I tried not to accept to quickly. I went to school with the owner of the water company's son. He still owned the original building his Dad used. I called and went by, sure enough, the original rear fenders were still in the attic.
For a quick $150.00 I now had the fenders with all the dust from 1971 to 2012. I have owned/built several 1/2 and 3/4 ton 4X4's including a 1969 Crew cab swb factory 4x4. I have also built several hot rod 2wd's so I did not know where to go with this build. The body is rust free (thank you Arizona) and very straight. Do I throw in a T5 or AOD trans, AC and cruise, change over to a pumped up FE with a toploader, try the Crown Vic suspension with a 5.4 or go back as original as possible (which I have never done) or something different. I also own a 1969 Bronco and found out a few years ago that one of the original Bronco desert racers from the 60's lived in town.
His name is Don Barlow. I was driving the truck and stopped by Don's house. He was helping his Grandsons build a desert racer from a '65 F 250 2wd. He ask what I was going to do with the truck and suggested an old school prerunner. Before I knew it I had gathered up a C4, factory auto column,F600 dash,6 old KC lights and a set (5) of 15x8 slotted mags. This build will be slower than I am used to because I work out of town 5 days a week and the truck is complete and fun to drive. I will gather more parts, including the Autofab 5" lift before starting.
from Texas! 
