Buck tag

[Justin Palmer]

I know Buck Tags have been discussed in the past. I wasn’t able to respond to those threads as they were archived. Anyway, maybe the cleanest Buck Tag ever.. just how rare is it to have this?

 

[okie4570]

I don't know that I've seen one on a bronco after 68' or so.

 

[Justin Palmer]

This is from my 73 Ranger..

 

[hsach]

Mine from my '67.

 

[bronkenn]

 

[serial car restorer]

Was waiting for that...

 

[Qumanchew]

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Haha! Love it! Exactly where my mind went.

 

[kevscj5]

Buck Tag? Please explain to this plebe.

 

[ared77]

They were attached to the vehicle as it came down the assembly line to help workers know what items to install. They also had a "build sheet" to go by that had color indicators to know what spring (for example) that particular car was supposed to get. In the Mustang world for example, a Boss 302 build sheet might call for a spring with a purple, purple, green paint stripe on it , whereas a six cylinder car might get a org, blue, blue front spring. These are just made up examples but hopefully you see what I'm trying to say. So sometimes in restoring a Mustang someone gets lucky and finds the build sheet stuck up under the dash or laying under the carpet because the line worker would just toss it into the car before the carpet was installed. Back to buck tags, they were often attached to the radiator support so over the years when a previous owner was tinkering under the hood they would remove them and they got tossed. Now that these cars (and Broncos) are decades old it's a great item to find especially if the owner is trying to do a restoration. Things like the buck tag, build sheet, original owners manual and Marti Report are great items to have and display especially with stock or original type cars/trucks.

 

[broncojack]

This is from my 73 Ranger..

Where did you find it? Was it on the fire wall like others?

 

[fordfan]

I haven't ever found one on a later than '67, but I have seen the fine wire that attached them on the later years and they are on the core support usually through one of the holes that the retainers go through for the headlight splash guards. I looked at an extremely nice original '71 Sport at the SuperCelebration this year that had the wire still there.

 

[Justin Palmer]

Where did you find it? Was it on the fire wall like others?

It was in the glove box… I forgot it was in there when I made my original document display.. I will display it on the board like I did for the keychain.. the original owners special ordered the Bronco and I assume they took it off radiator support.

 

[ford man]

I haven't ever found one on a later than '67, but I have seen the fine wire that attached them on the later years and they are on the core support usually through one of the holes that the retainers go through for the headlight splash guards. I looked at an extremely nice original '71 Sport at the SuperCelebration this year that had the wire still there.

It was still there on the 71