Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

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Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

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Let me do a proper introduction now, the way this all happened was we were in Laughlin in 2011 to help our friends pit for the Laughlin desert challenge and saw the Moss Brothers in there bronco doing so well so on that day we decided to build a bronco, the bronco is a 1978 ford bronco, my brother got it in a trade and it was in a field in Santa Fe New Mexico, it sat at his house for about 2 years until he said my son could have it, about a month later we went and picked it up and the next day we pushed it into the garage and started pulling it apart. We did all the work/fabrication our selves in are garage. The motor is the stock 400m with just the essential up grades the tranny is the stock C6, at first the front suspension was Dever coils with fox smooth bodies and the back was stock leafs and fox 2.0s, we played with that setup for a while and then we went full on and did sway-a-way 2.5 16 inch coil overs in the front, and Dever leaf springs in the back with sway-a-way 2.5 smooth bodies with reservoirs. We did are first race in El Paso Texas 2013, we were just taking it easy and made it two laps until we changed the battery, because it was old and worn out, and took the battery out of my truck and put it in, it made a world of a difference but then it struck, my brother and I were cruising up a rocky hill and the track bar we made snapped in half witch unfortunately ended are race and bent a shock shaft but over all the truck did great.
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Older pic of the front end with the old coil setup
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Older pic of us trying it out
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One of the most recent pictures and our first race.
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Most recent pics
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Engine  cage and shocks.
Engine cage and shocks.
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Pics of it in the driveway.
Pics of it in the driveway.
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Getting the bronco reading to drive home.
Getting the bronco reading to drive home.
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Bronco Info: 1978 bronco, 3 link front, 4 link rear, fully caged, 460 engine, custom fiberglass,

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Have any pictures of the front end truss and the interior? Great built!
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Front truss and interior pic
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Just found out are next race is going to be the 4th and 5th of next month, time to start working late nights on the bronco again.
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Bronco sitting in the driveway.
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Moved the bronco from the back of the house to the front today to start working on it.
Moved the bronco from the back of the house to the front today to start working on it.
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Updates
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Welding
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Looking good. Going all white?
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Pictures before the race in texas
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Finishing up bronco for texas race this saturaday
Finishing up bronco for texas race this saturaday
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My son took these pics while I was working/driving
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Getting every thing ready, finishing up the final details .
Getting every thing ready, finishing up the final details .
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Cruising down the highway
Cruising down the highway
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Bathroom break
Bathroom break
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Another pic
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Bronco sitting g on the trailer
Bronco sitting g on the trailer
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Firecracker 250 texas
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Starting the race.
Starting the race.
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Well today went pretty well there were about 25-30 cars and there were 6 class 8s and all of them broke out with mechanically failures or electrical failures, except the big 78 bronco bronco, we took 1st in our class and dont know yet the overall, we had electrical malfunctions and had the tie rod end come loose but over all a good day.
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Linning up
Linning up
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Heck ya! Congrats on the win! Digging the red too btw.
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Awesome! I love to see updates on this classy race bronco...
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My brother in the white shirt was co-pilot for the first 100 then drove the last 150, my son in the red was my brothers co-pilot for the last 150, and I drove the first 100.
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Will post the pic of the drivers and co-pilot when I get homem
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Who's the race organizer? Like score, more, snore ect. I'm curious what they call it out your way. I really don't understand why there isn't a bunch of races down your way. There's a bunch of desert between El Paso and Phoenix. Seems to me there would be a whole circuit just in that area. It would be cool if they had a Wilcox to elpaso 500, basically racing crosswase across the whole state of New Mexico and into Texas.
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