[Miss Kitten]

Now that my excitement has calmed down to a level that i'm able to type without shaking, i would like to take this opportunity to introduce everyone here to The Dark Horse

There is alot of heritage and history behind this truck so i would like to share that first. This truck was built in 2002 by one of the local 4x4 shops in the Calgary area Modern Motors STILKIN from this site is actually the owner of the shop. When i first saw this truck come together in 2002 it was the reason that i started buying and building Broncos. Shortly after this truck debuted was when i bought my first 79 Bronco. The obsession evolved from there with another 78 Bronco, and then to my 95 that i currently own. All in hopes that one day i was going to be able to build a replica of the "Bogginfreaks Bronco"

Here are the specs of the truck before I let everyone see the pics

1979 Ford Bronco (now named The Dark Horse)
460 bored out to a 466 with a Holley Truck Avenger 770 CFM 4 barrel Carb
C6 Transmission with an 1100 stall
NP205 T-Case
Dana 60 front with Detroit locker and 5:13 gears with Chromoly Axle Shafts and CTM U-Joints
Hydro Assist Steering
14 Bolt Rear with same 5:13 gears and Detroit locker as well
ARB Bumpers Front and Rear
Warn 12,000lb Winches Front and Rear
4 Racing Seats with 5 point harnesses
Custom Interior Roll Cage
44/19.5/16.5 Boggers with Beadlock Rims
4 wheel disc brakes
Custom Soft Top

When the truck was built in 2002 all brand new body pannels were ordered so there isn't a spec of rust on it.

Once my 95 Bronco sells i'll be able to bring The Dark Horse Home!!!

So now that you know the story behind it and the specs here are the pics

This post has been edited by Miss Kitten: 12 January 2009 - 04:46 PM

[Seabronc]

Wow Some people have all the luck

[Bronco_Willis]

It has inspired me even more now. The look is what I have been aiming for only with an 87. I LOVE his rear roll cage!

[Miss Kitten]

once i get the bronco home i'll take more pics of the cage for you if you'd like. it all ties into the cab as well. gotta love rollover protection

[Yardape]

does that mean you can do doughnuts in a field now???

[Bronco_Willis]

Miss Kitten, on Jan 12 2009, 05:53 PM, said:

once i get the bronco home i'll take more pics of the cage for you if you'd like. it all ties into the cab as well. gotta love rollover protection

I would really appreciate that!

[Miss Kitten]

hahahah no donuts in a field

crazy not stupid remember

[79bigbronco]

nice to see it again, to many people thought mine was that one, but alas it has outlasted the imfamous junk

[J&SBroncolvrs]

Awesome!

[Miss Kitten]

got flex ?!?!?!

[Justshootme84]

So you're buying this 79 Bronco? Sounds awesome!!! Alot nicer than my 78. Really like the bumpers, may have to ask you about this rig next time we chat!!! randy JSM84

[Miss Kitten]

i have bought it

just not bringing her home till the 95 sells. more incentive to sell my other bronco this way

[Yardape]

Thats just sick, defies the rules...... I will be lucky if I can stick my foot under my back tire without the front tire coming off the ground.

[Miss Kitten]

so my 95 has not yet sold, but i couldn't wait any longer

look what followed me home on saturday!!!!

ok well not quite home, but to my friend les's shop so we can spend some time going over it









other then the truck having been neglected for the past 3 years there isn't going to be much needed to get it all fixed up and ready to go for trail.

so far we have already changed out the holley 770 carb for a holley 670. completely got rid of the hesitation that the truck had and i believe it's going to work so much better for the type of wheeling that we do. the 770 would have been great if it was still going to be only a mud truck. all of the fender flares have been removed, and the hood latch had to get fixed. we still need to find something to use for an extra power steering fluid resivour to finish getting the steering problems figured out. les has been working on fixing alot of the wiring on the truck that wasn't grounded out properly, so hopefully that will get rid of the draw it had. after taking it for a putt putt drive around by les's house on the weekend too the rear main developed a leak. so i'm sure it'll need a few more miles on it to see how many other seals have dried out.

