Ucantafordnot2
Jr. Member
In regard to the above post I do not mean to imply that i owned two "Stroope Baja Broncos"...My Grammer is horrible and I know..
...My Grammer is horrible ..
It's Stroppe
John Holman was with Stroope(as an employ of Stroope) in the 1950s as a truck chaser for what eventully became the Baja 1000..He left that job and went to head up Ford racing in Charlotte NC..He then bought Stroope out in 1965..From then on Stroope was HMS and until the end of it all..Its really funny how it went from Holman working for Stroope then Holman owning Stroope ..After 1965 Stroope was there as a Driver and contributor only..Holman-Moody received every single Bronco race vehical that was let by Ford and they are the ones that were behind the whole program..I think some will soon realise that a Bronco with those Holman -Moody nomenclatures are going to be rare since that would seem to be where Stroope ended up finding success..
HMS lasted about 5 years - I'm with Andrew that it ended in '69 or maybe '70 when some senior Ford executives loaned Stroppe enough $$ to buy his operation back (per the seminal Holman Moody history by Tom Cotter). That makes sense as the Holman Moody portion of the name disappeared from all literature and documentation around that time.
Todd Z.
)..I asked about the Broncos with HM id plates like the "Hunter" and he said there may be at least 3 more of those trucks out there as they were special project programs that didnt pan out..
Just spoke with Lee again and he said that the time line for selling the company back to Stroppe was in 1971-72(said they were tired of losing money!)..I asked about the Broncos with HM id plates like the "Hunter" and he said there may be at least 3 more of those trucks out there as they were special project programs that didnt pan out..He was on a milling project and couldnt talk very much..He also said that Stroppe had built a few Baja types before and after the business transactions but most were built by HMS..What is the last year for Baja type Bronco production ? ...Someone with better Grammer skills than myself should write a more up to date history of this subject because when I started fabbing light aircraft the person that made more money than anyone else was the guy that sold books on the subject!
This story is a little intriguing; A friend of mine in Atlanta has told me before that he had a "Baja Bronco" in the early 80's in Atlanta that was built by Holman-Moody. I always just discredited it because of the years between then and now, but now...this..
The years for Baja Bronco production were 71-75. I don't know of any Baja Broncos that were built by Holman Moody.
No money to be made on Bronco books, it appears, but I hope a good one on the Stroppes is produced someday.
Todd Z.
The years for Baja Bronco production were 71-75. I don't know of any Baja Broncos that were built by Holman Moody.
No money to be made on Bronco books, it appears, but I hope a good one on the Stroppes is produced someday.
Todd Z.
Not much.. because HM ain't $hit without S! ;DWhats that worth??
Not much.. because HM ain't $hit without S! ;D
contrary to that S HM HMS wouldnt be that if it wont ( thats wasn't for the "un-initiated":-*) for FORD !
Bill Stroppe and Clay Smith were winning races for FORD while Moody and Holman were still in diapers! ;D