1986 Bronco

This Bronco is a great truck and it was fun to work on. We bought it for a great deal and decided to spruce it up and sell it on. During the weeks we’ve worked on it we’ve grown pretty attached to it.

It definitely does not have all the conveniences of the fully connected multi-media experience and luxury appointments many of today’s most economical vehicles have as standard equipment. But, there’s a beauty in it’s simplicity and this mid-eighties body style is something we liked looking at everyday.

The truck is big, comfortable, powerful, utilitarian and fun to drive, who could ask for more?!

Probably the single most frustrating thing on the Bronco was refurbishing the A/C. It needed most everything, hoses, o-rings, Schrader valves, compressor, receiver/dryer. After market hose suppliers were ridiculously expensive so we cruised on over to AAPAK A/C Specialists who made us some perfect fit hoses at a reasonable price, thanks guys!

One other thing we did that worked out great was a hidden modification we made to the rear bed floor. When we got the Bronco the gas gauge didn’t work. Turned out the float was disintegrated and the sending unit was bad. We bought a new unit from BroncoGraveyard.com. When installing it we decided to cut a hole in the bed floor rather than drop the tank. We then fabricated an access hatch for easy servicing in case a future owner needed to change it again one day, the job would be easy for that poor dude.

A couple weeks later, we noticed the gas gauge read empty; but we’d just filled it a few days earlier, huh, that’s weird. Turns out we’re the poor dudes that needed to use the newly installed access hatch. The float from Bronco Graveyard had a pin hole so it filled with gas. Bronco Graveyard was great though, they replaced the float right away, no problems. With the access hatch the job look ten minutes instead of having to drop the tank. Guess nice guys don’t always finish last.

The jobs we did on our Bronco is too large to list but it runs, drives and looks great and we love the truck and we know the next owner will too.