$120k Early Bronco

[BroncoLuva]

I think this is like the $50 PBJ sandwich you'll find some restaurants selling, and some people buying.

http://www.rockyroads.com/Truck-For...o-Pearl-White-SOLD-Restored-Custom-Built.aspx

BL

 

[DirtDonk]

Yep. And that's what you'd expect a shop would get if they did a bolt-by-bolt frame-off with lots of bolt-on goodies and custom fabrication of special, hard to find or rare parts.
Apparently too, as you say, some people are simply willing to buy at even the hyper-inflated prices.

Hope when all is said and done, they feel like they got their $120k worth though.

Unfortunately, unlike a lot of other types of vehicles, for some reason when a pro shop builds one and sells it for big bucks, everybody with a Bronco raises their prices on their rust bucket pile-o-parts pos too.
Never saw that with Jeeps. Guy builds a $100k Jeep and none of the used Jeep prices went up. Guy flips a Bronco for $30 grand and all of a sudden you can't get out of the way fast enough.

It almost feels like the market just never recovered sanity from that one special Charity Bronco selling for $500k earlier this year.
Broncos just aren't as rare or hard to find as prices say they are!

I guess they might be soon though.%)

Paul

 

[Rustytruck]

Smog Legal in their AD. Good luck with that one.

 

[Chicago71Bronco]

120k and it doesn't even have blue paint

 

[BRONCOBERT]

Cardboard floor mats? HA!HA!

 

[77bronko]

That's a bit rich considering how many standard bolt ons they used. Minimal custom work. Spend the extra 30K and get the icon

 

[Crawdad]

Rocky Roads built bronco put the ICON bronco to shame. Look real hard at the details and you will know what I mean.

 

[MyOriginal66]

Rocky Roads built bronco put the ICON bronco to shame. Look real hard at the details and you will know what I mean.

There's details on a Rocky Roads build?!?

 

[lowbush]

Broncos just aren't as rare or hard to find as prices say they are!

Paul

They are pretty rare and one in mint condition with all the bells and whistles are even rarer. I know it took my some time to find what I was looking for and that seems to be similar for others as well. There are a few 5k EB's if you want a ground up project but a finished truck is not easy to find.

 

[reynard101]

Nothing wrong with selling a $50 PBJ sandwich or a $120k Bronco. It's the knuckleheads that buy them for that price that have a problem.

 

[landshark99]

as long as its not you buying I would say there is nothing wrong if they sell

 

[hyghlndr]

No fuel injection? That is freaking crazy, where are these buyers when I am selling? If you think that is a deal, you are simply an idiot. I will let all of mine go for just $89k each.

 

[JohnnyB77]

A simple fact is that any and everything is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it, doesn't matter if its a Bronco or a bar of gold.

 

[Ethansdad73]

All new parts as it seems plus shop rate to instal them i guess it adds up quick ... ya right... no efi auto with standard v-belt.. price on completion 120k but what it actually sold for is never published.. they could be inflating the prices on their own to sell others at a higher price.

 

[Casetay]

I just think it'd be cool if somebody came to buy mine to restore and said it was going to be listed at $120k...would I think they were completely insane, yes haha

 

[andyp]

Smog Legal in their AD. Good luck with that one.

Headers = fail smog. Right?

 

[Uncut_76]

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[mofoco1]

So a shop is making a smog vehicle into a non smog vehicle, nice!

 

[DirtDonk]

Headers = fail smog. Right?

No, the headers might be fine. They love it when there's a sticker or tag of course, but sometimes even "non-smog" headers can pass because of the age of the vehicle and the perceived rarity of obtaining an original or reproduction original exhaust manifold.

As long as the function of an existing smog control device has not been impaired, you could be good to go. Since no smog ports directly into the manifolds on EB's, changing to headers is not an automatic fail.
You still have to cross your fingers and hope for the best of course, but it's often a pass.

Now, a 4bbl carb is more likely a fail, since they were never available stock on an EB, but even those used to pass under the old rules. I passed for several years with my Carter AFB's, but haven't had to have it smogged for years either. So I don't know how strict they are with that type of stuff nowadays.

Paul

 

[mofoco1]

It originally had a smog pump on it and ports in the heads and you can see a lot of the associated vacuum lines that are Emissions related in the first few pictures of when they bought it. Just thought it was was funny, a Reputable shop like these would remove all emissions and sell as smog legal(In Haiti!!!!!!).