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Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:16 pm
by Smith racing
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.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:20 pm
by Smith racing
One of the most recent pictures and our first race.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:17 pm
by Smith racing
Most recent pics

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:00 pm
by cdnbronco
Have any pictures of the front end truss and the interior? Great built!

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:26 pm
by Smith racing
Front truss and interior pic

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:13 pm
by Smith racing
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.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:06 pm
by Smith racing
Bronco sitting in the driveway.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:21 pm
by Smith racing
Updates

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:38 pm
by Smith racing
Welding

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:09 pm
by Rmc
Looking good. Going all white?

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:57 pm
by Smith racing
Pictures before the race in texas

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:28 pm
by Smith racing
My son took these pics while I was working/driving

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:22 am
by Smith racing
Firecracker 250 texas

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:58 pm
by Smith racing
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.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:30 pm
by Rmc
Heck ya! Congrats on the win! Digging the red too btw.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:39 am
by guard
Awesome! I love to see updates on this classy race bronco...

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:02 am
by Smith racing
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.

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:05 am
by Smith racing
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Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:07 am
by Smith racing
Will post the pic of the drivers and co-pilot when I get homem

Re: Smith Racing 1978 bronco build.

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:16 am
by Rmc
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.