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1978 Ford Bronco “THE PROJECT”

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“THE PROJECT”1978 Ford Bronco

54 photos documented since 2008 3 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

This Bronco will soon be a daily driver. This truck is colaboration of my old bronco (rust bucket) and another less rusty bronco. — drajj5

Day one vs. today

Drag to compare 2008 against 2011.

1978 Ford Bronco in 2011

1978 Ford Bronco in 2008

2008 2011

Photo history

54 photos across 4 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.

2008

2008

12 photos added — showing 8

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 3 ON LIFT (body only). It lifted off like a dream. Now I can focus on the frame repair(s) pic 11

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 3 body lifted off of frame, this reveiled just how bad the frame was. It also showed that the belly of the cab was in great shape....…

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 FRAME/BODY MOUNT just fwd of driver rear spring----ROTTED OUT I am going to cut out this rot and replace with fresh new metal pic 12

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 passenger side rear, with a makshift patch at rear quarter panel. this will be replaced with a new quarter panel........looking at…

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 With the top removed I could see a decent interior with little to no repair needed....Yee haw! pic6

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 driverside rear only needs to be touched up. fenderwells seem to be good..... pic 7

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 driverside front ---front clip will not be saved I like the round headlight look anyway. Vintage, the only way to go!!!! pic 8

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 Front clip is trash, grill is bent and both front fenders have rot at the front side marker lights. hood has rust underneath and wi…

2009

15 photos added — showing 8

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 frame cleaning and prepping for paint.......... will use a rustoleum black for the final coating, this will be brushed on so that a…

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 frame repair--remove bad/pitted/thin metal pic 14

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 new steel plate w/machined hole. this was done a local machine shop. pic 15

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 painted outline for replacement plate pic 16

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 top view of plates. I had no idea that there was so much rotted away. pic 17

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 side view of plates pic 18

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 shows how thin the metal has become at center of hole. I am glad that this is getting fixed. pic 19

2010

11 photos added — showing 8

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 fresh tranny installed.....it was the easiest install, my brother came over to help and with no cab the job went fast!!!! 36

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 good god, car lifts are a blessing. this is a front veiw of the running gear underneath the body......some assembly required.. 38

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 Side veiw of the body sitting high above the frame. I must install Reese hitch, Gas tank, and shocks. this is easy to get to before…

1978 Ford Bronco - stage 6 A color matched bedliner was used on the underside of the body. Made by raptor this was tintable liner that will not look stupid wh…

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 driver and passenger floorboards with tranny tunnel cover set in place.....Oh goodness that looks good!!!! Hope that it will stay t…

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 New rear quarter panel primed and ready for paint, the rest of the body used a gallon of primer to finish. 31

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 5 Completed frame, tires are old and will be replaced with new. Time to work on the brakes pic 23

1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 Lots of primer showed areas that still need love. I will attend to those areas one at a time 30

2011

6 photos added

1978 Ford Bronco - The chassis and engine of a 1978 Ford Bronco are suspended in a workshop, undergoing restoration.

1978 Ford Bronco - A blue painted transfer case and transmission assembly is shown mounted on a black frame, likely during a restoration or repair process.

1978 Ford Bronco - Vehicle underbody coated in red paint, suspended on a lift in a garage setting.

1978 Ford Bronco - A black fuel tank is shown in front of a large industrial fan.

1978 Ford Bronco - The frame of a vehicle is visible with a large, deflated tire resting within it.

1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of a vehicle's frame, showing rubber straps and suspension components.

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