Colorado Association of 4WD Clubs Raffle Bronco Build

[jwtrapper]

I'm sure some of you have seen our build on a few of the different forums. I was invited to come here to the new site. I'm excited to see a new club here in Colorado!

Every year the Colorado Association Of 4wd Clubs builds a raffle vehicle to raffle off. The money goes into keeping our trails open and clean here in the state and across the nation. For the 2011 raffle vehicle my club, Rock Solid Offroad has volunteered to do the build. We decided on the Classic Bronco back in February of this year. With a lot of work we found a good clean rust free Bronco to build. Since then I have been gathering parts and getting vendors on line help build this up to a one of a kind Bronco. So far it is going great. We are a little behind schedule because we were hoping to get The Bronco complete before January. We'll see how it goes, but we are planning on having tickets go on sale early in the New Year.

The picture below is of The Bronco the day we purchased it.

This is going to be the 2011 Raffle Vehicle Tickets won't be available untill Jan. 2011
The 2010 Raffle Vehicle is a 1998 Jeep Cherokee w/5.5" TnT lift on 33's with lots of goodies. Tickets should be ready for it soon.




[COLOR="Navy"]This is going to be the 2011 Raffle Vehicle Tickets won't be available untill Feb. 2011 [/COLOR]



Our Donations So Far:

T&T Customs: Special Treat
Warn: Warn Winch
Tuffy Security: Security glove box and center console
Ruff Stuff: Shackle Flip Kit
Seal Brothers: Paint Job
SSR Auto: Paint and supplies
Canon Tuck: 205 transfer case
Nemesis Industries: Cage, Custom Dash and some special touches
Battlement Fabrication: Rear Bumper and Tire Carrier
PRP Seats: Two of their Daily Driver bucket seats
Premier Power Welder: On Board Welder
Poison Spyder Customs: Rear Gas Tank Skid Plate
Craig Fire and Safety: First Aid Kit and Fire Extinguisher
Royal Purple: All Fluids
O'Reilly's Auto Parts: Dress up stuff for motor
Spidertrax Off-Road: 9" Rear Axle Housing
Toms Bronco Parts: Power Brake Kit and a new Starter
Bronco Hut and ididit Inc.: Chrome Tilt Steering Column
Hi-Lift Jack Company: Hi-Lift Jack
Deaver Spring: Front Coils and Rear Leafs
James Duff: Rear Quarter Guards
Painless Wiring: Complete wiring harness
Crawlertech: Crane Hi Clearance Knuckles and Assemble Front Axle
Off Road Design: Doubler Kit for 203/205
Front Range Custom Coatings: Custom Coating
D&K Engines and Machine Shop: Machine Work/Engine Rebuild
Austin Automotive: Engine Rebuild
Randy's Ring & Pinion: Yukon Axle Shafts and Lockers
Magnaflow Exhaust Products: Muffler and tip
PSC Performance Steering Components: Power Steering Pump, Hoses and Steering Box
Bestop: Bronco Soft Top
Predator 4 Wheel Drive: Assemble Rear Axle
Tomken Machine: Front Winch Bumper
Nick's Trix: Some Bronco Goodies
Odyssey Battery: PC1500 Odyssey Battery
KC HiLiTES: 130w Black Daylighters
TrueHi9: Hi Pinion 9" Third Member
Ballistic Fabrication: Ford 9" Semi-Float Axle Flanges
Red Line Powder Coating, Inc.: Sand Blasting and some Powder Coating
Complete Off Road: Dana 44 Warn Premium Locking Hubs
Bulldog Winch: Bulldog Winch Rigging Kit
4 Wheel Parts: 37x12.5x17 Pro Comp Mud Terrain
Addicted Off Road: Rock Sliders
Power Tank: 10lb Power Tank System
West Coast Broncos: Extreme Duty Motor Mounts and Power Steering Brackets
Wild Horses Four Wheel Drive:Brake Lines and Hoses
B.C. Broncos: 5.5" Front Coil Springs
Don Allison: np203 Transfer Case and Some Great Bronco Wisdom!
Dave (ManTruck:) Windshield and Install
Ridge Runners: Hood and ECU
Four To Go 4x4: Exhaust and Recovery Strap
M.O.R.E. Mountain Off-Road Enterprises: Body Lift
Ron Davis Radiators: Aluminum Radiator
The Streetrod Manufacturing Co., Inc.: Rear Disk Brake Setup
Elite Audio Solutions: Complete High End Sound System
MSD Ignition: Distributor and Wires
Gregs 4WD Xtreme: C/B Radio and Antenna
Twizted Engineering: Front Brake Setup
4WD Factory: Front 4.56 Gears and install kit
Bushwacker: Cut Out Fender Flares
Copperhead Fabrication: 203/205 Doubler Truss Bracket
4WD 4Wheel Wheel Drive Hardware: Grant Steering Wheel
Bronco Design: Roadster Door Inserts
Stage 8 Locking Fasteners: Locking Header Bolts and X Lock locking spindle nuts
Mac's Custom Tie Downs: Custom Tie Downs to keep it safe on the trailer while traveling around
NAPA Auto: Rebuild Kit for NP205
Off Road LTD: RCI Street Belts
JB Custom Fabrication: Custom Shifter Knobs for the Triple Stick
Moab 4x4 Outpost: M4O Half Doors
RJM Injection Tech: EFI Harness
Bronco Graveyard: H4 Headlights, Harness and Bezels, Tail Lights and Bezels, Windshield Washer Setup, Wiper Arms and Wipers, Bronco Emblems.
Dakota Digitaland Brady's Garden Center: Bronco Digital Gauge
Rockstar Kustomz USA: Edelbrock Water Pump
Middick's Locksmith Shop: Lock Work
Columbine Automotive Products: Plug in Heavy Duty Jumper Cables
Daystar: Body Mounts, Bump Stops, Winch & Jack Accessories
Master Pull: Snthetic Winch Rope and Fairlead
ORO Off Road Only: LiteSPOTs Under Chassis Kit






