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Kinder
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The other projects in our life.
I thought we had a tread about the other stuff we were all working on, but I can't find it so...
This happened this weekend.
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With the weather so nice and the 2.5 year clock ticking down it was time to see if it would move after 8 years of neglect.
This will be my youngest boy's car, built to drive to school and play on the vintage road race tracks.
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Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:10 pm |
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Rox Crusher
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Joined: Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:36 pm Posts: 3980 Location: Roxborough Park, Colorado
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Re: The other projects in our life.
That's awesome.
I was wondering when you were going to get going on it.
_________________ 1977 Sport, 351w OBDII EFI motor, 4R70W auto, 4:88 gears, ARB lockers, 3.5" suspension, 33" tires.
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Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:50 pm |
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cravenbronco
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Nice
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Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:45 pm |
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TOOLMAN
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Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:29 am Posts: 768 Location: The MHC
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Re: The other projects in our life.
_________________ Wilma - 71 1/2 Wagon; 3 1/2" WH lift, 1" BL, NP435, Chebby disc front, WH twin stick D20, EFI 302, Cool hood scoop, mucho cancer; purchased in 1990.
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Digger
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Joined: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:53 pm Posts: 1276
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Raising them right, you are doing.
_________________ Cummins R2.8 diesel, ZF5, AtlasII, HP44/BB9, ARBs, coiled / linked suspension, 37" KO2s, full cage, bumpers, etc. Build Thread:
Average 23.5 mpg, Best tank: 25.1 mpg
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landshark
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Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:16 am Posts: 3942 Location: Denver, Wash Park Area
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Was it running before? What did you do to get it running and driving? Plans?
_________________ 1976 Bronco "Green, Yellow, whatever", 1969 Bronco "Red", 1972 Bronco Stocker "Kind of Blue/Grayish"
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Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:56 pm |
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Moab Mike
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Another great father/son project!
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: The other projects in our life.
I hope I have planted the Bronco Seed deep in my son's desire, but I too will need to be thinking about something like this in a few years.
But even an old chevy is way cooler than any other starter car!
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Kinder
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The other projects in our life.
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Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:36 am |
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Kinder
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Re: The other projects in our life.
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Mr. Lav
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Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:33 am Posts: 200 Location: yoder, colorado
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Nice 68. My son got a nice surprise too for his senior year of high school
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EFI Guy
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Re: The other projects in our life.
I'm thinking Coyote swap.
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hockeydad4-22
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Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:11 pm Posts: 2378 Location: Highlands Ranch Colorado
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Awesome! I am thrilled to see D's ride getting to see the light of day and a little pavement time. Something about a trip to the local Sonic in a classic that just feels right. Now lets go roast those dry rotted tires off the rims!
And you already know what you are getting into having built W's rig. It is both the most awesome thing you can do and the most frustrating thing you can do... But I can testify - they do actually listen to you, and it is pretty awesome when you get calls from across the continent asking your advice on something they are working on.
Yes - I would do it all again. In a heartbeat.
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Jesus_man
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Perhaps I am stretching the limits of this thread a bit, but it's a project I am quite proud of. New house has your standard wine glass hanger apparatus and they were just too small for my beer glasses. So I started spacing them out to discover my beer glasses have way too much variety of base diameters for these to work. And since, for a weekend, I had access to a table saw, I started making my own. So all I have re-made was the upsidedown T's and L's, but they perform flawlessly! No chance of any of my glasses falling out on their own. I have LED's to light them up, but I need some power splitters to install them.
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_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Kinder
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Nice, I miss the European style beer glasses.
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Jesus_man
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Last update on this project. I used the Sylvania Mosaic LED strips from Lowes (and online) and I think they are a good product for fairly cheap.
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_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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TOOLMAN
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Re: The other projects in our life.
This may be my next project (after I get the Bronco close). It's been sitting in my Mom's drive for 12-15 years. I need to get something the wife can drive. That way, she's more on board when I want to spend money on this stuff.
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_________________ Wilma - 71 1/2 Wagon; 3 1/2" WH lift, 1" BL, NP435, Chebby disc front, WH twin stick D20, EFI 302, Cool hood scoop, mucho cancer; purchased in 1990.
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Jesus_man
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Are you going to try to restore the emblem? That will be cool!
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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TOOLMAN
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Re: The other projects in our life.
I would like to try to. I remember it being white and a reflective blue. Can't really tell anymore.
_________________ Wilma - 71 1/2 Wagon; 3 1/2" WH lift, 1" BL, NP435, Chebby disc front, WH twin stick D20, EFI 302, Cool hood scoop, mucho cancer; purchased in 1990.
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Strike2
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Re: The other projects in our life.
I picked up this GS 550 from a professor up in the spring several years ago to see if I could build a "bar hopper". Life happened but I finally completed it in Oct and I just sold it this weekend for more Bronco Parts! My last side project should be this 1969/70 Honda Z50 that's sitting as a trophy in my garage I trade for a go cart 8-years ago and is 99% complete and original.
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Kinder
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Nice work, my oldest boy is building a cafe style CB550.
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Strike2
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Nice CB, that one looks unmolested i love the spokes rims, I'm sure he's hear of the site called "pipe burn" lots of cool bikes to get ideas from. Also TD motorcycles in Thornton is a good source parts way better than Steeles IMO
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Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:39 pm |
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Kinder
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Re: The other projects in our life.
Thanks for the tips, I'll check out the site & stores.
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Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:31 am |
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Strike2
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Re: The other projects in our life.
http://www.tdmotorcycle.com/TD Motorcycle isn't much of a store they do most of there business on Ebay. I find that there process for taking bikes apart and displaying them is really spot on an not sketchy, being local is a plus for me as well.
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