This is the restoration of my great grandfather's 71 Bronco Sport he purchased new in December of 1970. Well….sort of. More like the bronco build “in the spirit of” my great grandfather’s bronco.
How this got started:
I have always been a fan of broncos and have been lurking around this site for several years looking for the right one. I purchased my first Bronco from some friends in September of 2017. It was my sort-of 40th birthday present from my wife. A 76 Explorer. Hopefully someday there will be a build thread on that one. Since then every time my Dad and I talked about my bronco dad would say something about my great grandfather's. He would mention that he thought it had been wrecked and he thought he knew where it was. I would tell him it would be really cool to have and restore. All we need is the title and the frame. Well, fast forward a little over two years later and the week before Thanksgiving 2019 the bronco was delivered to my Dad’s house.
The Bronco’s history:
My great grandfather “Papa Curt” purchased his 1971 Bronco Sport on December 7, 1970 from Ted Benefield Ford in Purcell, OK. My dad remembers him setting in it at lunch outside his grocery store reading his bible and smoking his pipe. Eventually he sold it to my dad’s cousin sometime in the late 70’s. It was then sold to another family member in the 80”s as a farm truck. Around 1985 the farm hand went joy riding one night and hit a culvert totaling the bronco. It was hauled to the farm bone yard and has sat ever since.
How we got the Bronco:
Dad has remained friends with the family member over the years, same town/same church, and asked him about it several time. Finally one day on a fishing trip he told dad to just come get it. So it began...
Pictures below are of the day he picked it up and how it sat for 30 years.
We have been working on this for over a year now and I finally go around to starting this thread. I will try to bring this up to date.
How this got started:
I have always been a fan of broncos and have been lurking around this site for several years looking for the right one. I purchased my first Bronco from some friends in September of 2017. It was my sort-of 40th birthday present from my wife. A 76 Explorer. Hopefully someday there will be a build thread on that one. Since then every time my Dad and I talked about my bronco dad would say something about my great grandfather's. He would mention that he thought it had been wrecked and he thought he knew where it was. I would tell him it would be really cool to have and restore. All we need is the title and the frame. Well, fast forward a little over two years later and the week before Thanksgiving 2019 the bronco was delivered to my Dad’s house.
The Bronco’s history:
My great grandfather “Papa Curt” purchased his 1971 Bronco Sport on December 7, 1970 from Ted Benefield Ford in Purcell, OK. My dad remembers him setting in it at lunch outside his grocery store reading his bible and smoking his pipe. Eventually he sold it to my dad’s cousin sometime in the late 70’s. It was then sold to another family member in the 80”s as a farm truck. Around 1985 the farm hand went joy riding one night and hit a culvert totaling the bronco. It was hauled to the farm bone yard and has sat ever since.
How we got the Bronco:
Dad has remained friends with the family member over the years, same town/same church, and asked him about it several time. Finally one day on a fishing trip he told dad to just come get it. So it began...
Pictures below are of the day he picked it up and how it sat for 30 years.
We have been working on this for over a year now and I finally go around to starting this thread. I will try to bring this up to date.
