Bigbadjim
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I bought my bronco last june in 2012. I've been looking for one since I was 16 but I could never find one in Canada for the right price. The bronco I finally bought is a U15 1972 with a 302 and a 3 speed floor shift. I bought it as a non runner in need of sheetmetal and a whole lot more.
My friend Terry took this EB on partial trade for a car he was selling almost 8 years ago. He's not a bronco or 4x4 lover at all and just took it on trade cause the guy didn't have all the funds to buy his car. When I found out he got this bronco I was so jealous and mad that one could just pop up at a guys shop that wasn't even looking for one. "Its not for sale!" he said when I asked him to sell it to me. I've tried numerous times to buy it over the last 8 years since it was just sitting in his shop untouched since a week after he traded for it. The first week he got it he cut the rusty quarters off it and arc welded some patch panels over holes in the floor and made a ugly metal mess. Absolutely no progress since that week. Now, fast forward 8 years.
I'm over at my friends dave's shop and he tells me to look out back. Holy crap! the bronco was in his storage compound. Terry just acquired a new mustang gt and asked him if he could store that old bronco for him. At that point, I new it was mine. Yes! Out of sight out of mind. I drove over to the other guys house immediately and knocked on his door. He answers the door and says "I think I know why your here and its not for sale!" well, after a couple coffee, a couple cigarettes I kindly asked him "whats the price, because everthing is for sale at a price" he named a price and I was baffled, he wanted half the price I would have offered him if he would have asked me first. We made the deal, I got the bill of sale and keys and left a happy guy. Later that day I picked it up with my trailer.
Since then, I got in touch with Toms bonco parts for a whole lot of sheetmetal and parts, I spent last july replacing all the metal pretty much from the firewall back. I installed procomp rims, tires and shocks, sprayed the interior with duplicolor bed liner, welded up a roll bar and had it powder coated, bikini top, custom diamond plate floor mats, leather seats from a donor car, new seat belts, new steering wheel, fixed the column, new dash pad, shifters, boots, knobs, added electronic ignition, a whole lot of engine re-wiring, tlc, and got the motor running.
Today was my first drive in the Bronco, took the kids for a cold rip in the snow. It sure plows through the white stuff! Didn't even have to use the winch.
This years plan is to get the motor running better, install a cowl induction fiberglass hood and paint the body all grey. I have a nice set of doors, a tailgate and hard top, however the doors and top will probably never see the Bronco. I love the top less look and the bronco will always be garaged.
More photos, before and after if you click on my "garage" button in the left hand column.
My friend Terry took this EB on partial trade for a car he was selling almost 8 years ago. He's not a bronco or 4x4 lover at all and just took it on trade cause the guy didn't have all the funds to buy his car. When I found out he got this bronco I was so jealous and mad that one could just pop up at a guys shop that wasn't even looking for one. "Its not for sale!" he said when I asked him to sell it to me. I've tried numerous times to buy it over the last 8 years since it was just sitting in his shop untouched since a week after he traded for it. The first week he got it he cut the rusty quarters off it and arc welded some patch panels over holes in the floor and made a ugly metal mess. Absolutely no progress since that week. Now, fast forward 8 years.
I'm over at my friends dave's shop and he tells me to look out back. Holy crap! the bronco was in his storage compound. Terry just acquired a new mustang gt and asked him if he could store that old bronco for him. At that point, I new it was mine. Yes! Out of sight out of mind. I drove over to the other guys house immediately and knocked on his door. He answers the door and says "I think I know why your here and its not for sale!" well, after a couple coffee, a couple cigarettes I kindly asked him "whats the price, because everthing is for sale at a price" he named a price and I was baffled, he wanted half the price I would have offered him if he would have asked me first. We made the deal, I got the bill of sale and keys and left a happy guy. Later that day I picked it up with my trailer.
Since then, I got in touch with Toms bonco parts for a whole lot of sheetmetal and parts, I spent last july replacing all the metal pretty much from the firewall back. I installed procomp rims, tires and shocks, sprayed the interior with duplicolor bed liner, welded up a roll bar and had it powder coated, bikini top, custom diamond plate floor mats, leather seats from a donor car, new seat belts, new steering wheel, fixed the column, new dash pad, shifters, boots, knobs, added electronic ignition, a whole lot of engine re-wiring, tlc, and got the motor running.
Today was my first drive in the Bronco, took the kids for a cold rip in the snow. It sure plows through the white stuff! Didn't even have to use the winch.
This years plan is to get the motor running better, install a cowl induction fiberglass hood and paint the body all grey. I have a nice set of doors, a tailgate and hard top, however the doors and top will probably never see the Bronco. I love the top less look and the bronco will always be garaged.
More photos, before and after if you click on my "garage" button in the left hand column.
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