The CEO fired the guy that was developing this.
That's a bit misleading. The photo of the passenger side without the 'Boss Bronco' wording is older and how it was found in 2017 (found by my editor at CarTech Books). The current owner redid the original decals with 'Boss Bronco' on each side.
The power steering was added later in its life (it's a stock Ford box) as were the power brakes. It's my belief that this truck was the first one to ever have a C4 installed in it - the adapter is very crude/homemade looking (there's a picture of it in my book). Stroppe used Mustang shifters in the Broncos so it's my belief they installed the shifter at Kar-Kraft when they did the conversion in June 1969.
Yeah, I always wondered if Ford came back to the pics of this rig 7 years later when they developed the Special Decor package - hard to say. I looked through my pics and couldn't tell the color of the core support for certain, but I think it's body color if I had to guess.
Not just the Boss Bronco lettering but also the shape of the hockey stick stripe is different on the pics of both sides. Which side is original to the prototype?
I realized my original reply was a bit incomplete/incorrect. The hockey stick decal on the driver's side with the Boss lettering is the correct shape - mimicking the original.
