Jim's 1982 300 Six Bronco Original Restoration

That paint is really nice. I've always found getting a good finish out of rattle cans to be difficult but this was a breeze. Okay so the paint looks about right, I only compared it with a dirty trim piece though.




These foot vents were grey


And the dash is in!


So I figured out you can reuse all those behind-the-dash vacuum fittings by applying heat and just pulling out the tubing. Then you can use your own tubing and put colored stripes on them with paint markers.

Next on this list is putting the transmission back together, I had to take it apart again because the gears weren't meshing after I reassembled it to fix threads. Then restoring the cruise control module. Then getting that steering shaft together and bleeding the brakes. We'll see if my homemade lines are any good.

After that it's time to build the bottom end of the engine. First thing I gotta do are some threaded inserts on the bellhousing bolt threads, good thing I already bought that TimeSert kit! I'm going to send my crankshaft to a machine shop and get it ground so there's no guesswork on the bearings I need.

Gonna have a busy summer. Going to Guanajuato, Mexico for a couple weeks next month, then a work conference in Los Angeles right after that, then a family reunion camping trip right after that. Then more camping, backpacking. This is gonna put a dent in my already slow progress

I leave the barb in the rubber fitting and put vacuum line over, with a collar of coloured shrink tubing.
But, Vivek or someone recently pointed out a company that sells silicone vacuum tube in a whole spectrum of colours.

If I had more time I'd go search it out....

Looks very good!