Dave_in_Texas
Full Member
Guys-
Here's the deal...I kinda stumbled upon and bought my 1966 U13 Roadster about 18 months ago. At the time, I had just sold my restored/driver '65 Mustang (for a family car) and was looking for a new project. Since then, I've made very little progress on the Bronco and do have a growing urge to make it more of a functional driver/off road capable.
I know this is somewhat of a rarer Bronco and have two concerns with me keeping it...One, my amauter restoration won't do it justice. Two, since it is a rarer version, I'd feel guilty deviating from stock specs...even if that is what I desire. To expand on the second point, I've lost some "restoration motivation" on this particular Bronco because I'm restoring it to stock, not restoring to how I'd want to drive it (ie., 302, disc brakes, hard top, EFI down the road, etc.).
I thought about posting this in the "Bronco Chat," but since it delt with possibily trading/selling it, I thought it fit better here. If any of the admins wants to move it, go ahead.
If I follow through with this, I'd be much more interested in trading for a different Bronco (or Mustang) a little further along as opposed to an outright sell (though not totally against it)...that way I don't have to go without a project and risk my time/money going into something else.
Advice????
For those interested, here are some specs (feel free to see my prior posts too):
-1966 U13 Roadster, uncut.
-Interior and some of engine bay disassembled, everything else still assembled.
-Has half the Roadster mirror (missing the circle part).
-New floor pans already installed.
-NO rust...it sat, covered up, for 18 years before I bought it due to a simple broken shifter that should have been an easy fix...the owner never got around to fixing it then passed away.
-Very complete...has original fiberglass inserts w/ metal backing, softtop (some hardware missing, but has soft doors), front bumper, orig drive train.
-170 CI w/ 3spd; 411 gears. Engine turns freely.
-Click below for prior posts:
http://classicbroncos.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1022877
-Click below for original pics. As mentioned before, I've taken out the rollbar, seats, steering column, dash, carpet, and some small misc. engine bay items (master cylinder, etc.)
http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/Dave_in_Texas/Bronco Before Pics/
-If interested, I can take more current pics too.
Am I crazy for thinking about this or can one else out there relate??
Dave
Here's the deal...I kinda stumbled upon and bought my 1966 U13 Roadster about 18 months ago. At the time, I had just sold my restored/driver '65 Mustang (for a family car) and was looking for a new project. Since then, I've made very little progress on the Bronco and do have a growing urge to make it more of a functional driver/off road capable.
I know this is somewhat of a rarer Bronco and have two concerns with me keeping it...One, my amauter restoration won't do it justice. Two, since it is a rarer version, I'd feel guilty deviating from stock specs...even if that is what I desire. To expand on the second point, I've lost some "restoration motivation" on this particular Bronco because I'm restoring it to stock, not restoring to how I'd want to drive it (ie., 302, disc brakes, hard top, EFI down the road, etc.).
I thought about posting this in the "Bronco Chat," but since it delt with possibily trading/selling it, I thought it fit better here. If any of the admins wants to move it, go ahead.
If I follow through with this, I'd be much more interested in trading for a different Bronco (or Mustang) a little further along as opposed to an outright sell (though not totally against it)...that way I don't have to go without a project and risk my time/money going into something else.
Advice????
For those interested, here are some specs (feel free to see my prior posts too):
-1966 U13 Roadster, uncut.
-Interior and some of engine bay disassembled, everything else still assembled.
-Has half the Roadster mirror (missing the circle part).
-New floor pans already installed.
-NO rust...it sat, covered up, for 18 years before I bought it due to a simple broken shifter that should have been an easy fix...the owner never got around to fixing it then passed away.
-Very complete...has original fiberglass inserts w/ metal backing, softtop (some hardware missing, but has soft doors), front bumper, orig drive train.
-170 CI w/ 3spd; 411 gears. Engine turns freely.
-Click below for prior posts:
http://classicbroncos.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1022877
-Click below for original pics. As mentioned before, I've taken out the rollbar, seats, steering column, dash, carpet, and some small misc. engine bay items (master cylinder, etc.)
http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/Dave_in_Texas/Bronco Before Pics/
-If interested, I can take more current pics too.
Am I crazy for thinking about this or can one else out there relate??
Dave
