1966 Ford Bronco Restomod

1966 FORD BRONCO FIRST MONTH OF PRODUCTION WITH AUGUST 1965 BUILD DATE- ONE OF THE EARLIEST BRONCOS TO EXIST. Body off frame restoration and paint. Mechanical upgrades include rebuilt Ford 75 block 8 cyl 302, power brakes including front discs, conversion to automatic C4, power steering, mechanical restoration and button up work done in Michigan at BuildaBronco. Restoration included: Floors replaced front to rear including bed. Passenger side inner fender replaced. Driver side outer fender replaced by a previous owner. New 66 hood with windshield latch from Jeff's Bronco Graveyard. Body removed from frame. Paint removed from body. Frame cleaned and painted in black chassis paint. New body mounts and 1966 complete stock suspension including bushings, shocks, and springs front and rear from Jeff's Bronco Graveyard. Body painted 1 time in it's history to the original Arcadian Blue. Body installed back on frame. BuildaBronco pulled the tired I6 170 and replaced with a rebuilt 1975 block Ford 302. BAB added power front disc brakes. BAB added power steering. BAB removed the manual steering column and used 1974 Bronco auto column for stock appearance. BAB upgraded the manual transmission to a rebuilt C4. The interior was repainted using the original color scheme of gray on the door panels and dash. Correct 1966 front buckets and rear bench padded, painted, and recovered in correct 66 silver material from Bronco Hut. Correct 1966, 1 year only tailgate, early eyebrow grill, horn ring stamped Product of Motor Company FORD, 1966 front and rear chrome bumpers, complete set of 4, 1 year only 1966 hubcaps--all hard to find parts expensive to acquire, as these parts are not reproduced as all the 1967-1977 early Bronco parts are. Floors sprayed in color matched tinted bed liner. Complete new dual exhaust Many new smaller parts such as weather stripping throughout This Bronco was built to look factory 66 and drive much better with the mechanical upgrades.