NATEandALLI
Jr. Member
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- Jun 25, 2016
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Hi all,
Posting on behalf of my wife who's not much of a forum person. She's been wanting a EB for a while and finally took the plunge and bought up a '73 that we found on eBay. Wound up dealing with the seller directly, struck a deal and had it shipped from Denver to Orange County. Like all things bought sight unseen, there's always those little surprises when seeing it for the first time. Seller said it was 99% rust free which is mostly is but the reason it's rust free is that someone already did a so-so job of replacing the rusty pieces. It has new floors and new rear quarters and has had some work done behind the front fenders. It looks okay from 10 feet away but after really taking a close look at it it's a little disappointing. I've seen worse go for more than what we paid so I guess it works out in the end.
So we're the 3rd owners - the second owners had started doing some of the resto work. Besides the sheet metal replacement, they also resprayed the interior Ford blue. It's in a state of semi disassembled - guess they called it quits and sold it to the eBay guy. Luckily, it came with a ton of original documentation from the original owner and I was actually able to track him down and talked to him on the phone. He bought it brand new in SLC in '74. He said that the dealer had put a red vinyl top on it and had cut and flared the rear quarters and put on the smoothie chrome wheels. I was pretty surprised to hear that a dealer had cut a Bronco but he said nope, that's how it came from the dealer lot!
Here's some pics of it:
On the transporter
Sitting in the driveway
Posting on behalf of my wife who's not much of a forum person. She's been wanting a EB for a while and finally took the plunge and bought up a '73 that we found on eBay. Wound up dealing with the seller directly, struck a deal and had it shipped from Denver to Orange County. Like all things bought sight unseen, there's always those little surprises when seeing it for the first time. Seller said it was 99% rust free which is mostly is but the reason it's rust free is that someone already did a so-so job of replacing the rusty pieces. It has new floors and new rear quarters and has had some work done behind the front fenders. It looks okay from 10 feet away but after really taking a close look at it it's a little disappointing. I've seen worse go for more than what we paid so I guess it works out in the end.
So we're the 3rd owners - the second owners had started doing some of the resto work. Besides the sheet metal replacement, they also resprayed the interior Ford blue. It's in a state of semi disassembled - guess they called it quits and sold it to the eBay guy. Luckily, it came with a ton of original documentation from the original owner and I was actually able to track him down and talked to him on the phone. He bought it brand new in SLC in '74. He said that the dealer had put a red vinyl top on it and had cut and flared the rear quarters and put on the smoothie chrome wheels. I was pretty surprised to hear that a dealer had cut a Bronco but he said nope, that's how it came from the dealer lot!
Here's some pics of it:
On the transporter
Sitting in the driveway