MY 1966 FORD Bronco


QUICKSILVER

Owner: Mark Reimers


Year/Model - 1966 Ford Bronco Wagon
Engine - '88 5.0L EFI
Ignition - Stock
Transmition - Ford AOD
Transfer Case - Dana 20
Brakes - Power Disk/Drum
Axles - Dana 30/Ford 9" 4.09/4.11
Suspension - Wild Horses System 9 3.5"
Tires/Wheels - 35/12.50x15 BFGoodrich MT/Wagon Wheels

Exterior
Chassis/Suspension
Engine/Drivetrain
Interior
Suppliers/wish list

Exterior

Here's a "Before" and a "Current" photo of my Bronco. I'm in the middle of a frame-off build-up.

I started by completely disassembling the entire vehicle. About one third of the way through, it looked like this.

Once I got the old body off the frame, cleaned up the frame, painted it, and reassembled a rolling chassis, I started to assemble my new Kentrol fiberglass body.


This picture takes you to the writeup and feature on my Kentrol Body install.

And I think this goes along with the exterior/cosmetical part of things. Go to my hood strut arm install page and you can see how I was able to take the hood shock kit from BC Broncos in CA and adapt it to my fiberglass body.

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Chassis/Suspension

These first two pics are of the origional suspensions. Completely stock, and uneventfull.

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These second two pics show the assmbled front and rear suspensions using Wild Horses 3.5" System 9 components.

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Point and click on this picture to see the entire frame clean-up, painting, and the rebuilding of the rolling chassis. Also on this page is all the info on the Wild Horses 3.5" System 9 lift kit.

One more thing I did was install a 3" body lift from Wild Horses. The following link will take you to a page will full details on how I was able to complete the body lift.

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Engine/Drivetrain

Well, I have installed the '88 5.0L from a Crown Vic, but don't seem to have any pictures of it. Here's the old engine that I don't even have anymore.

All I can do right now is show you the engine. And the disk brakes I installed on the ends on my Dana 30. I used the kit from All-4-Fun Off-Road in Oregon.

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Interior

My interior is empty. A spray-in liner on the floor and sides, no doors (except for winter), no top (again, except for winter), plain dash, and racing seats. Oh yea, and a completely welded roll cage with seat mounts.

I have pictures of most of these things, and right now, all I can do is put up links to those pictures. As time permits, they will eventually end up on seperate pages and nice writeups to go along with them. So without any further ado, here are the pictures.

Rollcage page

I also have pictures of the dash. I had a body shop cut out the grill and glove box and swap them and then pain the entire dash. They did a good job, except for thier welding. I could have done MUCH better. So here are my dash pictures, enjoy.

Dash picture 1, dash before install, without steering column pannel
Dash picture 2, before install, with steering column panel and rubber
Dash picture 3, dash installed
Dash picture 4, dash installed, different view
Dash picture 5, after install, with Centec wires hanging down
Dash picture 6, same thing only from Pass. side
Dash picture 7, glove box with Centec fuse pannel installed, note metal glove box and Centec fuse pannel aren't supposed to be together or shorts will take place, I will have to isolate the two

How about some pictures of the BedRock spray-in bedliner? The next few are of the liner.

Liner picture 1, rear Pass. side
picture 2, w/ top installed
picture 3, drivers area, from Pass. side
picture 4, under dash, drivers side
picture 5, rear Driv. side, behind camera strap
picture 6, rear half of Bronco, w/ tailgate
picture 7, tranny hump w/ Wild Horses shifter
picture 8, drivers area and under dash
picture 9, from rear looking forward
picture 10, Pass. area w/ cage installed

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Here is a list of some great Bronco suppliers that you should check out for some really great products and help.

    Bronco.com is a WONDERFUL! place.
    Wild Horses is a great supplier for new and used replacement and aftermarket parts for the '66 to '77 Bronco.Their suspension lift kits are top notch.
    James Duff is another supplier of good parts.
    K BAR S is another one of those wonderful suppliers.
    WARN is a really well know name for hubs and winches. Both of whick I will be buying for my Bronco.
    We then have Jeff's Bronco Graveyard.Got a hard to find part? They might have it.
    Dennis Carpenter Reproductions is another supplier of origional Bronco parts.

I have decided to put up a wish list. So if you think you could help me with any of these, please feel free to e-mail me!

Well the wish list is pretty short, but I'm very close to getting it up and running. Plus a few accessories.

- 351W and NV4500 5-speed trans
- X8000i Warn winch
- Currie 9" complete with disks
- 4.88 gearing

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Thanks for stoping by. I hope you liked my Bronco. If you have any questions or comments feel free to e-mail me at kb9odg.mark@juno.com.

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