small repair to the rockers, and a small area on the driver side inner fender. This project consists of a ground up build with a james duff suspension, rebuilding gears and axles, new paint job, front & rear bumper, and a roll cage.

Pictures to follow , TFB.

Pics!

Nice looking ride Mr. Willem !

Congratulations and well done on the quick strip down! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Matt

Looks like a great place to start and it will be a sweet ride when you guys are done next year. So cool your Dad tis helping ya build a Bronco. Congrats on the new Bronco and cheers to a fun year learning and building your Bronco.

go willem, go willem, go willem !

Looking good kid! How cool is that going to be to rock around in a rig you and your dad built. Awesome!

Willem that is a great project for you and dad, besides he has a little experience with a Bronco. Can't wait to see how it progresses.

That's sweet you have project you and your dad can work on together. I did the same thing with my dad on mine and those are some of my most favorite memories. Excited to see it done.

Willem, that's a great start, looking forward to see what you and your dad come up with.

WOW!! Thats an awesome tear down. Great way to learn how a Bronco is built. Very cool! Cant wait to see it done!!

ImIn4Lo wrote:WOW!! Thats an awesome tear down. Great way to learn how a Bronco is built. Very cool! Cant wait to see it done!!

Don't try to explain this to your teenage son but it is also a great way to spend a lot of quality time with him...

Speaking from recent experience having done very similar projects with both of my sons as they grew in to young men!

Stay after it TFB - at times it will seem like the process is taking forever but when it is driveable (notice I did not say done - these projects are never "done") you will have the sweetest ride in the lot and you will be the only one who can say - "yeah, I built it".

Great start!

Well said Greg!!!

Looks sweet man, it'll be cool to have another EB in the parking lot at school next year, say what's up sometime.

Willem and I have been cutting out the cancer and putting in new steel, soon he'll be a pro.

We've been busy getting back in school, but we had some time to do a couple of small things like pop the body off and put on the new to us front springs.

Did you get the springs from Dan? If so they're my old springs

I think I might have your old springs on my truck now. I got them from Dan about a year ago.

Cool, just was curious if they got put to good use

Now that hunting season is over Willem and I are back in the garage working on his rig. We finished the rear diff rebuild tonight, split the labor in 1/2 (I'd drive a race or bearing as an example on one side then he'd do the other. Next is to assemble the rest of the axle tomorrow night since it's a bare housing.

Willem has his heart set on a blue & orange combo paint scheme after seeing the photos of the SEMA Bronco in the same color. To say that the pumpkin is pumpkin orange is a bit of an understatement. We may need to paint a jack'o lantern face on it to get a few laughs. We also stripped the D44 housing down & he got his Christmas present (Eaton E Locker) early so we can start the build this weekend.

Or a Denver Bronco's horse??

Thanks to crawlercreations (Jason) we are rockin' a locker in the D44. This is the third D44 that I've helped assemble so I guess I'm ready to throw off the kid gloves and tackle the next one on my own, yikes!

Awesome! I will be looking forward to your review of that locker. So far, my mini-lockers seem to be holding up, but when the funds are available, I think I'd like to step up to 37's on 17's.

Yes please let us know your feedback on that locker, I've considered buying it for the 60 in the rear of mine, just want to know how reliable it is first

You can bet Willem will put it to the test and of course I'll put through the paces and compare it to my Aussie & Powertrax.

Colorado75bronc wrote:Yes please let us know your feedback on that locker, I've considered buying it for the 60 in the rear of mine, just want to know how reliable it is first

Jesus_man wrote:Awesome! I will be looking forward to your review of that locker. So far, my mini-lockers seem to be holding up, but when the funds are available, I think I'd like to step up to 37's on 17's.

I have installed this locker in the front of my uncle's bronco...he loves it. He is running 35s on his full size SAS bronco and it has no problem. I would recommend it to most people.


Willem- Done yet???

Progress...

Front axle is in and mostly assembled, need to run the brake lines and put on a diff cover. Engine & trans are in, need to rebuild the D20 and that on, we should have that done in the next week. Welded up the TRO steering system and drilled out the knuckles. Next will be running the fuel, brake and electric on the frame from front to rear, and then the big day when we set the tub back on.

Nicely done!

Remember I have a maf and housing for you.

landshark wrote:Remember I have a maf and housing for you.

I do, just not that far yet, but soon