A "gen 3" bronco II? Is it possible???

[85_bronco24x4]

In the middle of a horrendeously long shift last night at work the thought crossed my mind... could a guy take the front clip off a 3rd gen ranger, put it on a BII, and make it to where it doesn't look horrible? (i.e. the body lines on the front fender lining up and such). I'm kind of a fan of the 3rd gen rangers being it was one of the most hands-down reliable rigs I've ever owned ('94 4.0 5 spd 4x4), but now I'm on my 3rd bronco II which I have equal love for. I want the best of both worlds. The front clip and the drive train out of my old gen 3 ranger put on/into my '85 BII? Oh the things that cross my mind... To the shop with me!!! (with an evil laugh)

 

[BabyBronco89]

id just swap the whole drive train.
just having the 4.0 under the hood, and you wont give a fudge what ur front bumper looks like

i had a similar thought looking for doors one day for my B2 but i dont think body lines would be easy to match up at all

 

[BabyBronco89]

i just remembered i think james duff makes pre runner style front fenders for the b2 which are styled after the 3rd gen ranger
maybe someone can add to that a lil

 

[gribly]

We have a member on here with a '05 front end (I think, somewhere near that year) on a first gen explorer sport, and it looks excellent, so I'd think a BII would line up fairly good. I personally don't like the 3rd gen front end as much as a 2nd gen, so I think you're crazy anyways! One of my neighbors put an '07 front end on a '98 explorer sport, it looks good from 10+ feet away, the front half of the fender is the newer ranger, and the rear half is the original fender, so you can see a slight seam where he welded it and didn't smooth it out.

 

[JMT01]

http://www.mcneilracinginc.com/off-road-fiberglass/ford/bronco-ii/at school slacking off like always and found this for ya


or just do it your self

 

[country0001]

There are pics of the mcneil raing fenders somewhere. It looks ok. Gen 2 looks best anyways, unless you go round headlights on a gen 1