I was surfing around on ebay yesturday and came across this. An F-250 Bronco. Ever seen one like it?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

 

I've seen some similar with 4 doors converted by Centurion. I've never seen one exactly like this. I didn't even know there was a Magnum Motor Coach Company.

 

Intriguing! New one by me. But then there are (or have been) as many conversion companies as there are truck models so while it is a rather unique find, its not surprising. The leaf-sprung Dana 50 is the dead give-away that it is the 3/4 ton chassis.

 

Same here... the Centurion conversions were sort of a "pre-Excursion", and the ones I've seen really looked good. I have heard of a couple of Bronco owners who swapped out the original axles for ones they got from 3/4 and 1-ton trucks, so they had 8 lugs, but never had heard of a pro conversion of one, and have never seen one in person, either.

I wonder how a Bronco would ride with those leaf springs front and rear? I suspect it'd be fairly stiff.


Neat looking Bronco, though.

 

I saw a regular cab, shortbed F250 once in the early 90's...

I talked to the owner and he said it was from the factory that way.

 

I did as well. A college buddy bought an F250 Supercab Diesel shortbed on the used market. The original owner told Ford it's what he wanted, so they built it for him. A few years later, Ford realized they should make thousands of them.

Still too bad they let the Bronco die.

 

maybe the bronco will make a comeback someday

 

From your mouth the the "FORD" gods' ears. The drawback is that to build one that would live up to the name and reputation of the originals, they would have to accept that it would have to be more than a "cute ute" and build it that way. Even the 66-77's had D44 front and 9" rear axles just like its bigger (at the time) cousin the F-series truck. They just don't do that kind of thing anymore. It's what the engineers at Ford and most other manufacturers believe is overkill. What they refuse to accept is that putting the bigger stronger components into them and building them as sturdy and reliable as the originals is what will sell the things if they build them. Some cheesy retro-looking little cute ute isn't gonna cut it. The Bronco (and even truck-buying community in general) know too well what the Bronco name plate meant when you bought it. Substituting any lesser quality vehicle with that name will ensure it flops as hard or harder than the Edsel did. Just my opinion but I would point out how long the last Bronco concept lasted and how far that idea went.

 

Mine rides real good with the 250 suspension, but I also have the nearly 1000# 6.9 IDI setting on top of them lol. This set up also nearly eliminated any body lean in the curves and that is with no sway bars. If Ford were to bring the Bronco back I would hope that the would offer the new smaller diesel engine in it with heavier suspenion. I might even consider buying one if they did that.