Bronco Links

BRONCO PARTS & SERVICES

AutoKrafters - Virginia
EB, BB, LB - Restoration body parts
Bailie Bilt Bumpers - Oklahoma
EB - custom bumpers, car hauling trailers
Baja Broncos Unlimited - California
Stroppe EB - Appraisals, hard-to-find parts, and restoration of Stroppe Broncos
B.C. Broncos - Texas
EB - High performance & restoration parts
Blue Oval Truck Parts - California
EB, BB, LB - Restoration parts
Bronco Air - Colorado
LB - High performance parts (on board air for 87-96 Broncos & bumpers)
Bronco Hut - Colorado
EB, BB, LB, II - High performance parts & restoration shop
Classic Iron Designs - Nevada
EB, BB, LB, II - Custom designed folding (and regular) bumpers
Complete Offroad - Iowa
EB, BB, LB, II - High performance parts & fabricaion shop
Crazy Horse Off Road - Virginia
all - buildups and restorations
Dennis Carpenter - North Carolina
EB, BB, LB (to 1989) - OEM, NOS and most restoration parts
Driven Auto Parts - Arizona
EB, BB, LB (to 1989) - new and used restoration & HP parts
Essentially Offroad - Tennessee
EB, BB, LB, II - High performance parts
FourTreks - California
EB, BB, LB, II - recoverery, mounting and protection parts
Greaseball Motorsports - Arizona
EB (mostly) - full service shop, custom parts
Hard Knox - Tennessee (website under construction)
EB, BB, LB, II - custom parts and restorations
Interco Tires - Lousiana
EB, BB, LB, II - High performance tires (home of the SuperSwamper and Boggers)
James Duff - Tennessee
EB, BB, LB, II - High performance & restoration parts
JB Custom Fabrication LLC - Oregon
EB - Custom parts (twin sticks, bumpers, recovery hardware, fan shrouds, etc.)
JD's Custom Fabrication - Louisiana
EB - Custom bumpers, motor mounts, roll cages with seat mounts, rock skis, nerf bars and inboard shock mounts
Jeff's Bronco Graveyard - Michigan
EB, BB, LB - High performance & restoration parts
Kentrol - Ohio
EB - Dress up parts & Fiberglass body parts
Lil Mud Buster - Kansas
EB - golf cart bodies
LMC Truck - Kansas
EB, BB, LB, II - Restoration parts
Magnum Cleaning Systems - Tennessee
EB, BB, LB, II - high-pressure, heated mobile powerwashers
Mickey Thompson Tires - Ohio
EB, BB, LB, II - High performance Tires
National Parts Depot - Florida, North Carolina, Michigan, California
EB, BB, LB, II - Factory parts, some upgrade parts
NicksTrix - North Carolina
EB - buildups and restorations
Painless Performance - Texas
EB - Wiring Harnesses
Palm Canyon Resort - California
EB, BB, LB, II - 4x4-friendly resort
ProtoFab - Arizona
EB, BB - Prerunner (front and rear) bumpers & cages
RJM Injection Technologies - Michigan
EB, BB, LB - wiring harnesses, Fuel Injection engine swaps and technical information
Rob's Auto & Off Road - Tennessee
EB, BB, LB, II - Restoration and repair shop
RockAuto.com - worldwide
EB, BB, LB, II - discounted factory parts
Rocky Roads.com - California
EB - Sales and Restoration
Ron Francis Wiring - Pennsylvania
EB, BB - Wiring Harnesses
RuffStuffSpecialties.com
EB, BB, LB, II - fabrication supplies
Soft Tops.com - Massachusetts
LB - soft/"emergency" tops
Stone Crusher Steering Systems - Tennessee
EB, BB, II - Heavy-duty steering systems
SuperMotors.org - worldwide
EB, BB, LB, II - online community of enthusiasts
Terra Comp - California
EB - Dress up parts & Fiberglass body parts
Tom's Bronco Parts - Oregon
EB - High performance & restoration parts, shop
Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts - Utah
EB, BB, LB, II - Custom length drive shafts and heavy duty ujoints
Trail Ready - Washington
EB, BB, LB, II - bumpers and beadlock wheels
Tuffy Security Products - Colorado
EB, BB, LB, II - Locking glove boxes, center consoles, tool boxes
West Coast Broncos - California
EB - Specialty/high performance parts
Tumblin Automotive - South Carolina
all - engine swaps, buildups and restorations
Wild Child - New Mexico
EB - Specialty/high performance parts
Wild Horses 4x4 - California
EB - High performance & restoration parts, retail shop
OFFROAD RELATED TOPICS

