blankdeluxe

So I'm ready for an axle swap and found this when I was looking for doner vehicles. Is this worth picking up for the axle swap? I will get the tire size I want to run, the axles (locked), the gears I wanna run, wheels, a winch, and the seats will go in to my xj as well. Whatever is left after that will most likely get parted out and sold. The details/pic of the possible doner are below. Any comments or thoughts would help out a ton.

1972 ford bronco 302 v-8 np435 transmission 205f transfer case dana 44 front axel with 513 gears and a spool ford 9" rear axel with513 gears and a detroit locker ,fullroll cage,hard top,and bikini top, 38.5x11.00x15 super swamper boggers om chrome steels,body is rough(has been a crawler for 15 years) everything works great ,roll cage is different than in pictures(rear section has been removed and it now has a half cab top.$3000.00

Jeep450r

Looks alright. The front axle may have drum brakes though. Might wanna double check on that though

xjmarc

For that size tire I'd go full width and those are close if not a bit narrower than stock. I'd just wheel the EB as it sits and find another set for you jeep. And unless they've been swapped it will have drums front and rear and most likely a low pinion front, don't remember what years were high or low.

blankdeluxe

Defiantly has LP front and drums. Planning on swapping to disc front if I buy it. How much am I looking on spending if I pick up a f-150 full width combo and build to this point? And width of these will only be about .5" difference give or take. I have no problem trimming more if need be and I may end up running wheel spacers as well if I do the swap.

xjmarc

All depends on how much of the work you can do. Gears and lockers would run around 1500 here installed, I'd choose a different tire unless you like the pizza cutters, my 12.50s are a little narrow for the height. Then you're looking at all new mounts.

blankdeluxe

I'm planning on going to 37x14.50s when I'm ready to buy a new set but I figured that these would be a good set to run for a summer just so I don't have to spend 1500 on tires right away. And I can do 90% of the work in my garage. I would most likely pay someone to do the gear/lockers just because i haven't tackled those before. Mounts and whatnot I will do myself. I have MIG and TIG access as well.

blankdeluxe

Anyone else have an input?