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As some of you know, I retired my Bronco II. For the last year or so, I have been working on my 1970 Bronco.

It's was mostly stock when I got it. 302, 3sp, Dana 20, Dana 30 Front, Ford 9" rear, ,manual steering, manual brakes. You know, all the bells and whistles.

Here is a list of upgrades I have been working on. It's been a long slow process. But I'm getting there one step at a time.

- 5.0L HO from a 1992 Thunderbird
- NP435 Transmission
- Dana 44 Front axle
- Power Steering
- Hydroboost Brakes
- Chevy Tie rod conversion
- Tru-kool Aluminum radiator
- Gorilla War Flares
- 20 Gal Fuel tank
- 3.5" suspension lift
- 2" Body lift

looks like you are moving along! how well did the NP435 shifter fit?

Hey that Looks GOOD man.. I like professional workmanship!

BTW what size and type of tire is that front tire on your bronco?

DBrown wrote:looks like you are moving along! how well did the NP435 shifter fit?

With the 2" body lift, it fit perfect. My hole was a little off though since the tranny isn't centered on the tunnel. I don't think I can remove the tranny without removing the engine at the same time. I'd have to cut the hole bigger to be able to slide the tranny back. It was a real SOB going in with just one person. Mostly because of the small hole.

I'm not quite done reshaping the shifter. It still hits the twin sticks a bit in 2nd gear. Might just chop down or ben the twin sticks instead.

tekatlarge wrote:Hey that Looks GOOD man.. I like professional workmanship!

BTW what size and type of tire is that front tire on your bronco?

I wouldn't go so far as professional. For me it's a balance between making it nice and actually getting it done. I don't know how some people do such nice work. I would have liked to clean up and paint more, but that will have wait a few years. Most of the stuff I took apart I did clean and paint before going back on though.

Tires are my 36x12.50R15 Radial Swampers from my Bronco II.

I have always heard that you had to hack a big hole in the pan to get it to fit but that actualy looks better then I thought it would.

so did the np435 bolt to the original cross member?

I already had the AA NP435 adapter on my Bronco II. So yes it uses the factory crossmember. I also purchased the heavy duty motor mounts on a mass buy last summer.

Looks like you might need new tires... Those don't hold air very well.


Looking good.

are you going to use the rear from your BII or stick with the 9" from the EB?

I will be putting in the Dana 60 from the Bronco II.

I reassembled the wiring harness in the driveway today. I took 99% of the wiring from the car. about the only thing cut was the stuff going into the doors. I still might pull the keyless entry touch pad. Seems like it might be usefull for something someday.

The Donor:
1992 Thunderbird
5.0L HO
99,000 miles

Here are some pictures of my homemade exhaust. Not quite done yet, but I'm pleased so far. I'm running stock manifolds. I purchased some Mandrel U-Bends from summit. 2" off off the manifolds and dump into a single 2.25". I have a dynomax muffler that's not installed yet. I also still need to make the tailpipe.

Overall, it's not that difficult. Just a little time consuming. It was also my first real project using a mig. So don't be too critical of the welds!

so you plan to keep the underside of that thing that clean from now on?

the welds look good to me, did you buy a tig?

it's looking good, is it close to getting back on the road?

I hope to keep it pretty clean of mud. Grease and oil seem to do wonders for rust prevention.

I think it's close to being back on the road, but I've been saying that for over a year now. Now I get a few hours a weekend vs all weekend 20+ hr missions. I still look at a project and think I can knock it out in a weekend....then the wife and kids bring me back to reality.

Major projects left:
- Finish Exhaust
- Install Fuel tank
- Plumb fuel lines
- Install radiator
- Wiring
- Finish plumbing the hydroboost and power steering

At that point it should be driveable. Then I need to:
- Install Rear Dana 60
- Install York On Board Air
- Bumpers
- Fender Flares
- Roll Cage

Then I'll be on to paint/body and other pettty stuff. Probably on the 5 year plan.

I'll reply to your welder thread in tools.

Looks great, simple straight forward and tough. My opinion, and only a suggestion mind you but,, I would cut the exhaust pipe in two right past the left/right miter joint and put either a flat flange or a header collector 3 bolt flange in there to facilitate the removal of some of the exhaust for tranny/clutch repair.