So, since I posted the first post on the Bronco project I’ve sourced a number of parts (most of them ending up MUCH cheaper than I’d originally budgeted for them.  So far, I have an engine (Ford 302ci V8), transsmission (Ford stock 3-speed), stock hood (to replace the one with the 3×4′ hole the previous owners put in the hood for that criminal hood scoop), and a new (undented) top with all clean glass.

I’m also going to replace the frame because it’s cheaper and easier to just replace it than it is to have mine blasted and powdercoated.  Since mine has the bumper horns sawed off in the front (and bent in the rear) it’ll also save us having to regenerate those.

Next up is teardown (and more pics, most likely).

Over last weekend, I bought a project car.  It’s my first but it’s one I’ve wanted for a while.  What you see here is my 1966 Ford Bronco wagon project car.  It began life in August of 1965 with a flat-six.  By the time we’re done with it, it’ll have a 302 V8 and hopefully look a lot better than the catastrophe it is right now.

The body is relatively straight and the frame is good, so I figure I got a decent buy on it.  We’re heading up north this weekend to scope out and probably buy a running 302, stock 3-speed tranny and a replacement hood (that scoop is a crime) for it from a company near Denver.