Got the roll bar mocked in tonight, we were originally going 2 use a bolt-in bar with legs that went to the tailgate, but changed our minds and went with a welded short leg that goes to the tops of the wheel wells.

Hope 2 pick up seat belts tomorrow and let boy drive it to school on Friday. Run for your lives!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHLdg_VNww

OK, I know it only sort of fits, but now it's stuck in my head so it had to be posted.

Ernie at 4 Wheel Parts in Westminster was able to get me a really good deal on seatbelts if your interested.

Heading out on our maiden voyage, I'll post up pics & video if it makes it, even if we tow it home.

Woohoo! Can't wait to hear how it went!!

Great news!

Matt

That's great! Hope all goes well.

Well I think it was a success, a couple of problems popped up, we'll sort those out over the next couple of days.

Pic, 1st stop... Fuel!

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And of course we couldn't go home without seeing some smoke!

http://youtu.be/P6fcZ9TMtb4

Sweet-- congrats! Always a rewarding feeling and you'll never forget your first ride!

That's awesome. I'll try to stop in at the tint place we were PMing about to see if I can swing a deal for you.

ha super sweet.. great burn out!

one tire fire!!!!

Good job guys. I bet there is a smile that wont go away. Im jealous and wish mine was done and driving.

Sweet!

Looks awesome guys!!

Very Nice job! All the hard work paid off.

Love the color! Awesome 1st ride for a High Schooler.

I had no idea you guys would have it done by the Birthday deadline but it looks like you guys hit the deadline and created an amazing Bronco. Keith did a great job painting. Love the color, wheels, tires, lift, etc. Beautiful Bronco and whole project came together.

Congrats on the new Bronco and Happy 16th Birthday!

Phil shows up with shiny parts, Phil gives much needed instruction to 6' 3" bronco owner, Phil cracks jokes, Phil takes test drive, now all is right with Bubba Smurf.

THANKS A TON PHIL!

Best way ever to replace a trans

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Thats just cheating there.

Bubba Smurf is getting an alignment check, I'll guess the following are out; track, camber, caster & toe. I'll also guess that the caster & toe are close and that we won't be getting the $69 special price.

I think the front axle has a slight bend the way the camber looks on one side because the ball joints are in good condition.

You can always buy the degreed eccentrics for the upper balljoint, do you know if you can still get the spindle camber shims?

i might have some dana44 upper ball joint sleeves that you can adjust.. i will look..

Corey, I have a set of those camber shims, Willem won them at the Memorial fun run, so we will be putting one of them them in.

Chris, if you have a set I'd like to pick them up as well for the caster.

Turns out the whole tuck is out slightly for all measurements including the rear axle. We need more caster, even though I put in the correct C bushings for the lift, camber is okay on the driver side but I need 1 degree on the pass side, I need to dial in a bit more toe in (the easiest to fix) and finally I need to try to twist the rear axle counter clock wise from a top view look of the truck. All the bushings for the entire suspension were replaced, new ball joints & new steering components were installed when we built it so I guess I should expect some tweaking.

It drives well for a bronco, but with a 16 yo behind the wheel I'm going to try and get it to drive as safe as possible. I'm going to get it up to speed now that we have the trans sorted out and see what shakes loose.

sure will arrange to drop them off or if your in the neighborhood

And I would love to grab that body lift from you as well. Hoping to get the tub out of the yard this weekend... (if it does not work out - no biggie, I have plenty of hockey pucks I can use for mock up purposes)

sure iam around today and friday

Went down the highway at 90 mph in bubba smurf ran like a champ even with a tired 351 still pulls like no other. Video soon to follow.

Sporting the summer look, still have to sort out the snaps, but the safari look is a keeper.

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Sweet! Glad you got the header rail sorted!