Axial Racing RC
Awesome RC crawlers whose chassis is perfect for Bronco RC bodies.
Desert Racing Modelers (registration required)
A plastic modeling website dedicated to building all forms of offroad trucks.
CLASSIC BRONCO

Classic Broncos.com
Probably the best Early Bronco site out there! Huge bulletin board.
Broncofix.com
Another excellent site with a great bulletin board.
BIG BRONCO

Full Size Bronco.com
THE site for 78-96 Broncos with very active forums
ProjectBronco.com
Another great site dealing solely with 78-79 Broncos
Chris Bradley's Bronco Pages
Another great site with TONS and TONS of Bronco Tech links.
Big Bronco Q&A's
A site with engine related questions and answers for later Broncos.
7879blueovalbronco forum
A brand new forum focused on 78-79 Broncos and 73-79 F series.
BRONCO II

BroncoII.org
A fast growing Bronco II-only club and Bulletin Board. Good tech articles.
Broncoii4x4.com
Bronco II's only. Another very active Bulletin Board plus other great resources.
BII87
A really built Bronco II crawler with 302 and Dana 60
Bronco II Corral
An offshoot of TheRangerStation.com this new site has tons of great info (especially tech) for Bronco II's.
Rough Rangers
although strictly a Ranger site, it contains info for BII's
SPECIAL EDITION BRONCOS

Baja Bronco Info
Source for information on the Stroppe Baja Broncos
Denver Bronco's Special Edition
FourDoorBronco.com Centurion and other body conversions
Curtis' Centurion Photos Tons of Pix
Centurion Sales Brochure
TECH

Bronco Specific Links
An excellent listing of many Bronco (all years) Technical links and how-to's.
Classic Broncos.com's Tech Links
Jeff's Bronco Graveyard's Tech Diagrams
Arizona Classic Broncos' Tech Pages
Great tech articles for "budget upgrades.
Broncohio's Tech Pages
Another excellent listing of tons of Bronco Technical links.
Bronco HQ's Tech Links
Performance Unlimited's Tech Docs
Features some very good technical articles and other information related to all Broncos.
Bronco/Ford interchangeable parts
The Web Wheeler
Another up and coming forum answering many Full Size Bronco and II questions
SeaBiscuit68's Colored Electrical Wiring Diagrams
Lift Laws by state
EFI 5.0 swap info
Bronco Driver Magazine Tech Articles (pdfs)

Pulling codes video- Bronco Driver Magazine's Full Force's code pulling video
Soft Top Install- Bronco Driver Magazine's Full Force's gets a soft top
BDS Lift- Full Force's 4" BDS lift installation article
EFI swap into 83 Bronco- great series by David Lund ran in Bronco Driver
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Chevy Disk Brake swap- by Clay McGill ran in Bronco Driver Mag
EFI installation- Ryan McCormick's EXCELLENT articles dealing with electrical issues of EFI installation.
FULL SIZE BRONCO-SPECIFIC TECHNICAL

FullSizeBronco.com's Tech Links
Bronco Links.com
An excellent listing of thousands of Bronco Technical links.
Project Bronco's Tech Links
Bronco Technical links mostly for 78-79 Broncos.
BroncoData.com
The name says it all... lists of lists, charts, etc
Lift & Tire info for 80-96 Broncos
A great tech article dealing with brands, concerns, parts lists, everthing!
Ford Service Manual CD/DVDs
Download a service manual for 1993-2002 trucks and cars. TSB's also downloadable there.
Froggman's Tech Articles
QUICK ANSWERS (Forums/Email lists)

Classic Broncos.com
A huge, very active forum. 66-77 Bronco
Broncofix.com
Another great forum. 66-77 Bronco
Bronco Zone
A great new site with a guickly growing forum. All years Broncos welcome.
Project Bronco's forum
1978-79 only.
Full Size Bronco's forum
1980-96 only.
7879blueovalbronco forum
A brand new forum focused on 78-79 Broncos and 73-79 F series.
GENERAL HISTORY

1965-96 (including Bronco II) Factory Options
Performance Unlimited's chart of options, additions and deletions.
1978-79 Ford Bronco History
The history of the Second-Generation 78-79 Ford Bronco, great info about WHY only two years.
1978-79 Ford Bronco Differences
Another page listing the differences between 1978 and 1979 Broncos
1978-96 Ford Bronco Differences
A page listing the specs and changes from 1978 to 1996 Broncos
1973 Bronco Owners Manual
VIN Code Decoder (66-77)
Baja Bronco Info
Source for information on the Stroppe Baja Broncos
Parnelli Jones Photos
A photographer's personal photos of Parnelli and many of the Broncos he ran
RACING

