Frank Whiston: 1971 Ford Bronco (Dad's)

Drive Train

• Factory Fuel Injected 1994 Mustang 5.0
• Ford C-4 Automatic with a low stall torque converter and reverse pattern manual shift valve body/Art Carr gated shifter
• 3.8:1 Atlas 2 speed Transfer Case Twin Stick
• 1977 D44, chromoly shafts, power disc brakes, Gleason Torsen locking differential
• Ford 9 inch, 35 spline Detroit locker, Warn Full Float kit with Cadillac Disc Brakes

Body and Suspension

• Fender flares high-lined to the body crease
• Fiberglass front fenders and hood
• Cut Rocker Panels
• Custom built bumpers and rocksliders
• Full Roll Cage
• Sun Roof
• Progressive coils front/rear leaf (~1" over stock)
• James Duff long travel front shock towers 
• Bilstien 5100 Shocks 
• Custom rear traction bars
• 76/77 inverted Y steering

Extra Equipment

• Cobra CB and Wilson 1000 roof mount antenna
• GMRS, Midland MXT275 MicroMobile
• 255/85R16 BFG MT Tires

Interior Modifications

• Mustang fox body front bucket seats
• Custom Tilt Steering Column
• Shoulder Belts added 12/23/2024

History

This Bronco has been in the family since it was new.  My Uncle was the original owner who purchased it from Casey Luna Ford in Belen, NM.  It spent a couple of years in Carson City, NV, then my father purchased it from his brother in the summer of 1974.  I grew up in this Bronco.  It has conquered all of the trails in Moab before they became popular.  It has been all over the Colorado Mountains as well as New Mexico.  In 1994, it conquered the Rubicon Trail in California.