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Could you get metal fender flares install like this on your Bronco as a dealer add on option back in `76 ? What do you think ? Thanks
That 302 badge isn't original for sure on a 76'Curios aswell seen the post on fb and the guy is saying it’s all original.
Here is what he sent me; can you decode it ? ThanksDo the codes indicate it’s a legitimate Ranger?
AG is Olive Ranger buckets and rear seat.Here is what he sent me; can you decode it ? Thanks
G is auto transmission and B8J is limited slip front and back axles 3.50 gearsCool. So what are G and BG?
Nice Bronco no matter what UNC. The 4900 for the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) means it's got the heavy-duty suspension package.
And I don't rule out the dealer completely. I agree that most dealers would never have gotten that exotic with flaring and matching the Ranger stripes (maybe 1 out of 4,000?), but many dealers still knew local customizing shops that might do special work for them now and then. By the '80's and '90's it was a huge part of the industry.
My biggest customer here locally with Trailmaster suspensions was a huge new vehicle customizer that worked the entire west coast. They had trucks and trailers, their own body/paint shop that would have put most full size body shops to shame, a big fancy showroom and you saw their logo decals on the tails of vehicles driving around almost any time you looked.
So while this work on a Bronco would have been almost unheard of, it might not be completely impossible for someone to have bought it from a dealer that way.
One of the other large customizers in Southern CA was a "bailment pool" customer that took delivery of vehicles by train directly from Ford and GM to do custom work for dealers. Once the work was done the still-new vehicles were delivered to the dealer with all the add-ons and what-nots already installed ready to go on the lot for prospective customers to oogle.
That's how a lot of the old-school custom vans got done. Not all of them, but a good percentage went through these customizers before the dealer ever saw them.
Again, a Bronco in one of these situations was pretty rare. But not unheard of. Didn't Stroppe work that way too? Broncos went straight to them? Or did they work through dealers? I'm guessing direct.
Paul
I would agree. Does the rear drivers side quarter seam (upper to lower) look like its got issues or is it my screen? Looks like the typical rot bubbling though.Paint looks way fresh to me.
Picky, Picky, Picky!!! LOLI would definitely pass on it unless it is really cheap in this crazy market. It is obvious that is has body filler and rust issues. It is obvious that it indeed isn't original paint or flares. As previously mentioned, it has badges added to the fenders, and something else that I noticed is that the original rear view mirror holes in the doors have been filled and the mirrors have been reinstalled in a weird position on the doors.... really far to the front. If it's cheap enough, you could restore it to an uncut original though....
I've seen the same method of a rare 'survivor' all jacked up many times before, and the previous owner's modifications billed as rare 'original' stuff!
Could you get metal fender flares install like this on your Bronco as a dealer add on option back in `76 ? What do you think ? Thanks
G is auto transmission and B8J is limited slip front and back axles 3.50 gears