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Just curious to see if there are any early ford Bronco nuts on this site? I know a ton of people used to use them as hunting rigs in the past before the values went up.

Yep. When I was a kid we had a 70 halfcab, a 74 wagon, and an 83. The halfcab and the 83 went down the road but the 74 stuck around. I drove it to high school when I wasn’t driving my 79.

It was copper colored, 200six/3sp with the J shift Tcase and factory 4.56 gears, do about 70 wide open and screaming. Last time I drove it it read 60063 on the odometer when I parked it, had never rolled over.

Dad called one day after I was grown and gone to ask if I wanted the 74. I told him I would like it but didn’t have any money. He said some dude was bugging him but he’d tell him to forget it and he’d just consider it part of my inheritance.

Well turned out some other guy came by with a pile of cash a couple years later and dad ended up letting it go. I wanted to be mad but really couldn’t but I think dad still kicks himself.

I do still have my 79 I got in high school, not an EB but the first gen full-size anyway.

Very cool !

Need pics! Love the old 3 on the tree Broncos.

I've always liked the early Broncos - was shopping for one when I came across a 71' Blazer in mint condition that I bought instead. Couple of guys I used to run around with when I lived in Arizona were big fans and each had one so I've spent some time around them.

I had a bone stock ‘69 1/2 cab with a 302 and three on the column. Uncut fenders. Single stupidest thing I’ve ever done was sell it. Second stupidest thing was to sell it just before the prices skyrocketed. I’m really smart that way......

My first car was a 1970 Sport Bronco...Engine was a warmed up 302, James Duff(Hurst) floor shifter, fender flares, etc...Of all the vehicles I have ever owned, it was my favorite...

I bought a nearly new 69 Bronco. It had almost 3000 miles on it. Original owner could not afford it. 302 with a 3 speed and posi in both ends . Closest thing to a billy goat I ever owned. Would climb out of almost anything. Hasbeen

The new Bronco is to be introduced and on dealer floors by the end of 2020. It's going after the Jeep. There will be a 2 door and a 4 door I'm told.

Worked within a half mile of a Ford dealer in 1966. Went down on lunch hour one day and test drove the first Bronco they had on the lot. Didn't much care for the color, kind of a bluish green. Liked it after the test drive and figured to buy one in another color, when they had more of a selection. IIRC, had a 289, automatic, manual hubs?

Had just turned 20 then, living at home and my dad hated Fords, refused to have anything to do with me buying one.

Later years, a friend had one, think it was a '68? Decent critters for the time. Considered them better than the CJ5s of the day. There are still a few of the old original Broncs on the road around here. Some years ago a tenant had one that was heavily modded. Lifted, bigger V8, huge gums and cut fenders..

An old friend had a 68 he’d bought in 71 that he brought back from California with him. It was robin’s egg blue with a white top, 289 he’d swapped a hi-PO Mustang 4bbl intake and carb onto, 3 speed, uncut fenders with skinny mud grips, and a dealer installed PTO winch and bumper. Had 70k on it and he only drove it when the roads were bad as it was their only 4wd. I begged him to sell it to me for years but he wasn’t having it. When the retro body style Mustangs came out in 04-05 or so his wife wanted one and he swapped the Bronco straight across for a 6cyl Pony trim Mustang to a local dealer who collects old Fords.

I have a cousin who has a baby blue 69 with a 302 and 3sp in his barn. He bought it new at Milehigh Ford in Denver.

Sign up for the Ford Motor Company Bronco News Letter. Information about old and new including PDF files of literature pertaining to the original Bronco. The latest news letter has a you tube video of desert testing the new Bronco, it's as you would expect disguised. Appears to be very capable. They are going to be made at the Wayne Assembly Plant in Wayne Michigan.

Humm, what's that Bronco worth now and what's a 2005 6 cylinder Mustang worth now. Bet that dealer is still laughing his ass off.

Yeah it doesn’t seem like a very good swap does it?

Used to be a little Ford dealership in my hometown like many small towns. The old man who owned it and his best bud loved the first gen Broncos, I think they both had 67s. When he heard that 77 was going to be the last year they both ordered new ones. 302/autos, one green and one red. They both died shortly after they got them and the dealer’s son put the red one in the garage where it sat until the 80’s when it brought a big price for the time.

A guy stationed at the army base bought the green one and then got ordered to go down to somewhere on the gulf coast. Whenever his assignments there were over, 3 or 4 years he came back and had the green 77 for sale. 4 years in the salt environment down there had completely rusted it out, nothing but the top was rust free and the rockers and floors were gone.

Old guy who owned the dealership here used to take his 67 to Wyoming every fall to hunt deer and antelope. He also took his 18’ bumper pull camper that he towed with the little Bronco! It was a 170ci six banger with the 3sp. When asked about that he’d always say, “oh that little Bronco pulls fine, you just put it in 4lo with the hubs unlocked when you go over the big passes”.

No thanks

Loved my 1984 Bronco

https://imgur.com/a/TfXRi6L
Only picture I could find of mine. Hasbeen

I have a '71. Don't know how to post pics.

Guys on my first deer lease had one. It was powerful

My first vehicle.. 72 Bronco.