Ok ... you asked for it .
You know I've seen so many unbelievable hacks over the years on the Bronco's that have come thru my shop but THIS one ... well , beat this for ... ummmm ... originality ! :-X
So what is it ? Hold on .... it's an Aug. 1965 U13 ! !
A buddy bought it a couple of years ago from ... the ORIGINAL owner ! It has 65K on the clock & runs awesome . The "builder" grafted an early '60's Rambler 4 door wagon rear section to it in 1969 . It was driven until it was tipped over at a ski area in '79 then put out to pasture .
It was in my shop last week for some ... well "cosmetics " & I did a major going over it to see what is really there . The 170 was replaced with a 289 . Get this , it was parked for 35 years . The new owner poured some gas down the carb & put a hose in a can of gas ... it fired right off & idled ! Heck the carb didn't even leak ! It runs & sounds great so all he did was drop the gas tank , flush it out & put a new screen on the pick up . So what did I find , originally Arcadian Blue , DSO : Salt Lake ... the original AM radio works great ... all knob white centers still there , glue everywhere as shag carpet was glued EVERYWHERE ( surprise surprise ) ..
Eyebrow grill ... early hood ( 4 supports ) ...silver bucket seats ... That Rambler section is mounted to wood strips bolted to the rear quarters . They're still there under all that crap . Rambler rear bumper welded to stock CHROME bumper ! Lets see .. nice silver sun visors ... roadster speaker cover in place ... perfect t case shifter boot . MAN ! it makes you want to cry ....Future plans .... maybe Ebay it as is ... might be somebody out there with REALLY bad taste & some cash to burn or maybe gut the pig & make it a roadster .... time will . Hope I didn't ruin too many suppers !