Vehicle Owner

Member ID: MarineBroncoii

Location: Burghill, OH

Vehicle Info

1985 Ford Bronco II

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP450
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Ratings

    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

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Dustin’s Ford Bronco II
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MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II


I bought my Bronco II completely stock and have done all of the work on it myself, with my dad's help. I showed stock to now comparisons at the end, the last set shows me as tall as the rear at 14 and then only a little taller than the hood at 19! I don't look too much different thumb in pocket and all.
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
First thing I did was use a homemade lift with spring spacers in the front and blocks in the rear to fit some 30s so that I could play in the mud. All the good offroading happended with no camera but here are two of me in the field out back in the summer, one's right after coming out of that ditch behind me, which was much more fun in spring and fall with a foot and a half of slop.
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
Then I decided to fix it up to drive as my daily driver. I put a 2.5 inch lift on it and 33x12.5 tires on aluminum rims. I added Bushwacker cutout fender flares, a visor, and some vent visors. Then we smoothed all the emblems, primered and painted it. I thought I was done and had a pretty nice looking truck.
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
But then I decided to swap engines, and while I was adding all of this GO I decided to add some more SHOW. So I added a 3 inch body lift and built the custom suspension to fit 39.5s under it.
Here are some of the pictures of it as I built it. The last two show me comparing the stock size tires to my 39s.

MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
MarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco IIMarineBroncoii's 1985 Ford Bronco II
Page 1: Current exterior
Page 2: How it got there
Page 3: Engine, Drivetrain, and Suspension **Newly Built 342 Stroker**
Page 4: Interior **New Dash panel, carpet, seats, and system**

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JoeyDubs  

Posted by: JoeyDubs

06/06/2009 01:23PM

Nice truck! Be sure to check out OhioFullSize.com! It's Ohio's Full Size Truck and SUV Site! Feel free to browse and join the forum!

xxludicrisxx  

Posted by: xxludicrisxx

06/03/2009 06:10AM

good work, keep focused and do it right like you have been.....like it alot

brivan  

Posted by: brivan

03/02/2009 10:17AM

Trick little toy!!! 5*'s

244ci  

Posted by: 244ci

03/02/2009 08:07AM

where you plaing to sale it at one time?

244ci  

Posted by: 244ci

03/02/2009 08:07AM

where you plaing to sale it at one time?

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Member ID: MarineBroncoii

Location: Burghill, OH