Idk im trying to keep the cost reasonable. Don't wanna go broke building this thing

Yea I plan on it. I just have to find one in decent enough condition you know?

 

axle looks gud but would of looked better with Rust promoter (lwg) paint. I like the little stand you made

 

ok newb question, what is DSG?

 

Dark Shadow Grey

 

Ah thank you, I need to brush up on the terminology that goes with the little trucks

 

What could this be? Well its a nice little bump for teh thread that's what it is.

I've been on the prowl for the past week and it payed off. I found the early bronco 9" for a price I couldn't pass up. Only paid 200 for it. Not bad considering it has 3:50 gears and a nice limited slip that I can sell. The truck was bought in 68, and was put in a barn in Louisiana in 73 and never touched again. I should have bought the whole damn bronco but he was asking to much for it. Axle has 50k on it and has some mild surface rust, what vehicle doesn't from 68. But anyways I have the axle delima out of the way.

On to the pics:





And for all you skeptics out there it is a l/s with 350s

 

Nice find. That gear ratio won't be too bad actually. I'd go to 3.73's, the 4.10's would be too low

 

i plan on running 4.11s with a l/s the guy i bought it from has a whole shop full of EBs and
EB parts he said hell do an even swap for the l/s' and install my 4.11s

 

I meant 4.11's sorry.

My F250 has 4.11's and I like them, but if I was doing something for mudding, I'd get 3.55's. But for trail riding and rock crawling 4.11's are perfect.

I have to check myself on these gear ratios since they aren't like Ranger gears lol

 

Definately man. i dont plan on hitting any mud unless its along the trails

 

I hate mud, but the farm trucks have to deal with em lol.

You're definitely gonna have fun with this, but it won't take long till you'll be craving the bigger motors. Ever since my buddy let me drive both his 390 and his 460 around, I've been wanting to start another project lol

 

Yeah same here man i cant stand it. too much hassle cleaning it lol. but i figured if i get this 351m in there id be happy. plenty of torque and power on the streets and on the trails.

 

pretty sweet. is it me or are the cabs on those trucks giant in relative to the newer generations?

 

nah. the boxier style of the first and second gens make them seem a little bigger, but theyre the same

 

Looks like a good build man, deffintley gonna stay posted!

 

There was a guy over on Great Lakes 4x4 a while back that had a gen 2 that had eb axles with coils up front and a 4 link in the rear and a nicely moded
306 i believe. ill do some diging cause itll almost be identical to what my truck will look like

 

What my truck will look like in the end:

 

Sick as hell man.. Any idea on paint yet?

 

Wait, are you going full width or narrowing it?

 

No im not running full widths. The d44 measures ~ 62" wms-wms and the eb 9" is ~ 60" wms-wms so they'll be close

 

Do you have the truck yet?

 

As of now that's like last on the list. The paint and body are straight and clean so im not going to mess with them

 

In another week and a half I will it sucks not being able to see it, but I will lol so im pre buying stuff just so I don't run into snags

 

So bad ***! I wish I had the time and garage space to throw down on a project like that. I'm truly jealous of what this truck will end up as. Great find, will definitely be following this build.

 

Thanks man. Its not going to be a super fast build considering its not my DD so im not worried.but im not going to wait till im 50 to finish it either lol