Who Was Designer of this Bronco

[BoureeOne]

Guy on Ebay is selling jump seat and using this pic to say it was a factory option jump seat. I have seen pics of these broncos before, but can't remember the guy who did them. Little help please.

Thanks

 

[half cab]

George Barris

 

[BoureeOne]

Did he design and sell these on his own, did they come from the factory already modified? Did he own a dealership and just did them from his store?

Thanks

 

[half cab]

It was only one and he don't even recall what happened to it...

 

[half cab]

Batman...etc Hollywood etc...

 

[half cab]

Custom car builder for the movies/TV...google him and you will be amazed...

 

[thegreatjustino]

Custom car builder for the movies/TV...google him and you will be amazed...

X2, guy's got some serious talent. Check out the hearse with the gargoyles airbrushed on the sides. Amazing.

 

[ilovemaui]

I like some of his stuff but most of his designs look ridiculous.

 

[half cab]

X2, guy's got some serious talent. Check out the hearse with the gargoyles airbrushed on the sides. Amazing.

Yea and you figure the era most those cars/trucks were build too....

 

[pabluni]

George Barris and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth were like the Chip Foose and Jesse James of the 50's-60's without the help of reality TV.

http://www.ratfink.com/kustom-kulture.php

 

[half cab]

George Barris and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth were like the Chip Foose and Jesse James of the 50's-60's without the help of reality TV.

http://www.ratfink.com/kustom-kulture.php

Let's not forget Dean Jeffries:Builder of the Monkee Mobile(GTO)

 

[FRANKO289]

George Barris

Where is that bronco now ??? who is the custodian ??

 

[half cab]

Where is that bronco now ??? who is the custodian ??

That truck, the Doug Nash dragster, and the Stroppe Pony race Bronco are three trucks that have eluded devotees over the years.

I asked Barris about it a few years ago and he didn't know what happened to it.

Todd Z.

This is as much as we know...%)

 

[RacinJason]

Check out those links. It's great seeing those vehicles, kind of reminds me of some of those "Hot Wheels" i had as a kid.

 

[Stroppe-Envy-77]

Where is that bronco now ??? who is the custodian ??

I actually spoke to Mr. Barris a couple of weeks ago in regards to the original Batmobile, which is going to the Barrett-Jackson auction next month in Scottsdale. The Batmobile started life as a Ford show car called the Lincoln Futura. I hadn't known this before, but Barris was involved with Ford's show cars back in the day, and he was able to aquire the Futura (for the sum of $1!) once Ford was done with it.

I seem to remember that this Bronco (named the "Dune Buster") was in fact a Ford show vehicle that toured the country, and Ford Motor Company would have had ownership of it.

At various stages in time, Ford has either crushed its show cars or sold them to employees (or others) who happened to be in the right place at the right time. If the Ford legal department felt that the Dune Buster was not compliant enough with federal safety regulations (remember, 1968 was the beginning of a lot of DOT-mandated safety equipment), then they could have ordered or recommended that the vehicle be crushed due to liability concerns.

 

[DixieBlueRider]

My guess is Ford repainted it for 1970 and gave it a new name... Wildflower!

http://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/pr701106/broncohistory

 

[FRANKO289]

My guess is Ford repainted it for 1970 and gave it a new name... Wildflower!

http://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/pr701106/broncohistory

WOW ...would like to see it on color !!

 

[broncoman1972]

WOW ...would like to see it on color !!

Nope. No way... My eyes are already burning.....:-X

 

[BRONCOBERT]

Unless Ford had two of these built I would say that is the same Bronco. Some one should let George know. LOL!

 

[thegreatjustino]

LOL sexy :-*