Oh no!!! Big oly!!

[Lewko66u13]

Pulled these pics from face book… big oly got in some trouble. Love the fact it hasn’t just been sitting in a collection but man didn’t expect this.

 

[bax]

I saw this yesterday. There is video of the roll over. Stupid money does not make you a good driver.

 

[fordfan]

I hate to see something as historical as Big Oly in the Bronco world get hammered like this... Considerable damage just from what you can see! It can be repaired I guess ,but then it's not like it was... its repaired...repainted.... not the same......

This seems like the perfect way to remove a 150K of worth from it!!

 

[okie4570]

I'm sure it's been repaired many times before. It's a 50yo desert racer lol.

 

[green61bug]

It is a bummer and sad to see... I may not have been pushing it as hard if I was the driver... I do think it's meant to be raced and that this damage just adds to the story. I'm sure it will be fixed proper, at least I hope so.

 

[bigmuddy]

If you have the cash to buy Big Oly and then the balls to put it back to racing Baja, well this isn't that big a deal IMO.

 

[ngsd]

I hate to see something as historical as Big Oly in the Bronco world get hammered like this... Considerable damage just from what you can see! It can be repaired I guess ,but then it's not like it was... its repaired...repainted.... not the same......

This seems like the perfect way to remove a 150K of worth from it!!

That has been repaired and painted so many times it wont matter at all.

 

[fordfan]

That has been repaired and painted so many times it wont matter at all.

It probably hasn't seen a repair in the last 25 years and I would guess that some of the repairs might be hard to make match/blend with older finishes and materials.... just my guess though...

I'm just glad I didn't spend 1.9m on it and trash it on the first run! LOL... Bax is right... You can't buy the skill...

 

[syndicate1]

Worlds most expensive Bronco, $1.87M


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[NicksTrix]

in a "class" where you are just out on a tour of the back roads of baja it's a shame the driver ran out of talent that quick n easy. he should have stuck with cars n coffee...
but hey at least he can now have the claim of being the only other guy besides PJ to roll big oly...

 

[green61bug]

in a "class" where you are just out on a tour of the back roads of baja it's a shame the driver ran out of talent that quick n easy. he should have stuck with cars n coffee...
but hey at least he can now have the claim of being the only other guy besides PJ to roll big oly...

I agree... He was basically in a chill class but was pushing the vehicle beyond his limits it looks like. Not really worth it in a class like that...

 

[Broncobowsher]

Have you seen the vintage care cars getting banged up at Goodwood? Yes, there is a risk to running them. but the warehouse they could be hidden in could burn down as well.
Few years back Jay Leno was in Hemi under glass when it rolled. They fixed it.
Tough to see vintage stuff getting beat up, but also good to see it getting out. Not like this was a pristine survivor, it was raced hard in the past. Not a big deal.

 

[nickgp]

As my good friend, Baja legend, Jack Johnson would say, (and like Nick previously said) "He just ran out of talent!". Curious who that was and who shelled out the big bucks for such a huge piece of history.

 

[BronCowie]

Have you seen the vintage care cars getting banged up at Goodwood? Yes, there is a risk to running them. but the warehouse they could be hidden in could burn down as well.
Few years back Jay Leno was in Hemi under glass when it rolled. They fixed it.
Tough to see vintage stuff getting beat up, but also good to see it getting out. Not like this was a pristine survivor, it was raced hard in the past. Not a big deal.

^^^This^^^

 

[BGBronco]

If it had to get in an accident, this was the way to do it. And they kept going which is fantastic.

 

[JefeAZ]

Saw the video, he was doing donuts and rolled it

edit: Todd explained what happened on page 3 of this topic. Rear brakes locked up which sent him into a spin, hit the soft stuff and it rolled. The video I saw is gone now.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Saw the video, he was doing donuts and rolled it

Linky?

 

[Supercmonkey]

Yes link plz

 

[El Kabong]

he was doing donuts and rolled it

 

[Yeller]

Saw the video, he was doing donuts and rolled it

Happens to the best of us

I’ve never done that……. More than once in a day, and somehow never in the bronco.