so for the next few weeks the list is going to include:

resivor for steering so that is fixed
better master kill switch for the power instead of the twist switches under the hood
full fluid and drive train check on levels and cleanliness
trying to fix some of the body damage done from the flop in 06
repainting that god awful red interior (i really really hate red interior)
adding my personal custom touch to the exterior
and finishing the bath on the truck in and out to get rid of 3 yrs of built up dust, dirt and cat hair

This post has been edited by Miss Kitten: 09 March 2009 - 02:38 PM

[BroncoJoe19]

MIss Kitten,
Good luck with that big black horse!

What an awesum toy!

[Miss Kitten]

thanks joe!!!

i'll keep the pics coming for sure as it gets cleaned up and ready to hit the trails

and of course some trail pics too

[white night]

well that sounds like a hell of a truck, and sounds like you will take care of it so have fun and be safe

[American Thunder]

You think it's big enough??
That thing is AWESOME.

p.s. ever tried a Race Demon carb? From personal experience, they offer performance and insane throttle response over a standard Holley.(even a worked Holley) Try one. Once you go Race Demon, you never go back.

[Yardape]

American Thunder, on Apr 23 2009, 05:55 PM, said:

You think it's big enough??
That thing is AWESOME.

p.s. ever tried a Race Demon carb? From personal experience, they offer performance and insane throttle response over a standard Holley.(even a worked Holley) Try one. Once you go Race Demon, you never go back.

She has a Holley truck avenger, the only thing better for off road would be an after market fuel injection.

[Miss Kitten]

sorry guys i know i haven't been posting much. american thunder thank you so much for the comments, and yardape thanks for jumping in too

so before getting to the updates on the dark horse i have officially sold the green bronco. it went to a very good home up where yardape lives. so he's been on the look out for it

ok here's some updates for everyone

first run out with the dark horse was spent chasing a wire under the dash that kept catching on fire and i burnt up my front winch. both of those problems have been fixed

second run out with the truck and i managed to completely explodicate the front driveshaft (yes explodicate is a word it's a miss kitten word). the truck was a little over flexed with me being a tad heavy on the skinny pedal and i blew up the inner ball on the double cardigan shaft at the top. thanks to mike (deejay) the original owner of the truck he informed me that he had BRAND NEW spare front and rear driveshafts for that truck still so i scooped those in a hurry. he sent them home with his parents from bc. so i put the new shaft in for the last run and we're going to rebuild the other shaft. maybe look at a different design to prevent the same problem in the future

over may long weekend we headed out for a day run and on our way to falls creek the seal out the bottom of the steering box decided it had other plans for the day and it left it's designated location. combiantion of previous owners overheating that box too many times and the leak that we knew it had i guess it was only a matter of time lol. power steering sure can fly when all the pressure is released though. there was fluid all up the drivers side of my truck and all the way back to the rear diff

having that seal go was a blessing in disguise though as once my bf and i got the box off we noticed there are quite a few hairline cracks around all of the bolt holes on the frame. if it was left any longer there could have been some serious bad news coming my way. so now i'll get a new seal put in the box, put everything back together, load it up, take it down to see the super duper fantastic superles, and he's gonna help me out and do some plating on the frame to prevent further problems. once we got the truck down to les's house, we go the frame welded and fixed up, changed out all the seals put everything back together, filled the resivour, fired the truck up and pissed power steering fluid all over the walls and floor of les's shop. this is when we discovered a pin hole in the power steering line. and a really bad flare job where the line comes into the box. so we cut the line back to get rid of the hole and i still need to tear it all apart yet again and get that flare filed down.

and as the finale here are the pics of my new decals. it feels great to finally make the truck my own thank you again to cody for helping me put the decals on. it was long over due









and a couple clean pics





i'm patiently (ok not patient at all) waiting to get it back out on the trail again. i know it needs more drive time to get the bugs worked out but god dammit i also want one run where nothing goes wrong lol