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[toddz69]

Also, ToddZ or someone needs to get paid royalties each time the history of the Bronco is cut and pasted on an ad by the latest Bronco bandwagon jumper seller. WORD!

I'm glad someone else notices that too! As I tell a lot of people, I do a lot of freelance writing, with the emphasis on "free".

One edition I wrote back in the '90s had the wrong production numbers for some of the years. There were a few articles in print magazines years ago that I knew were swiped from mine because they had the wrong numbers in them too .

Todd Z.

 

[BajaFresh75]

Hmmm. I think I will skip the visit. At 49k and the tacky "upgrades" it isn't worth the look to me.
Vintage air cut into it, speakers cut into doors, sunroof....

And most of all out of my means buy a few bucks at this time.

Also, when I owned it the sunroof was already installed. It leaked. Look like the Blue was repainted and a new sunroof installed. I wouldn't have touched that original paint.

 

[eaglenest66]

I am 99% sure that is the Disney roadster float puller I found several years ago. That's a nice rig. Along with this one and a few others, wish I did not sell them back then. Today's worth would of well paid for storage fees and still made a hefty profit. Finding nice original EBs at a reasonable now is so much harder to locate. Man o man I could kick myself!

 

[mickphatmac]

Also, when I owned it the sunroof was already installed. It leaked. Look like the Blue was repainted and a new sunroof installed. I wouldn't have touched that original paint.

I wonder why it doesn't have the front Bumper Braces?

 

[House]

Also, when I owned it the sunroof was already installed. It leaked. Look like the Blue was repainted and a new sunroof installed. I wouldn't have touched that original paint.

Tough call, but if you are going to mess with the original paint at least
get rid of the stupid sunroof itself!

I am 99% sure that is the Disney roadster float puller I found several years ago. That's a nice rig. Along with this one and a few others, wish I did not sell them back then. Today's worth would of well paid for storage fees and still made a hefty profit. Finding nice original EBs at a reasonable now is so much harder to locate. Man o man I could kick myself!

Agreed, that thing is a pretty sweet rig.

I wonder why it doesn't have the front Bumper Braces?

A lot of the 75's did not get all (or any) of the actual Stroppe installed parts.

 

[BajaBronco]

Had to go look at my archives on this one- No bumper braces on the paperwork, and photos of it as found, show it had a winch and modified bumper on the front - however that cactus smasher is original as it's on the invoice as well as the lights.

House is correct there - many 75s didn't get converted, and others all or almost all like this 75. One I know of is actually uncut.

I remember one of the 75s that didn't get converted - and received KC lights, chrome wheels, other flares, and a smittybuilt rollbar installed after Stroppe was gone from Luben- came for sale on here and Hyghlndr bought it in a heartbeat only to find out it was a 75 No option Baja. Where'd it go buddy?

 

[Bajabrewer]

I saw this Baja at the Woodward Dream Cruise a couple of times. It was parked once with nobody around to ask questions to but I did check it out. I thought I took some pics but I can't find them. What's the unit between the brake booster & fender? Old style cruise control?

 

[BajaFresh75]

I wonder why it doesn't have the front Bumper Braces?

The original bumper was modified for a winch. The bumper on the Bronco is not original. The original one has the punch outs for braces. The original bumper was sold with the Bronco.

 

[BajaFresh75]

Yes, cruise control.

 

[BajaBronco]

Interesting. Wonder where the braces went..... paperwork is very vague for the "package" installaed on the rig. Typical 75 Baja. Like a box of chocolates.

 

[Specracer]

This truck has made its way to MA. Ill start a real thread.

This truck is better than I expected. I jumped at it, bought it sight unseen. Its what seems like a very nice untouched truck. Its been resprayed, rather poorly, with tons of overspray. Its very complete, shows 73xxx miles, AM radio, original exhaust, 2 tops, doors. There are a couple dents in the passenger rockers, but Im good with that.

I too was puzzled by the hoses and the pump. I thought someone had installed power steering, from the pix. This is actually a California delivered truck. It still has its original smog pump, and its complete.

I was browsing this thread and saw the link for the U13. It's looks like an honest rig. I was a little surprised at all the heater hose plumbing under the hood considering it's a heater delete '66.