Blue Plate Special: 1978 Ford Bronco
The second generation Ford Bronco was released in 1978 as an up-sized version of the previously compact off-roader. It was still a Jeep competitor, but was now based on Ford’s F-series truck chassis with sights aimed squarely with Chevy’s Blazer and
Chrysler’s Dodge Ramcharger. Find this 1978 Ford Bronco here on eBay
bidding for $7,100 with 2 days to go, located in Los Angeles, CA.
The 1978-79 model year Broncos were the biggest of the breed (originally designed in the early 70s under the project name “Short-Horn”)– big V8s up front, standard four-wheel-drive (with an optional chain driven transfer case) mated to a Dana 44 front axle, and more mass than you’ll ever need.
Power comes from a 351 cubic inch Ford Cleveland 351M V8 — a big beast of an engine that was totally castrated by the fuel crisis and emissions regulations. You would be right to conclude that 156 horsepower isn’t much, but 262 ft-lbs of torque will get things moving.
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Unless the Cleveland was swapped in, this truck would have the 351M in it stock. Far from anyone's favorite engine, it was a poster child of 70s era emissions-choked power train technology.
Todd — you are correct, the 351 Cleveland was discontinued after 1974 and the 400 was de-stroked to create the 351M. Lemme fix that!! -Vince
But at least the early 400M block with the small bell pattern gives the Pantera guys a readily available 50ci bump once they throw out the stock heads and guts.
This ebay seller literally relists every item at least twice. On one Mercedes they were trying to sell, I think it took 4-5 relists. (It had a no-reserve price too.)
How else would they relist them—figuratively? metaphorically?
You are absolutely, literally, and figuratively, no help whatsoever.
Not uncommon. Sometimes they'll be dropping the price until they find a buyer, sometimes they'll hold the price and wait for that buyer who thinks It's Just Right.
I know. I was trying to reply with a snarky comeback to FTB's comment above, but blogger messed up and posted it as a new comment instead of a reply to his comment.
Sorry.
Guilty. 😉