69 F250 body on 87 bronco frame

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Nice buy!

Sorry I haven't been updating much.. Been focusing on the bronco forum I'm on.. I'll try and get some progress pics up right now.. So on with the updates.

Also remember these are copied and pasted from the bronco forum so names and comments people won't / might not understand

I copied and posted all the pics / comments for those posts.. hope you all enjoy!

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I don't think it looks that straight. =)



Hmmm



What are we doing there? (Oh look it's Scott! (ToyKeeper)



Oooooh look.. an 80's truck rear cab cross member!



Removing the 69 cross member



This is the 69 cross member that was to short.



Here's me putting the new one in



Not fitting well



Keith's dad



More of getting the cross member in

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I took a couple pics with my blackberry. =(

Cutting the bed



Dang that looks sweet



We wanted to see what it would look height wise and body line wise so we threw it up there.. We ended up trimming it more.



So I cheated and put the hood on just so we could get a cool pic.



Scott (ToyKeeyper) doing some cutting on the bed..



Pretty much wrapping up the day and calling it quits.



Last pic of the day..

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Today's update.

Marc (WorldClassSniper) came over and helped today.. Also so did Dustin.. Not sure what his name is on here but he was there learning as much as he could.. Per the pictures it looked like we went backwards but we did go forwards a little. =)

Taking the hood back off. Me, Marc, Dustin



Another shot me on the left, Marc on the right.



Marc cleaning up the crack by the steering box



Getting ready to weld the top of the cracked cross member and the frame by the steering box.



He was having a hard time seeing through his welding helmet.. We thought it was the ambient light from the sun. So I became an umbrella person :toothless



Welding the plates for the core support mounts. (I'll be getting sleeves and putting bolts in there to..)



Woot.. We got smart and went to the Ez-Up. Thankfully.. It was pretty hot out today



Fabin up the brackets.



Keith's dad starting to attack the bed some more

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Keith cutting on the bed



Why this was going on I pulled off the 69's Master Cylinder from the brake booster and amazingly enough the 87 MC bolted up perfectly to the 69 Booster.. Brakes seems nice and solid.. Won't know for sure until we test drive.

I also bolted the steering box back up.


Why they are doing that I also decide I want to see if I can make the steering work..



I did pull the steering out and realized it wasn't going to be just a bolt in thing.. Since I don't really have a knack for figuring those things out I just left it alone.. Will visit it next trip

A random shot



Getting the core support mounts ready to go.



Bolting them in



Securing them in place. I've been thinking about this since we did it.. I think I messed up where I placed them height wise on each side.. That's what I get for making a decision when I'm frustrated.. ah well.. I'll just have to live with it



More work on the bed



Starting to clean up shop.. Like I said it doesn't look like we made progress and went backwards but things did go good..

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Ok.. some progress today.

Ahhh.. it's so nice to have my cart with all my tools exactly where I want them..



Roomie pluggin in the Air compressor



Ok.. time to do the Rear Main Seal.. And here's an awesome write up =)



Que the Montage music again annnnnddd BAM!



icky leaky seal



All gone



Hmmm brand new on in the bag



Look.. it's your new home



All better



Done!



Ewwwww look at this mess



Much better!




I ran out of tape.. I'm going to go get some more and clean up even more of the harness and the under hood harness as well.. I'm freakin tired of dealing with that nasty mess over and over..

That's it for now.

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Update: My mom saw a picture of the progress and told me I should keep it orange and call it "The General" hmmmmm..

My buddy Keith said the steering is done.. He did whatever was needed to do and it is hooked up.. Just needs to be bolted the rest of the way in.. :shrug on what that means...

I did get something accomplished not much buttttttttttt.....

I got the motor in the back of the F250 so I can get install it tomorrow!







oh and for those who can't see photobucket.. here are my seats..



and in the background there's a highlift.. I need to figure a way to mount that in the bed of the 69..


