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Return of the Ford Bronco (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Otis
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belljr
Footballguy
Yeah it wasn't really a SUV so to speak. But anyway it was great. I had to manually lock my hubs for 4 wheel drive
-OZ-
Footballguy
Yeah it wasn't really a SUV so to speak. But anyway it was great. I had to manually lock my hubs for 4 wheel drive
https://www.motortrend.com/news/1984-1990-ford-bronco-ii-vintage-suv-history-photos/amp/
It was one of the original compact SUVs. Needed more horses, but overall not a half bad vehicle.
belljr
Footballguy
Sorry what I meant was, as the article pointed out. It was using a lot of Ranger chassis and suspension, where later SUVs ended up on car chassis. So yeah it was an Suv
https://www.motortrend.com/news/1984-1990-ford-bronco-ii-vintage-suv-history-photos/amp/
It was one of the original compact SUVs. Needed more horses, but overall not a half bad vehicle.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
maybe i should know this, but did they stop making them because of the OJ association?
Otis
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Got a car purchase coming up next summerish since my son will have his full license to drive without an adult. He’ll be driving to school (god willing by then) and bringing his brother who starts high school that Fall and he’ll get our 2012 Highlander. My wife has always wanted a convertible but we aren’t car people with all the sports and stuff. I might have to give her my SUV and get this. I loved my last Explorer so I think I might enjoy another Ford over a Jeep, especially reliability wise.
-OZ-
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Otis
Footballguy
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
This Bronco is very interesting. I'm a truck guy and was thinking of getting a new small truck in the next year or two. Been looking at the Tacoma, Ranger, Colorado/Canyon... but I could also see a Bronco suiting my needs if I can haul some plants/mulch/soil in the back and have a way to clean it out.
Hmm...
Hmm...
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
Hey, hey, hey. I have well established and legally defensible "dibs" here. Back off, pal.
Sputnikv8
Footballguy
I’m torn on the front axle. I haven’t done much wheelin lately, but the front seems more complicated to fix vs. a wrangler. If you don’t go offroad, the bronco is going to be way more comfortable. If you actually offroad, the front axle looks expensive to fix.
offroad = break stuff
offroad = break stuff
Herb
Footballguy
I am curious to hear capability and repairability comparisons in a couple years between the Bronco and Wrangler by offroad enthusiasts. I personally never had problems with breaking stuff in my Wrangler. But I guess I was just out trying to see cool stuff, not rip #### up by going double speed on a sketchy logging trail. It was also my daily driver most of the time i had it, so I didn't want to bust it up going over the Continental Divide when I had to drive it 1000 miles home afterwards. But I did put some seriously gnarly miles on that thing. I never turned around unless it looked like there'd be clearance issues.
Otis
Footballguy
So I auctioned the Scout. Sold after an extended bidding war for almost $60k
Fully loaded new Bronco here I come
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
Wow. Congratulations.Otis said:So I auctioned the Scout. Sold after an extended bidding war for almost $60k
Fully loaded new Bronco here I come
playin4beer
Footballguy
I owned two different Bronco II's back in the day.. Michigan winters as well.. I loved those things.. but dangerous as hell.
I had it on two wheels once just turning a corner too quickly. I also loved to "bounce" the front tires off the ground. Had a manual shift and in 1st gear I could slam the gas, let off it, slam it again and get the front tires to bounce. Of course it ate thru driveshafts like crazy. My old man kept asking me how I was ruining driveshafts.
That Scout was amazing.Wow. CongratsSo I auctioned the Scout. Sold after an extended bidding war for almost $60k
Fully loaded new Bronco here I come
How long ago did you get it? An early post said you had sub-30k into it I think?So I auctioned the Scout. Sold after an extended bidding war for almost $60k
Fully loaded new Bronco here I come
Restored/modded 60’s, 70’s, 80’s SUV’s have exploded in popularity the last five years. Guess it was that era trucks for a long while but it shifted to the SUV’s. I can’t even find a decent daily driver condition of that vintage anymore where someone doesn’t want a fortune for it.
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Ron Swanson
Footballguy
No kidding. I saw a nice looking '79 Cherokee about a week ago. I thought they might be asking 20k or so and figured I'd be a buyer in the 10-15k range if it sits for a while. Ha! Turns out they want 37k for it. Sheesh.
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
What in the world made you think a nice, old ride like that might be had on the cheap?
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
Meh, it's still an old car at the end of the day. And I keep thinking people will stop spending crazy money on toys so I can get some deals. So, self delusion.
Otis
Footballguy
Yup. Got it about 4 years ago. The old Broncos had already started exploding in price then, but the old Scouts were still lagging a little. It’s a super cool and super unique truck, so I figured it would draw interest, but man, the bidding war was insane. Had to be 4 or 5 different bidders bidding above $50k.
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
37k? Yowza. I can get a really nice tri-five Chevy, a 67-69 Camaro, or any number of nice muscle cars for that.
Classic prices are once again crazy in the hot categories. Went to an auction a few years ago and it blew my mind how much nicely restored 60’s 21 window Volkswagen vans go for. 70~90k, sometimes 6 figures on the tv show auctions like Mecum. Just crazy but to each their own.
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
I thought it looked pretty good in the commercials but the couple I've seen locally have been very underwhelming. And they seemed very small and short in stature compared to a JL.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
My neighbors wife has the smaller bronco. Looks like crap to me.
Im after a 72 Datsun
Im after a 72 Datsun
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
It is the same thing with the new Blazer. I was sitting next to one at a light and if I hadn't seen the Blazer insignia, I honestly couldn't have told it apart from any other cross-over SUV. They are so small.....
steelerfan1
Footballguy
Yup, I saw a couple of these out and about this week and wasn’t impressed at all. Reminded me of a little bigger Jeep Renegade. Wife wanted 1 for her next car and that’s no longer the case.
Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
Yeah, I saw one here last week and noticed it looked smallish. More along the size of the old Bronco II. Maybe that's what they were going for, idk.
Nugget
Footballguy
Full size Broncos aren't on the roads yet. They land around July - they sold out all of the 21MY production and most of the 2022's at this point.Ron Swanson said:
The Bronco Sport has been out for 4-5 months and are selling extremely well.
Bronco Family
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
I would normally scoff at that "cyber orange" color, but it does look pretty good, with the black top and wheels.
Guaranteed that's the "LOOK AT ME" color Otis will be ordering.
Guaranteed that's the "LOOK AT ME" color Otis will be ordering.
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