Wyflyer
Bronco Guru
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- Apr 1, 2008
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I've been dealing on this Bronco since October, finally closed the deal and the seller delivered it today.
I bought it through a Craigslist ad over a period of months through a bunch of phone calls and a couple of emails with pics. The deal fell through once, and we got it going again and I finally got enough pics I could say "I want to buy it". Along the way we had some great visits about Wyoming.
It isn't perfect but it's one of the cleanest unrestored Broncos I've owned. Its tight, original, and everything works. It has a 302 with 3 speed.
Hah finally got me an orange bronco!
I now have two Broncos, the 72 Halfcab with 170 engine, and this one. I know I can't afford to restore them both, plan to have the halfcab semi restored in original configuration, and may lift this one and make it a daily driver.
Note the tin can lids for headliner supports, and the engine coolant bottle is special too.
But it has the original jack and tools too. We unloaded it this morning at 5am at a truck stop so not to wake up the neighbors. Katy drove it home and I went on to work. So she got it home and later today had to go start it and play with it and ended up running it out of gas at the curb in front of the house. She went and got 5 gallons and put in the front tank, thinking it was the main tank. We swapped it over to the aux, cranked it and it ran perfect. Nice surprise.
And it was cheap, real cheap. I need to buy a stranger a beer to pay it forward.
I bought it through a Craigslist ad over a period of months through a bunch of phone calls and a couple of emails with pics. The deal fell through once, and we got it going again and I finally got enough pics I could say "I want to buy it". Along the way we had some great visits about Wyoming.
It isn't perfect but it's one of the cleanest unrestored Broncos I've owned. Its tight, original, and everything works. It has a 302 with 3 speed.
Hah finally got me an orange bronco!
I now have two Broncos, the 72 Halfcab with 170 engine, and this one. I know I can't afford to restore them both, plan to have the halfcab semi restored in original configuration, and may lift this one and make it a daily driver.
Note the tin can lids for headliner supports, and the engine coolant bottle is special too.
But it has the original jack and tools too. We unloaded it this morning at 5am at a truck stop so not to wake up the neighbors. Katy drove it home and I went on to work. So she got it home and later today had to go start it and play with it and ended up running it out of gas at the curb in front of the house. She went and got 5 gallons and put in the front tank, thinking it was the main tank. We swapped it over to the aux, cranked it and it ran perfect. Nice surprise.
And it was cheap, real cheap. I need to buy a stranger a beer to pay it forward.
