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  1. IronPercheron

    Share how it all started - Homage to the beginnings - Your story is welcome here!

    I have been searching for a way to the PNW since 2016. Maybe one day. I have family, and friends in Blaine. I go see them every year i can. As for bronco's. I love them. Perfect vehicle. Roomy Cabin V8 power TTB IFS so you can go fast on the sand but the rocks aren't a death sentence lol...
  2. IronPercheron

    Share how it all started - Homage to the beginnings - Your story is welcome here!

    You are speaking of my childhood too, and I am only 31. I am blessed i suppose. That simple bronco with just a few things in it made for the greatest adventures a man can ask for. Simple, and exhilarating.
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    Who's Excited for the 2021 (if we're lucky) Ford Bronco?

    Everyone cussed TTB. I ran a warmed up 351W, and 37" HMMWV tires. Beat the snot out of it. 4.11 ratio i think? Hard to recall. That and the 9 inch both held fine.
  4. IronPercheron

    Share how it all started - Homage to the beginnings - Your story is welcome here!

    I am doing this with a 1991 bronco. I still use oil lanterns, and my camp is primitive.... think bushcraft ... but in 4wheel drive lol
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    Share how it all started - Homage to the beginnings - Your story is welcome here!

    Awesome set up, saw one on top of Mt. Baker when I went to Washington. Really fun vehicles.
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    Overlanding with older vehicles

    How it all started lol I loved it, and the darn thing never left me walking.
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    Who's Excited for the 2021 (if we're lucky) Ford Bronco?

    Long time bronco man here, owned several. This will not compete in the rocks and logs with a wrangler. It will be a more direct competition for the 4runner (i own one of those too). The ecoboost will make impressive numbers as always, and the 8 or 10 speed trans is no joke. It will based on...
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    Share how it all started - Homage to the beginnings - Your story is welcome here!

    Share that story, let it rip! Consider this a virtual campfire! I am paying homage to a gas drinking machine. His name was Uncle Ruckus. When I ran across Overland Bound. I didn't even know what overland was, but i knew that i liked everything they did, and had been doing it a long time...
  9. IronPercheron

    Rig Photos

    Our mother-ship. The momma mobile, that doubles as the gateway to our sanity. I have been 4wheelin all my life, i started out driving in the middle of nowhere in 4x4 in a cow pasture at age 9. I cannot say enough good things about how refined this vehicle is. Not too much of any one thing. A...
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    US Southwest Houston Region Meetup - Rigs & Lunch

    I have plans but they may fall though, would really like to meet everybody.
  11. IronPercheron

    1984 Ford Bronco Project

    OHHHHH Those aluminum steps are off now, I stored them to sell later.
  12. IronPercheron

    1984 Ford Bronco Project

    That 9 inch can be converted to a high pinion rear... protecting the driveshaft and increasing ground clearance. You can buy the 3rd member from Hi-9 or you can make the conversion at home. You look like you could handle it, the trick is to build a oiling system (slinger style) to keep the...
  13. IronPercheron

    1984 Ford Bronco Project

    Bumpers are a necessary evil, and as long as they are above the differential it won't impede much if any. Worth it to house my beloved Warn 8274. It's a 302/E40OD truck. I pick up a 351/ZF5 F250 next week. Will be swapping 10.25 rear with 4.10s, 351W, zf5, and I have 1978 front components for...
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    1984 Ford Bronco Project

    Found a diamond in the rough. Work begins soon :-) One... count it.... one... rust spot. (Texas)
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    Coffee Percolators

    When its just me, instant coffee is fine. Still better than Army coffee. When the fam is with me I use an Aluminum Coleman. 3/4 full and stick it right in the coals until it boils, then back it off so it percolates, when the eggs are done the coffee is too. That's how gramps did it.