5k: Honest Fun: 1967 Ford Bronco
The first generation Ford Bronco was released in 1966 on the heels of the ultra successful Mustang. While the Mustang shared its oily bits with the Falcon, the Bronco was built on an entirely new platform and only shared its engines/trannys with the rest of Ford’s product line. Similarly where the Mustang took the sports car concept and merged it with a family sedan, the Bronco took the off-roader and tailored it for family use. Find this 1967 Ford Bronco Wagon
currently bidding for $4,100 with 1 day to go on ebay, located in Denver, CO.
The Bronco was built to compete with the likes of the Jeep CJ-5 and International Harvestor Scout, but in stock form it drives much more like a car than any of its truck based competition. That isn’t to say a Bronco is not capable offroad, it is just that Ford got the engineering right when it released a car for buyers who were going to drive home…via streets.
This Bronco is powered by Ford’s 289 cubic inch V8, a classic powerplant that has been put in all manner of Ford vehicles throughout the years. The Bronco V8 was rated at 150 horsepower but can be easily upgraded to 300ish horsepower with heads/cams/intake/exhaust.
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The way these are seemigly riding a wave of constant appreciation, my first thought when I saw this was "what's wrong with it" followed by "who cares? It's an uncut bronco! Where is that hauler's number?" Quickie paint job likely hiding at least some body rust; hard for me to tell on the iPhone screen. Chassis pics are too dark to see much, too. Seller describes it as running and driving but not much beyond that. Bench was recovered and looks to be in decent shape, but not quite the right color, IMHO. If it sells cheap to someone local who doesn't have to ship it for 0.5-1k then I'm not sure how you go wrong here. No 4" lift with 35" mickeys tho, please.