'86 Bronco II Eddie Bauer Restore.........

[compleckz]

aww come on, not adding a jesus/darwin fish to the hatch to cover up the old adhesive residue


looks GREAT man!

 

[mjonesjr]

I probably would just to cover that spot if I could find one the right size.

 

[compleckz]

is it just adhesive, or is the paint peeled/faded there?

if you didn't already know, 3M adhesive remover is the greatest, i use it to de-badge cars/ remove pin stripes all the time..

 

[mjonesjr]

the red paint has worn down to the tan paint. Evadently Ford painted the entire vehicle tan and then painted the red over it.

 

[compleckz]

the red paint has worn down to the tan paint. Evadently Ford painted the entire vehicle tan and then painted the red over it.

wow, interesting to know

you could always get a sticker from Jim to go over it

 

[mjonesjr]

lol!

 

[mjonesjr]

I had to remove the factory CV driveshaft. Luckly I had 2 other driveshafts to choose from. One is a double cardon driveshaft. I am going to wait to put that on when I install the Explorer rear end and have the driveshaft rebuilt.

The other is a single cardon driveshaft. It will work for a tempory until after the Dunes trip.

Here are the pictures.

Old CV driveshaft installed. Notice the HORRIBLE CV angles. That driveshaft had already blew out all the grease in the CV joints and was clicking when it would turn.

Old and new(er) together:

New(er) installed:

Here is my double cardon shaft waiting a rebuild!

 

[Fusion]

Haven't saw one of those since my old 73' Bronco.

 

[mjonesjr]

They came stock in SOME BII's. More had the CV style driveshaft than the double or single cardon.

 

[samsonitesamsonite]

If I may make one sugestion, grind off the remainder of the ubold studs and the leaf pack stud, if that thing is flexy enough to stuff the tires you will TEAR up the fender well with those studs, trust me on that one.

 

[mjonesjr]

Yea another thing I was planning on, but yet to get too. Hopefully I will replace the 2" blocks with 3" blocks before the Dunes trip that way I can use these u-bolts.

 

[mjonesjr]

Well I did a little flexing today. My fiance & I meet my dad a couple towns over at a Home Depot he was delivering at (he is a truck driver and my parents are divorced). I drove the BII because he hasn't seen it, but has heard a lot about it (I got most of my car knowledge from him). We ate supper at a local restraunt and had a little fun while his truck was unloading. You can only imagine the looks I got in the front parking lot of Home Depot doing this:006: You can also tell that if the wheel base wasn't so short, I could have gotten the front end up more. Hopefully I will have some full out flex pictures this weekend!

 

[bandit]

i know you have already heard it alot but nice truck. i wish that one of my b2s would be that nice.keep up the work,looking foward to more pics.

 

[mjonesjr]

Thanks!

I have gotten a couple PM calling me a pic/post whore, but you know what, screw them. I am proud of my work.

 

[RedRanger888]

Thanks!

I have gotten a couple PM calling me a pic/post whore, but you know what, screw them. I am proud of my work.

As well you should be! Awesome looking rig, keep posting the pics!