Old Horse Racing
KAL OffRoad Racing
Class 3 Racing
Endeavor Racing
Bubba Racing - 1978 Stadium racer
National Off-Road Racing Association
FOR SALE

Buying a Bronco:
Buying your First Bronco (EB)
Checklist (all years) Take this check list with you when looking for your next Bronco.
Classified Listings:
ClassicBroncos.com's Classifieds
Jeff's Bronco Graveyard
Early Bronco Registry's Classifieds
BroncoFix's Classifieds
BroncoAds.com
Bronco.com's
eBay's Broncos
AutoTrader

FullSizeBroncos.com's Classifieds
Big Broncos For Sale Trucks, parts, etc. for sale
Off Road.com Ford Classifieds Mostly 78-96 and II's

Broncos for sale at Shops:
Tom's Broncos (Medford, Oregon)
Rocky Roads (Inglewood, California)
Burnin Broncos (Houston, Texas)

GENERAL INFO

Ford's Part Numbering System a decoder for part numbers
About.com's 4 wheel drive/SUV Section
Tool Warranty Information
Love Fords.org a great site dealing with history of mostly Ford's cars
HUMOR

Scary Steering Pages
One man's attempt to show all the crazy and dangerously stupid attempts to lift trucks. Crazy and funny if you can get past the webmaster's VERY graphic comments. If bad language offends you don't read, just view photos!
MISC.

Early Bronco Toys
A very informative site dealing with Bronco toys, models, die cast, etc.
Jeep Junkie Magazine
A cool magazine that is similar to Bronco Driver.

Triumph Spitfire & GT6 Magazine
Another Bronco Driver sister publication

Blacktop Graffiti Magazine
A new hot rod, custom, drag car magazine

MagazinePublisher.com
The source for all your magazine and catalog printing. The company that produces and prints Bronco Driver magazine.

MoneySupermarket.com
MoneySupermarket.com is now here to help European car owners get the best prices for insurance and roadside assistance!

FOR THE KIDS

Terrain Tourney
Drive your Early Bronco through tough terrain to win!

Funky Truck
A "monster truck" game for the kids...not a Bronco but still fun.

Bronco folding and coloring pages
our downloadable fun for Bronco kids.

1966-77 Ford Bronco History

First generation
Production 1966–1977
Body style(s) Compact SUV
Engine(s) 170 cu in (2.8 L) Straight-6 (1966-1972)
200 cu in (3.3 L) Straight-6 (1973-1974)
289 cu in (4.7 L) Windsor V8 (1966-1968)
302 cu in (4.9 L) Windsor V8 (1969-1977)
Wheelbase 92.0 in (2337 mm)[1]
Length 151.5 in (3848 mm)[1]
Width 68.5.0 in (1740 mm)[1]
Height 71.6 in (1819 mm)[1]
The original Bronco was an ORV (Off-Road Vehicle), intended to compete primarily with Jeep CJ models and the International Harvester Scout. The Bronco's small size (92 in wheelbase) made it popular for off-roading and some other uses, but impractical for such things as towing. The Bronco was Ford's first compact SUV, and Ford's compact and midsize SUV niche would be taken by the compact pickup based Ford Bronco II (1984-1990), Ford Explorer and the Ford Escape (2001-present).

The idea behind the Bronco began with Ford product manager Donald N. Frey, who also conceived of the Ford Mustang; and similarly, Lee Iacocca pushed the idea through into production. In many ways, the Bronco was a more original concept than the Mustang; whereas the Mustang was based upon the Ford Falcon, the Bronco had a frame, suspension, and body that were not shared with any other vehicle.

The Bronco was designed under engineer Paul G. Axelrad. Although the axles and brakes were sourced from the Ford F-100 four wheel drive pickup truck, the front axle was located by radius arms (from the frame near the rear of the transmission forward to the axle) and a lateral track bar, allowing the use of coil springs which gave the Bronco a tight (34 ft) turning circle, long wheel travel, and an anti-dive geometry which was useful for snowplowing. The rear suspension was more conventional, with leaf springs in a typical Hotchkiss design. A shift-on the-fly Dana Corp. transfer case and locking hubs were standard, and heavy-duty suspension was an option.

