Those of you that have been reading this blog for a while know that the early Ford Bronco is one of my favourites. I have had 6 of them over the years, including a 66 halfcab, which was my first. I have to be honest…my heart skipped a beat when I saw the photos of [...]
My good friend Dale Nyeste from Baja North has been busy scanning photos! His dad (Bob) raced the Mint 400 a few times in the 80’s in his Bronco, pictured above. Dale recently started this thread on Race Dezert with some of his scanned photos. Other members added their own to help make the thread [...]
You may recall that last month we did an article on a Bill Stroppe prepared Ford Bronco that raced the Baja 500 while towing a trailer in 1971. Andrew from Baja Bronco.com located the Bronco a few years ago and now has the Bronco up for sale. Via…
Bill Stroppe was behind some of the wilder off road racing vehicles of the 70’s, like the infamous Big Oly. To find out that he was the one that contacted Carl Jackson to tow a trailer behind a Stroppe Baja Bronco WHILE racing the Baja 500 does not suprise me! Andrew over at Baja Bronco [...]
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The guys over at Classic Broncos have an interesting thread going with vintage, odd and strange Bronco photos. <
Here is a set of 70’s photos about a desert racing bronco that has had a run of bad luck. “Johnnie Crean’s Bronco during a race at Borrego (Ocotillo Wells) was disabled with a broken rear differential. I removed the rear driveshaft and was trying to deflate the front tires for more traction to climb [...]
Bob Lewis was a frequent competitor in the southwest desert racing circle in the 70’s and early 80’s. In fact, he was the first off road racer to use KC Daylighters! Below are some of the photos found on this page along with a few others that I have found around the internet. If you [...]
Here is a rare shot of movie star James Garner in a Ford Bronco race truck. You may recall that Garner drove a lot of Vic Hickey built vehicles, like the Goodyear Grabber Olds 442 that we featured a while ago. This photo, which I found on this thread on Classic Broncos.com about rare & [...]
A member of the Classic Broncos.com message board recently posted photos and a great story of his fathers original owner 1969 Ford Bronco. It is an interesting recolection of how his father came to won the bronco and it is interesting to see the development of the Bronco over the years.
Classic Broncos member Broncitis posted started a new thread on Classic Broncos.com looking for photos of tow truck Broncos. Can any of your help him out?