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Well, I put 650 miles behind the wheel of an early bronco yesterday, and
after wanting a Baja for many years, I finally got one. I had to make some
quick decisions and sell off a few things I thought I would never sell, but it finally
happened. Thanks to Andrew at Baja Broncos Unlimited for taking a lot of time
answering questions, pestering, and begging for a chance to buy one for the
last 10 years too. LOL
It isn't the cream of the crop, but pretty dang nice for what comes around these
days for sure. Basically a one owner rig with full documentation and history.
Unfortunately smacked pretty good twice in it's life so not all original paint,
but luckily it survived all these years without losing any of the hard to find
Stroppe parts.
This is a 4/73 DSO 870385 built Bronco, shipped to Placerville Ford.
Now the cool thing about Placerville Ford is they supplied the Bajas that
went on the Jeepers Jamboree Rubicon runs. This particular Bronco went on
the '73 run and was sold with 381 miles on the odometer for a $250 price reduction.
The Stroppe installed rocker guard covers are still on there, as well as a
couple rash marks on the wheels and the hubs.
Here is a pic from one of the earlier runs:
Note the Placerville Ford plate frames.
If anybody has any more pics of ANY year Jeepers Jamboree with Bajas, PLEASE
post them up.
Here is a pic of my Bronco with it's happy new owner in 1973:
Here is a pic of their last day with the Bronco, almost exactly 40 years later:
Here are the window stickers:
And for you MArti geeks like me out there:
And here are some general shots showing the current condition:
A few other things to note. One being the CA Emissions sticker still on the
inside of the drivers side top window. Crazy! Who whouldn't scrape that off
either when you get home or even at dealer prep time? Also, the "standard"
push bar, tire cover, etc. I like the look of the Cactus Smasher better, but
since this came new this way it will stay. Besides, nothing wrong with something
a little different I guess... Also, this seems to be one of the limited Blue White
Red logo Bajas, instead of the more common Red White Blue ones.
Anyway, I will be spending some quality time scrubbing, cleaning, polishing,
playing, and driving the new member of our family and will try to keep a few
updates in here along the way showing progress...
Thanks again to the three guys that helped make this happen, and my wife
and son for putting up with me. ;D
after wanting a Baja for many years, I finally got one. I had to make some
quick decisions and sell off a few things I thought I would never sell, but it finally
happened. Thanks to Andrew at Baja Broncos Unlimited for taking a lot of time
answering questions, pestering, and begging for a chance to buy one for the
last 10 years too. LOL
It isn't the cream of the crop, but pretty dang nice for what comes around these
days for sure. Basically a one owner rig with full documentation and history.
Unfortunately smacked pretty good twice in it's life so not all original paint,
but luckily it survived all these years without losing any of the hard to find
Stroppe parts.
This is a 4/73 DSO 870385 built Bronco, shipped to Placerville Ford.
Now the cool thing about Placerville Ford is they supplied the Bajas that
went on the Jeepers Jamboree Rubicon runs. This particular Bronco went on
the '73 run and was sold with 381 miles on the odometer for a $250 price reduction.
The Stroppe installed rocker guard covers are still on there, as well as a
couple rash marks on the wheels and the hubs.
Here is a pic from one of the earlier runs:
Note the Placerville Ford plate frames.
If anybody has any more pics of ANY year Jeepers Jamboree with Bajas, PLEASE
post them up.
Here is a pic of my Bronco with it's happy new owner in 1973:
Here is a pic of their last day with the Bronco, almost exactly 40 years later:
Here are the window stickers:
And for you MArti geeks like me out there:
And here are some general shots showing the current condition:
A few other things to note. One being the CA Emissions sticker still on the
inside of the drivers side top window. Crazy! Who whouldn't scrape that off
either when you get home or even at dealer prep time? Also, the "standard"
push bar, tire cover, etc. I like the look of the Cactus Smasher better, but
since this came new this way it will stay. Besides, nothing wrong with something
a little different I guess... Also, this seems to be one of the limited Blue White
Red logo Bajas, instead of the more common Red White Blue ones.
Anyway, I will be spending some quality time scrubbing, cleaning, polishing,
playing, and driving the new member of our family and will try to keep a few
updates in here along the way showing progress...
Thanks again to the three guys that helped make this happen, and my wife
and son for putting up with me. ;D
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