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'79 Ford Bronco

Built for Goo

By Stuart Bourdon
photographer: Stuart Bourdon

 1979 Ford Bronco Front Driver Side
 1979 Ford Bronco Driver Side
 1979 Ford Bronco Rear Axle
 1979 Ford Bronco Front View
 1979 Ford Bronco Driveshaft
 1979 Ford Bronco Engine
 1979 Ford Bronco Transfer Case

Building a rig your way is half the fun of creating a custom 4x4, and Terry McCraney of Lakeland, Florida, certainly followed that axiom when assembling his ’79 Ford Bronco. Terry had the truck painted with red acrylic enamel (although mud covers most of the paint in our photos) in his own spray shop, Weldon’s Body Shop in Plant City. The Bronco stands on GM axles, is geared through two transfer cases, spins 44x19.5-16.5 Super Swamper Boggers on Bart 16.5x14 wheels that were widened to 20 inches, and sports more custom mechanical features than you can count on all your fingers and toes. And as you can see, the other half of the fun—gassing it with gusto—is something Terry also does well. We found him spinning Boggers in the swamps of Florida when we visited a group of mud slingin’ maniacs (“Whumpin’,” Nov. ’96) in the Orlando area.


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