1969 Bronco

Ric has brought numerous Porsches and other German cars to The Werk Shop for years. He approached us about getting the motor running right and fixing some electrical issues on a 1969 Ford Bronco that he picked up from a rancher in Texas. During the initial evaluation, we determined the motor needed further attention. Once opened, we found standard hardware holding things together, collapsed lifters, and other farm-engineered remedies. After deciding to put a crate motor in it, we found the wiring was far from salvageable. There were also numerous rust issues that needed to be attended to. We got to a point of, “while we’re doing this, if we take this off, we should do this,” and it just snowballed into a full custom restoration. Ric was set on having a white Bronco and wanted to permanently lose the top. We modified the doors, removed pillars, and ended up using a scratch-free solution, in case he ever wanted to take it off-road. A special body armor-type coating was done to the entire Bronco, exterior and interior. We eliminated the stock suspension and added a lift kit to help with the overall look. We added a few lighting elements to help see at night, bi-LED headlights and multiple other LED lighting elements. We added a completely new wiring harness; eliminated any wiring that wasn’t going to be utilized, and hid everything, so the only wires exposed were the positive and negative battery cables. After QC and many shake-down miles, Ric received his Bronco and has been enjoying it ever since.