HTO'S BRONCO BUILD

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hobbyturnedobsession wrote:Yes sir! I'm also going through the hack job of the po, on top of my quick fix its. Its a mess but its getting better. She and I am definately going next time, and I will be better prepared. I destroyed my tool box on the last trip.

Pics of the cutout Randy!! You know I am going to call you to help me do mine... hahah
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Hahaha its scary man, I yanked probably 10 feet of wire yesterday and 8 feet of it was dead wire.... IT SUCKS!!!
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One of you guys building access panels needs to take lots of photos and post them in the Tech section.
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Hahah I'll probably botch the crap out of it.
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So far we've got Rick, Randy & Nick with scrap from me to do this. Who will be the 1st to post pics? Looks like Randy is the only one who has started so far.
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ChaseTruck754 wrote:So far we've got Rick, Randy & Nick with scrap from me to do this. Who will be the 1st to post pics? Looks like Randy is the only one who has started so far.
Looks like I maybe going towards a 45 gallon tank on my silver Bronco Steve. Let me know if you run into any more Bronco rear cargo floor sections.

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Next one I get would be for converting the back of the supercab if I do it - so I will be keeping it. Unless that is I find a 80+ bronco for diiiiiiirt cheap and you buy it for me in trade for cutting the rear floor out :D
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Don't do it man, don't covert your extra cab into a Bronco.
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SteveG wrote:One of you guys building access panels needs to take lots of photos and post them in the Tech section.
Ok, so I didn't take a lot of pictures, but I did take a couple (took them while I was building the bed). I posted in tech in the general section... fuel access panel... Let's see how everyone else is doing it!
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So its not complete but is definately workable and I love having them on the column rather than spread across the dash. I ran a switch for the lights and a now separate switch for the trans fan. Also, I don't have matching gauges yet but they all do work.
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So, after watching poor Carly bounce around in baja I decided to pick up some seats. I put in the drivers seat for test fit.
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So an update. I finished mounting both seats and harnesses. Now I'm working on the rear bench seat mount. My attempt will be to make a seat mount where I can unbolt the seat and there is a mount there ready for my supplies to be sinched down. Not the easiest but I thought it would work good.
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Well heres a few more pics of the rear seat mount / crap holder. There will be a bar between the two ammo cans, I need to make one last cut on the bottom portion of the leg mount. The way I see it, it should mount to the two existing bolt holes up front and the two in the center in the rear. The seat will unbolt and I can carry all my stuff without stuff flying everywhere.
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Nice work Randy. You'll love the suspension seats I'm sure.

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Thank you. Oh I do trust me. I've got a bucket bench for the rear I am sure the passengers will love too.
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looks great man, who makes those seats?
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Thank you. The rear seat is a PRP for a rhino. I picked it up brand new on the cheap. The fronts are also PRP seats I bought from a friend of mine.
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So, I decided to see exactly what it looked like before I mounted it. Heres what it looks like.
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Nice - you have any strap mounts on the thing you so can strap the stuff down and keep it from flying around while the truck bounces all over the place?
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Hahaha it will by the end of the day. I set it in to make sure it fit.
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