Bronco Introduction and Initial Assessment

hey folks it's josh tony rich farmer welcome to the farm blog today a lot of folks have been asking me about one thing in particular and today we're going to dress that one thing we're going to take you over here and not that thing and not these things but this thing right over here so we've got a 1968 bronco this used to be our fun rig our farm rig for hauling wood around and messing around on the farm when i was a kid and we're gonna take this Bronco today and see if we can get it running I know the brakes are shot I know it will run I've got a battery I put an electronic fuel pump on it and we're gonna see if we can get her to fire up today so come along with me on the journey we'll show you and tell you a little bit more about the Bronco about the engine transmission all that fun stuff we'll also give you a little bit of a walk around and we'll see if we can get this thing to run all right so let's have some fun [Music] before we get started on the Bronco the first item of business we have to tend to is chicken snacks now I made biscuits I tried to make biscuits this morning I did what you would call a biscuit fail these things are like little hockey pucks so we're gonna throw them in the air to the chickens and let them eat and I hate my rooster don't get me wrong this is a farm and it's so cool to wake up in the morning and hear the roosters crow and everything like that but as soon as I start talking or break out the camera he's got to establish his dominance over me and he meant shut up we go guys enjoy the mud biscuits oh so I guess we should discuss what the Bronco is so the Bronco came off my dad's farm it had been sitting out in the rain for a long time underneath an oak tree and I just couldn't bear to watch it anymore I asked my dad hey man you don't sell that thing to me he said you know what I got too much stuff yeah I'll sell it to you now the Bronco came to us it had four flat tires we've got some new tires and wheels or newer tires and wheels on it now so that we can roll it around I got it home I started tinkering with it a little bit I got it running and I drove it up to the top of the hill above our goat pen and that's where I parked because I didn't have any brakes it's a three on the tree on the column and it's stuck in low for I could get back down the hill but I was afraid without brakes that I might hurt myself so we waited and we towed it back down here with the tractor we took the bucket and lifted up the rear end and just…