That's it for today.. hope to have more tomorrow.

[Spectre]

Update: w/ pics! :thumbup

All the rest of the pics are located here http://www.supermotors.net/registry/22092/73715


So I go over to my friends house to do some work.. Well I want the part of the cab that has the harness that goes into the firewall.. So we decide to cut it off.


Oh yea.. we want that hole! :histerica



Me going in to take off the inertia switch..



Cutting it out



Stupid pose... :histerica



The bed almost ready to be welded and bolted on



Trying to figure out where to put the "hole"



Cutting a hole for the "hole"



Drilling some holes and finishing up the hole.. (yes it's done now)

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Woah.. what's going on?



Hey.. where you going with my motor?! :toothless



Lets move this!



Little change of pace.. Checking out the bed mock up.



Going over some of the bed stuff



See the finished hole! :thumbup



repositioning chains on the motor

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Look what's going on here!



Trying to get it right



Almost there



In the frame rails



Front shot




So that's it.. The engine is in there.. However need to straighten it out and hook the trans up to it..


So Saturday we'll do that and finish the bed.. Woot! progress is being made!

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Update:

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.. All pics from today can be located here. http://www.supermotors.net/registry/22092/73731

Me attacking the motor/trans setup



Keith going at the bottom side of the truck



Me helping line up from the front.



The motor is bolted to the trans/torque converter and bolted in! YAY!



Trying to attack the track bar setup.



Getting ready to weld



Trying to center the axle.



Welding the mount in place



Moving on to the hood




*waiting for pics to upload...* will post more in a bit..

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Now to attack the bed



Finally welding the bed together!



More bed work.



Cleaning up for some welds.



Little more work



Getting ready to do something... hmmm.. What could it be



Ohh lookie where it's going



putting it in place



Cutting out the body mount bushing in the very back.



Doing a quick shim job in the front. (these will be redone)



Figuring out the mounts



Welding them in place



Bolted together! (Yes I know it's not straight.. I need to raise the front of the bed a little.. ) But it's bolted on now for transport.

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Getting the old top out of the way..



It was nice looking at one time.. (I hear they're talking about turning it into a trailer) :histerica



Me taking the throttle cable (Just in case)



Uh oh.. What's going on here?!



Test fit



Me cleaning up the metal for some welding



More cleaning



Bzzzzt



Bzzzt again



Final welds





Me tightening up the steering shaft to steering box bolt..



Ready to move



My g/f the awesome driver! (She was sneezing during the pic)



Strapping it up



almost ready



Strapped up and ready for the drive home

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Ok.. Today.. I did a little bit.. I blew out all the dirt and stuff that had accumulated from it sitting for the past year.. Made it look a lot better..

My g/f came over and was taking pics of me messing with the wiring and what not.. Unfortunately she didn't bring the cord to hook up her camera to the computer.. Though she said she's bringing it over tomorrow..

All is not lost though.. I used the room mates camera to snap a couple pics.. However it looks a lot better in the day time. :toothless

Hmmmm what's so different? :brownbag

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Not to much to report.. I attached the fuel lines.. Tried to attach the power steering line to the steering box but after 30+ minute of not being able to get it to start I gave up... Moved on to work on the parking brake.. Played with that for a bit.. got frustrated and moved onto the wiring..

Some of these pics are from yesterday and some are from today..

I think I was taking off the engine hoist leveler



Some wiring stuff.



Trying to stuff the harness over the top of the brake booster



Another shot



Cheesy pic of me taking off the small tires



Other side



Today's pics

Wiring mess.



Small rats nest I'll clean up and organize.





I have removed the instrument cluster and stated pulling out the old harness.. I'll be re running the bronco harness through the dash for a cleaner look tomorrow..

Oh and here are some better pics of the truck now.






That's enough for today.. Tomorrow instead of jumping form thing to thing I'm going to focus only on the wiring.. Should be able to make some good progress...