A Minty 1996 Ford Bronco That Crawls and Flies - Four Wheeler Network
Chris says, “Minty was purchased for $2,700 in May 2009. It was 100 percent bone-stock, with 120,000 miles, from its second owner. At the time, it was purchased as a daily driver, which would double as a work truck, being that I spend a lot of time working at tower sites on many Southern California mountaintops. Right from the get-go, Chris had his own ideas about what the truck would be. “The first step was a set of extended 4x4 beams. I bought a set of Camburg cut-and-turned Dana 44 beams, which my brother and I extended 3 inches per side and then plated and trussed ourselves. We then took the stock axles, cut them in half, machined out a piece of solid stock chromoly for each side and burned them back together. The beams were mated up with a set of Camburg radius arms and a pair of Sway-A-Way coilovers and I was on the road. At the same time, I also installed the first set of Camburg extended shackles and Deaver leaf springs F53 pack, which are made for the F-150 but also compatible with the Bronco. “The stock 3. 55s weren’t enough, so my father and I purchased 4. 56 gears for the differentials. With his help, I set up and installed them myself. These helped a ton with the 35-inch tires that I installed shortly after purchasing the truck. “In March 2010, shortly after our son was born, I received an offer from someone who wanted to trade his Ford F-250 diesel truck for my Bronco. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
