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Old Jan 8, 2015 | 11:51 AM
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I figured I would make a thread here because I know we are just bound to have a problem somewhere lol. Anyway, he had this Bronco forever, someone put sugar in the gas tank 15+ years ago and it has sat ever since. He just got the money to start fixing it, and things are sorta going into place.

All we have done so far is get rid of most of the rust, and bed-liner the floor of the truck. He had the original 351M bored out to a 400 shortblock, and we should get that fairly soon. He wants to buy a 1" throttle body spacer and an avenger 670 carb. Other than that he hopes to keep everything stock. Here are a few pics on the "progress" so far.





























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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 11:24 PM
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Some real potential happening there ! Keep us updated.
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Old Jan 17, 2015 | 01:22 PM
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I will, we just got the engine yesterday. I'll go get some pictures.
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Old Jan 17, 2015 | 01:28 PM
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Here is the engine. It started out as the 351M, currently bored out to a 400 short block. He wants to paint it Ford blue and get it show room quality.











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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 06:25 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 06:46 PM
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Very nice. Looks like a great project.
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Old Feb 5, 2015 | 06:23 PM
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Not much going on, just got the windshield in the other day.


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Old Feb 5, 2015 | 08:07 PM
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That's a great looking project. I miss my old Bronco.
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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 12:49 PM
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Haven't done much, my dad is back to work. All we have done is picked up a couple doors.
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Any progress is good progress
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