Denver Broncos

[Viperwolf1]

I know a couple guys with original Denver Broncos out here. Something I've noticed on them are some numbers hand painted on the top of the core support. One set of numbers looks like a date. The other numbers don't appear to be related to the VIN. Possibly it's a number to id the dealer at it's final destination. Both of these Denvers were sold at different dealers.

Does anyone know any more about these numbers?

 

[blamejane]

Wow, this is really interesting. I hope someone can shed some light on these numbers.

 

[half cab]

There was a Football player(John 'bull' Bramlet) from Memphis that was awarded one those Denver Broncos when he played there at Denver back in the '70's that had a no. on the core support....

I have a pic here some where..I have had the wife looking for it with no luck,but I know it's here somewhere...I keep lookin?

May be something to do with the ones that the D. Broncos awarded out? Just a thought?

 

[Viperwolf1]

I'm thinking they went from the assembly plant to somewhere else to get paint finished and spare tire covers installed. That intermediate step may be when the numbers were painted. I'm thinking it's the destination dealer ID number and date when finished. The two above were only separated by a couple trucks on the assembly line so it makes sense that the date numbers are the same.

 

[half cab]

I also remember that D.Bronco's gave him his a few yrs after he retired ...I Think..May not have had nothing to do with it,but wonder how many the team owner and/or the Ford dealer in Denver gave out like that?

 

[half cab]

Interesting stuff here....http://www.stratadrome.com/bronco/history.htm

The ex-owner also said there were a few produced all Wimbledon White with an orange Ranger stripe kit and/or all Calypso Coral with a white Ranger stripe kit and a blue roof painted by the dealer later in the spring of 1975, these were ordered as supplies of the “Stroppe Prepped” vehicles dwindled, however, Ford refused to paint them two tone as the originals had been.

 

[BajaBronco]

THey look like they were applied at a dealer, and if the Golden Motors story is accurate, then I bet ViperWolf is right and the number on the left is to go to certain dealers or otherwise identify the trucks. That number could be an invoice number or anything really, but could also be a dealer code.

Interesting little story about how Stroppe with no warning and for no reason stopped making Baja Broncos. .. heheh .. Well...lets see...he was getting his company wrangled out of his grips by someone tied to FoMoCo....