Keep the patina. Looks cool with the new fab work.

The work on that bumper was worth it, because it looks awesome!

! Love your collection! I actually work in Vance....I'll give ya one guess where.

kstones63, it should run fine. I know I was nervous the first time I put power to everything. I did not use any of the underdash wiring from the donor vehicle, so I have had to "connect the dots" on the automatic transmission wiring. Also found it easier to do my own relays for it instead ...

Nice work!

Love the color! I can't imagine it looking better in person than it does on my screen. Go with it!

Welcome from Birmingham, Alabama!

Sorry to hear that things are being a pain. Keep at it and good luck!

from Alabama!

I love the way you are keeping this truck mostly original but the way grandpa would have liked it. It will be something that I hope will stay in your family for many years. Keep up the progress.

Keep up the hard work Ice. It's looking good.

Good luck with this swap. It was a fun project for me to do to mine. I have not seen road time yet, but getting very close!

This is a little off the actual topic, but..... Several years ago, I was a mechanic at a golf course. I was always changing the oil in various pieces of equipment, all requiring different weights and viscosities of oil. Like most people do in a hurry putting oil in, I would have probably a spoon ful...

Truck looks fine for now... put wheels on it!

Here are my pics. These were made in 1996, I think.
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Nice truck, it's my favorite color too!

jkimbrel65 has his battery mounted on the outside of the passenger frame rail under the bed and it looks super clean!

Paranoid! wrote:Im sure we can get sway bars for these!!
I know im going to look for one..
Mine leans as well...May go with stiffer shocks?

Do a search on here for using a sway bar from a Bronco II. The pictures I have seen make it look like a clean install.

from Alabama!

I say keep it, finish it up in primer, and drive it around a little to see if it would be something that you might want to keep. Then decide which direction to take, but do not put anything on it from your current project. Just my