Hello Bronco Owners!
My name is Patti and I'm "Danny"'s sister, Ken and myself ran KbarS after my dad retired. As Danny said "a lack of passion" was one of the reasons it closed, that couldn't be further from the truth. Our lives were "KbarS" period. Danny has a complete lack of knowledge as he was not involved within the company on a "working" basis, and had no interest to be part of it. I'll leave it at that.
Reading all these beautiful memories of my dad and KbarS has crushed me again, its taken 9 years to try and work past such an amazingly blessed life that KbarS provided me. I can't describe without totally breaking down how hard the decision was to close "the shop".
The changing atmosphere in the automotive industry during the time we closed was a major reason behind closing, this included industry giants like 4-Wheel Parts Wholesalers crushing the independant retailers. If you were not financially strong enough to fight you got crushed, plain and simple...we were crushed.
Our passion for the Bronco still lives on and Ken is working on several projects for Hal Sealund currently, one of which is an original Stroppe race Early Bronco. The passion has never left and never will, the self employment issue though....
Thank you again for your kind words and memories, the passion for the early bronco is part of who I am. My memories of racing and building engines with my dad are precious.