If you would like to donate to our build please contact me. We have a great list of parts but we are still in need of a few items to complete the build.

[jwtrapper]

Our Nest





Made some bracing for the body.
Body Off
Motor In
Tranny In
Transfercases In

Everything out
Power Washed Frame
Everything In
2" Body Lift
Body On

Sounds easy, right? Sure it was.....

Here are a few pictures.

The Motor


Our Bracing


Motor And Transmission In


Motor Transmission and Transfercases


Body Off


Making Room


Back Together


We have a little more to do tomorrow before we take it up to Nemesis on monday. We need to cut a larger hole in the floor for the tripple sticks and get some longer bolts for the body lift.

We installed the starter from BC Broncos, new body mounts from Daystar, body lift from M.O.R.E., used our Stage 8 locking header bolts, used lots of new bolts from Fastenal and made our bracing from the steel donated by Penrose Steel.

Thanks Poison Spyder!!

[jwtrapper]

Dash





Power tank, fire extinguisher, and first aid kit mounts.




















Fresh out of the oven.

[akaFrankCastle]

Rest assured there will be no junior high school debate over the price/cost of that custom cage build here on CCB.

I've been checking up on the thread at CB.com, since finding out you guys were building a truck for raffle. Funny thing is I actually suggested the same thing with a '66 Roadster I have right now on the exact same day I found your thread!

Anyhow, great looking build you guys are doing and always a pleasure to have another Colorado owner on the board.

[sbolt19]

That is gonna be one helluva Bronco.

[Colorado75bronc]

Was that cage spawned from hell, cuz that thing is bad!

[jwtrapper]

Just found out today that the headers we have are not going to work. The driverside is right where the front drive shaft needs to be. Anyone want to trade?

[Brianut]

You guys are sick in the head!!!

But in a good way

That is going to be one Bad Motha.

And the cage? well crap. talk about outside the box thinking, diggin it.

maybe I could send you my truck in case you make any mistakes on stuff you build for this one, you could just put them on my truck.
With work like that I am guessing your mistakes might be better than what I do on purpose at times.
Good work and keep us posted on tickets, as I will be buying a chunk of them.

[jwtrapper]

From T&T Customs:

We finished up our part!

Steering and front truss


Rear shot w/ the suspension and aluminum engine skid


Alum. belly skid

[jwtrapper]

The Bronco is going to be on display tomorrow in Denver at the Toys For Tots event. This is being held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds.

The cage is back in, along with a few other goodies and it has a fresh set of meats on it also. Go check it out and let me know what you think.

[Entourage]

Hey JW -

Got any pics of the Bronco from today? Those of us who spent the day with their Mother-In-Laws and could not attend would LOVE some pics

[Cortez]

That's the sickest cage concept I've ever seen. Love the integrated dash and controls. I think that cage is worth more than my whole truck...ha! Nice work...can't wait to see the final version.

