1970 Bronco Build...

[ZTFab]

Here's a '70 Ford Bronco that I am working on for a customer.

So far I have completed the front bumper, built a custom trans cross-member, repaired both front floor pans, mounted new CAGE Off-road radius arms, added a James Duff "Torque Tamer" with custom brackets for the housing, installed a Wild Horses Track-bar bracket on the front diff., installed a fiberglass hood and made some modifications to the existing roll cage.

I still have to complete the rear bumper and spare tire carrier and do a couple of small odds and ends.










Underside of front bumper.

[ZTFab]

Pics of the trans cross-member...

[MNSTRBLDR]

Awesome work as always.

[ZTFab]

A couple more pics of the bumper with the winch and fairlead mounted...







A shot of the floorboard repair...

[zapster]

way to go paul..

i gotta get pics of my brothers '76 he just did over..

5.0 roller motor from a '87 mustang..

cepek tires..lifted..
really nice..
bumpers by ...zap!
i'll get him to e-m me some pics..

...zap!

[ZTFab]

I'd love to see 'em zap.

This ones got a 5.0 as well, with some other goodies like a Trick Flow intake and BBK throttle body, shorty headers, and MSD ignition. It's running a serpentine belt setup off of a Mercury Mountaineer with a Ron Davis Radiator and Vintage Air A/C.

- It also has on board air for the ARB air lockers, front and rear.

- Custom 9" Rear Housing with 4" axle tubes and Explorer disc brakes.

- And the ONLY tires worth a d@mn...Goodyear MTR's. (I race on Goodyear tires and they are absolutely the best, handsdown.)

[ZTFab]

Thanks for the compliment MNSTRBLDR.

[MicroZone]

Very nice work ZT...looking good!

[chopper5]

ZTFab man you do nice work

[FearcityINC]

That kicks arse......all you need now is one of those Zena welders.....has anybody used one of those??

[Steelwill]

I like those welds.

[Sandy]

Smart looking work ZT. I like those old bronkos.

[wannabe_welder]

I'm not much of a welder but I know what I like, and that's nice work. If that were my buggy, I'd be a very happy customer.

[matts dad]

vwry nice work.thanks for sharing

[zapster]

Hey Paul..
How ironic is this?
last night my brother came over with the tranny pan from his bronco for me to fix..
there's a bung in the side of a stock pan where the dipstick tube screws into..
and if you tighten it up too much then this happens...



to weld it flat just clamp to the table..



fixed..no more leak..




man thats some thin stuff!!
but all is good now..

my brother looked at the bronco pics you posted..he loves it

but he has 1 question..
from underneeth it looks like you drilled and tapped into the transfer case and bolted it to the fabbed crossmember...

is he right?

...zap!

[ZTFab]

No drilling and tapping here....

This Bronco has a Marlin Crawler Dual Transfer Case setup.

It has a C-4 Trans, with a Toyota Landcruiser T-case mated to a Dana 20 T-case.

Both have individual mounts. The Toyota being the factory and the D20 using a GM trans mount off the the gear cover plate.

- Paul

[zapster]

slick!
nice work my friend...

my brother will be here in about an hr. ...
we're going to a cruzzze a few towns over this afternoon with his bronco and my '63

i'll take some pics of his rig for ya!

b.t.w. he may have a 5.0 roller in it but he went with a Edelbrock carb and intake instead of E.F.I.
i'll post the pics this evening..

...zap!

[peter14]

that is awesome,,Ive not seen a bronco like that in Sydney ever.

[zapster]

Hey ZTFab..

heres my brothers '77...
like he said "they're all the same between '66 and 78"



i would not know..

but he added "mine did'nt need floors"
he got it in oregon 4 yrs ago..

enjoy












...zap!

[chopper5]

boht are cool trucks im a ford man too

[m3pedro]

how did you weld that?

MIG right? what machine?

or TIG?

[ZTFab]

Everything but the floorboard is MIG with one of my Lincoln PowerMIG 200's.

The floorboard is TIG with silicon bronze filler.

...and thanks everybody for all of the compliments.

[ZTFab]

...and zap, your brother's Bronco looks really nice!!

- Paul

[elvergon]

MAN! your work is AWESOME.

Thanks for putting the pics up! I had a wild weekend and couldn´t check the site until now. You got the nice jobs bro and you make them look fantastic.

I just got one question...are you using the "tack welding method" to get those ripples in the front bumper?

Post pics as you can, we really love your work as u can see

Oh yeah, and what kind of steel are you using for the transmission mount? (the tubes and plate between the big Heims from underneath)

What settings did you use in your machine?

[wello]

nice work Paul looks great