The initial engine was the Ford 170 cu in (2.8 L) straight-6, modified with solid valve lifters, a six-US-quart oil pan, heavy-duty fuel pump, oil-bath air cleaner, and a carburetor with a float bowl compensated against tilting.

Styling was subordinated to simplicity and economy, so all glass was flat, bumpers were simple C-sections, the frame was a simple box-section ladder, and the basic left and right door skins were identical except for mounting holes.

The early Broncos were offered in wagon, the ever popular halfcab, and less popular roadster configurations. Roadster was dropped early and the sport package, which later became a model line, was added.

The base price was only US$2,194, but the long option list included front bucket seats, a rear bench seat, a tachometer, and a CB radio, as well as functional items such as a tow bar, an auxiliary gas tank, a power take-off, a snowplow, a winch, and a posthole digger. Aftermarket accessories included campers, overdrive units, and the usual array of wheels, tires, chassis, and engine parts for increased performance.

The Bronco sold well in its first year (23,776 units produced[2]) and then remained in second place after the CJ-5[3] until the advent of the full-sized Chevrolet Blazer in 1969. Lacking a dedicated small SUV platform, the Blazer was based on their existing full size pickup which was a larger and more powerful vehicle, offering greater luxury, comfort and space. The longer option list included an automatic transmission and power steering, and thus had broader appeal. Ford countered by enlarging the optional V8 engine from 289 cu in (4.7 L) and 200 hp (150 kW) to 302 cu in (4.9 L) and 205 hp (153 kW), but this still could not match the Blazer's optional 350 cu in (5.7 L) and 255 hp (190 kW) (horsepower numbers are before horsepower ratings changed in the early to mid 70s. A 255hp engine would have a horsepower rating of roughly 170 by today's standards.)

In 1973, power steering and automatic transmissions were made optional and sales spiked to 26,300, but by then, Blazer sales were double those of the Bronco, and International Harvester had seen the light and come out with the Scout II that was more in the Blazer class. By 1974, the larger and more comfortable vehicles such as the Cherokee made more sense for the average driver than the more rustically-oriented Bronco. The low sales of the Bronco (230,800 over twelve years) did not allow a large budget for upgrades, and it remained basically unchanged until the advent of the larger, more Blazer-like second generation Bronco in 1978. Production of the original model fell (14,546 units) in its last year, 1977.[2]

[edit] Racing
In 1965, racecar builder Bill Stroppe assembled a team of Broncos for long-distance off-road competition for Ford. Partnering with Ford's frequently favored race team Holman-Moody, the Stroppe/Holman/Moody (SHM) Broncos proceeded to dominate the Mint 400, Baja 500, and Mexican 1000 (which was later named the Baja 1000). In 1969 SHM again entered a team of six Broncos in the Baja 1000. In 1971, a "Baja Bronco" package partially derived from Stroppe's design was offered in the Ford showrooms, featuring quick-ratio power steering, automatic transmission, fender flares covering Gates Commando tires, a roll bar, reinforced bumpers, a padded steering wheel, and distinctive red, white, blue, and black paint. However, at a price of US$5,566 versus the standard V8 Bronco price of $3,665, only 650 were sold over the next four years. [4]

In 1966, a Bronco dragster built by Doug Nash ran the quarter mile in 9.2 seconds, with a top speed of 150 mph (240 km/h).

Broncos on Youtube

I found some beautiful and powerful Broncos on youtube.com

Check out this blue one! I personally like blue on Bronco's. Bronco's have three colors which really make them stand out Blue, Yellow, and Red.



This is a yellow powerful Bronco! With a 408 Talk about crazy power..



Wouldn't I like to have this early Bronco!

Broncos Are American

When I was first told that I had to go to school in one I was kind of embarrassed. I asked my Dad to drop me off a few blocks away so my friends would not have to see me in his 1977 Ford Bronco. Now my dad had a new truck in the driveway and at the time I did not realize why he would want to drive an old rusty Bronco every day. It was burnt orange and the doors were a little hard to get open at the time. I had no idea that later down the road I would become an absolute Bronco nut. It seems as if hunting down these priceless gyms is my new hobby. I just sold my 1974 as of now I am hunting down my Dad’s old Bronco. Last I heard it was in pieces as a guy started a restoration project but never finished it. For all of you Bronco enthusiasts out there you know how that goes. I hope this blog helps you in what ever quest you are in for Bronco’s. I was not even alive when they were first made but I have a great deal of knowledge about them. I hope you enjoy this blog as I post pictures of some beautiful broncos. Please feel free to share your stories with me and post any comments/questions you may have.