[hockeydad4-22]

Yes, that cage is awesome, but no Entourage, no new pics. The Bronco is far from done, it is sitting on 37's and the cage is bolted in but with only 1 bolt per corner, seats are in but no harnesses, no radiator etc. You have everything we copuld picture here in this thread. Let me tell you, that is going to be one seriously sweet rig when finished. And you all can purchase raffel tickets but it is going to live in my garage.... just like all those winning loto tickets I have purchased over the years...

[sbolt19]

just like all those winning loto tickets I have purchased over the years...

winning lotto tickets he said......Some sorry large mouth bass won my powerball a couple months ago, you know, the one that was 200 million or so...that was mine.

[jwtrapper]

We do have a lot of work left to do. We have most of the parts but are just waiting to get it back down to us to start working on it again. I think things are going to start moving along quick now.

I am supposed to get some more pictures soon from the Toys For Tots run. If I get some more I will post them up.

[akaFrankCastle]

I saw you were looking for ideas on what to do with the aluminum. I say you leave it bare. Looks nice and clean that way. Maybe take all those stock markings off, but leave it bare and unshiny.

[Woodscaper]

Way Cool! I happened into Four To Go today and got a look at this Bronco, The cage is pretty B.A. Its got slots in the dash tube for the defrost to blow on the windshield. There is alot to do on this thing still but it will be werth buying a few tickets, like a thousand or so.

[freeheelbillie]

I ll be putting down a C-Note for sure....but as Zilla said while we were in on it during Toys for Tots, "Some kid who buys one ticket will be the one to win."

[jwtrapper]

So we now have it back down with us and got to work on it right away. Pulled the cage out and pulled the body off.






We have to build a crossmember for the transmission and transfer cases and then we will pull every thing off of the frame too.



Loaded up on the trailer to start the body work!!


Its getting closer.

[jwtrapper]

I tried to edit my donations list up in the first post but for some reason its all messed up. I will have to work on it later and see what I can do. I tried to cross post it from another site but all I get is just the html codes. But for now here is this. I have added some to this list so I have to get to that also. Oh it's a lot of work keeping all of this going.

[rtreads]

Dang! This thing will be sweetness!!!

Ok, so how many tickets can I buy again?!


...Are any of the custom parts used going into production?

[ManTruck]

I've comitted to the windshield and install. I seen a tickle in the bumper build about windshields. That price is a good price so if someone could hook me up for the contact and ability to get one somehow for the good buddy price I would appreciate it.

Dave

[hockeydad4-22]

I've comitted to the windshield and install. I seen a tickle in the bumper build about windshields. That price is a good price so if someone could hook me up for the contact and ability to get one somehow for the good buddy price I would appreciate it.

Dave

I am the one who has the auto glass (or any other glass needs you might have at steep discounts for club members. I happen to own a glass shop and the bumper b uild is in my shop. I will b glad to sell you the windshield, and I will even be glad to insall it, as long as it is here in my shop for that same $90. You can take it with you and install it yourself for $60 if you prefer. This price is for a clear windshield, shade bands are extra. also rememer that the price does not include a gasket, you will hve to provide one of those on your own. Just PM me when you are ready and I will take care of it.

[jwtrapper]

Just some quick phone pics.

[jwtrapper]

Dang! This thing will be sweetness!!!

Ok, so how many tickets can I buy again?!


...Are any of the custom parts used going into production?

You can buy all of the tickets if you would like. Let me know and I'll put the order in. I can even have your info printed for you so that you don't have to sit down and fill them all out. :)

T&T is putting the suspension into production, you will just have to call them and ask for it. It's not on their website yet. Nemesis is not going to do a production on the cage but said they can do one similar if you bring your Bronco to them. Last time I spoke with them they already had one lined up.

[jwtrapper]

[airbur]

When do tickets go on sale?

[jwtrapper]

We got a little work done today. I must say if this was a stock Bronco the Painless kit would be a piece of cake. With all of the extra stuff, like the aftermarket steering colum and digital gauge, it makes it a bit more of a challenge.

[Entourage]

That is going to be one of the baddest Broncos anywhere! You guys have gone completely over what I expected. Just beautiful.

[ManTruck]

I get to touch it tomorrow. I will be installing the windshield. I will rub the magic on it so my ticket is drawn.