DOTS, Bronco: The Sequel

"and 100 more" (nth256) 04/05/2018 at 12:03 • Filed to: None

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Located in Bastrop, TX. Bronco II, red cloth seats, 5-speed manual, power windows and locks... And it’s for sale. The guy is asking $3500. No idea the running condition, but he owns a couple newer Mercedes SUVs as DDs, so this just sits. Looks clean enough, though there is some paint peeling in the drip channel.

I can’t afford it, but it any of y’all are interested, I can give you his info.

Long-Voyager > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 12:36

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I’d buy this before I’d even look at this: https://jalopnik.com/at-7-799-could-you-picture-yourself-in-this-sweet-199-1824311683

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 12:37

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That brings back some memories. In the early 90's, one of my uncles has a bronco II, V6, 4x4, 5 speed. It was the fancy Eddie Bauer trim, so it had a tan cloth interior (with a “computer” that checked the lights on the truck and told you if any were burnt out) and was red with a tan lower stripe outside.  

and 100 more > Long-Voyager 04/05/2018 at 12:38

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Yeah, that is clean as fuck. This Bronc isn’t even close to that condition.

I think the Bronco would just be fun to beat on. Maybe even stash and partially restore, once Ford releases the new Bronco and people start remember the old ones.

Long-Voyager > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 12:40

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The Bronco is at least priced appropriately, IMO.

These are quite fun with a 302 under the hood. ;)

and 100 more > Long-Voyager 04/05/2018 at 12:45

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I mean, they coined the phrase “Toyota tax” for a reason...

and 100 more > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 12:46

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Ha! HA! HAHAHAHA! Don’t die, guys.

Stability problems with Bronco II were noted during the design phase in 1981, as well as in the verification tests. [1] For example, the J-turn test was canceled during the testing procedures by Ford officials “out of fear of killing or injuring one of its own drivers.” [4] Engineering modifications were suggested, but Ford officials declined the modifications because they would have delayed the marketing of the new vehicles. [4] Eight months before production began, Ford’s Office of General Counsel collected 113 documents concerning the new vehicle’s handling problems. [1] However, 53 of these test, simulation, and related reports about stability of the Bronco II “disappeared” in an “unusual document handling procedure” that forebode the lawsuits against Ford starting in the late-1980s.

-Wikipedia

Long-Voyager > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 12:49

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Because people are dumb enough to buy into it?

and 100 more > Long-Voyager 04/05/2018 at 12:51

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Exactly.

EngineerWithTools > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 13:02

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Oh man, my first two vehicles were Bronco IIs, a manual 85 that wouldn’t start in the rain and an automatic 88 that exploded it’s transmission at 80k. The first one even had that fancy light-checking “computer” mentioned elsewhere.

The rear seats folded flat...

shop-teacher > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 17:00

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NP!

xsnowpig > and 100 more 04/05/2018 at 17:29

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Close to NP territory there for clean rust free. My aged memory cells recalls having a fair amount of fun off road in my 85 5speed bronco2.