By Tim Odell
Broncos made from 1966-1977 are the Hot Girl at The Party of classic 4x4s. People go crazy for them, bend over backwards, jump through hoops, pay through the nose, and several other cliches just to have one in their possession. Once acquired, they learn Early Broncos offer few advantages over their half-price competitors (Jeeps, Scouts and Land Cruisers). This isn’t to say they’re not great midsize trucklets, it’s just that all the reasonably priced, slightly rough examples seem to have disappeared.
Well…maybe not, here’s one starting at $500. Let’s see what we get for our money…
In short: not much. This one’s a first-year example with a 170ci straight six and three on the tree. You can assume it’s got manual steering and drum brakes all around. The front axle is a light duty Dana 30. It doesn’t seem to have a straight or fully painted panel anywhere.
But then again, maybe it’s not so bad. It looks to be mostly surface rust, with most of the panels being flat and easy to patch anyway. Knock down the worst of it and rub the rest in WD40. The half-cab is pretty rare, meaning you could sell it on eBay for the price of a nice, new soft top. Nostalgia and under-statement are great, but there’s a line somewhere. A 170ci straight six breathing through a one barrel carb is on the other side of the line. Luckily Ford small blocks practically grow on trees, with 4-speed transmissions being pretty easy to locate. That’s the easy route, of course. Just to piss people off, I’d recommend yanking an EFI 4.0L from a Jeep. Throw on a small lift, some skinny mud tires and call it a day.
Most curiously, with 5 days left in the auction what do you think it’ll go for?
[sc:ebay itemid=”130913709641″ linktext=”1966 Ford Bronco for sale” ] – eBay motors
Jeff Glucker
Get it running, slap on a few cans of Rustoleum, find a trail.
Uncut rear fenders are highly valued by collectors so this may do OK based on the value of the rear tub alone.
It just dawned on me that with that headlight, this thing is looking very close to a real-life Mater.
Landcruisers are similarly overpriced and both are 4-5 or more times the value of a Scout. That is one of the reasons I, while being one that bleeds Ford blue, actually own Scouts.
I'd be all over this one despite it having a Falcon 6 since you don't need to swap frames to stick in a V8 like you do in a Scout.
I'd bet this one sells for at least $2000 and could go for up to twice that.
I couldn't agree with you more. I especially like this one.
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Nice looking truck. That is a strange grille guard on that front bumper though.
Looks more like Aussie roo bars than what you usually find here in the States.
That thing is art.
"International Scout..anything less..is just a car." Remember that song?
Remember it, I've got the bumper sticker and use that phrase frequently.
Im gonna say its gonna go for $8000 -$10000. Two people are gonna get all nostalgic and bid the crap out of it. After one of em wins he's going to wounder what to hell he just did and why he payed so much to do it.
And his wife will divorce him.
That wouldn't surprise me too much. The owner was asking $33K for this resto-mod.
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33K is a great deal if it is as good as it looks from that picture.
What about the?… Borgward Isabella? next to it? Is that for sale?
The guy has like a dozen cars that were saved from the crusher years ago, but only four on eBay right now.
There's a red Vega hatchback behind it.
Someone's been reading Hemmings S&E…
Gas Monkey got into a mess with one. Changed out about every panel.
Ended up selling it to the guy who started Twin Peaks for $40k and a $5k beer tab. We saw it at CarsCoffee last this month.
Tell me that crap isn't scripted.
It looked pretty nice, was it actually 45k nice?
I enjoy that show even though it's totally scripted! They make some weird calls and do some questionable things to cars. All about the $$ I guess if they keep finding buyers.
It was really well done. Not just sand-paint-wheels but the suspension was pretty well done. I was impressed. $45k? I don't know Broncos.
The show is fun to watch. It may have jumped the shark with the model welder.
Yes… that is for sure. Did she get hired? I didn't get a chance to watch anymore after that one episode where they brought her on.
I think she came in as needed.
Fast n Loud was to be the US version of Wheeler Dealers. Yes, really.
Nice beastie. But, you have to be careful with the roll center on them.
I'd like the Lincoln next to it..
Current bid : $1,741; 29 hours left to bid.
Current bid on this fully functional Scout 800A (well, you wouldn't drive it on the road with no windshield, but still, it goes and stops!)
$1,075. Or buy it for what that Bronco will probably reach tomorrow, $2,800
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/International-Harv…
Nice 800 and good proof that Scouts are not worth anywhere near what an early Bronco is. Bonus points for the (presumably Warn) OD, though minus points for the 3sp trans.
Bronco's bid at $1,826 now.
The only reason I can find a Scout 3 speed that doesn't pop out of 2nd gear like that one is because I drive 2WD Scouts and some of those trannys have survived. (I did notice this was for sale as a 'FWD' Scout.)
I wonder is the purchase price worth it given the price of replacement parts? A $2000 running Scout will make you cry trying to find the simplest of parts. But Bronco parts are all down at the local NAPA. Even if your $2000 basket case is missing the whole distributor, there's a billion Fords out there waiting to donate one.
What kind of parts are you talking about? Most of the common parts are in stock at a decent NAPA. In stock at my local store I've purchased points, condenser, plugs air filter, fuel filter, rotors, pads, shoes, wheel cyls, u-joints, carb kit, power steering pressure hose, rag joint kit and I'm sure more, that I'm forgetting off the top of my head, off the shelf at my local stores for my Scout II, Traveall, and Travelette. Sure most of the time the person behind the counter says there is no way we will have parts for that and I insist they do and lo and behold they are sitting on the shelf. Fuel pump, water pump, brake booster, distributor, radiator hoses engine gaskets, starter, clutch and hard engine parts are at the local NAPA warehouse. The only things I've had to wait more than a day for is wheel cyls and master cyl for the very uncommon 1510 I have.
Then of course you have all of the authorized Light Line dealers many of which stock every other part you need from resto decals to odd NOS and lots and lots of used parts of every type. Ebay is also full of IH parts I've picked up good distributors for $10 plus shipping and rebuildable carb cores for similar prices.
So I've never shed a single tear when looking for the parts for any of my Internationals, though I did gulp a bit buying that master cyl but still not that out of line for brake parts for a 2 1/2 ton truck.
Since the 3sp trans are just a T90 as used in so many other vehicles rebuild kits are cheap and plentiful.
Well the final bid was $2,111 with an unmet reserve, right about where I expected.