As a new member of the forum I thought it was my duty to post some shots of my Fords over the years. My first car was a 1975 Bronco, 302 - auto. I bought it, had it registered and insured, and was driving it the day I turned 16. Here it is in about 1979, it was already showing rust. I had the whole thing repainted for $275. Fender flares from J.C. Whitney, I put Super Stingers on, my friends' sister later pinstriped it for $20. I traded it in 1980 for a new F150 Flareside 4x4.

 

"They don't make 'em like they used to" (and in a lot of respects that's a good thing!)

Anyway, welcome to the forum!

 

This is probably the first picture I took of it. All I had done so far was put the cheesy amber fog lights on it.

 

Welcome and thanks for the post!
I know a VTer that put a 250/4.1 in a bronk...


"...ney, I put Super Stingers on, my friends' sist..."
What's a super stinger?

Purchase price wuz not an insignificant amount of money for a 'kid' back then (or in relative terms today). When I lived in VT CoL & incomes were low comparing nationally - what did U do for wrk then?

 

Super Stingers were the tires.

 

looks like the snos went on the OEM steelies & the stingers went on the 'wagons". I still have a set of those rims on my bronk w/33" off rd tires.

Springfield is about the northern end of the greatest machine shop district in the world (beginnings of the Ind. Revolution thru to the '70s/early 80s) when knocked out by the very corporations that owned them. The southern end was a lill past Hartford. A kid could earn enuff to buy a new(er) bronk back in the pre-arbitrage days if workin one of those shops. Pay wuz pretty good then. .

 

Another pic just after the repaint. Spare tire cover also from J.C. Whitney.

 

Neighbors cat 'Mork' enjoying the view. Top mounted wipers worked great for keeping the windshield clear of snow.

 

I'm going through some old pictures and will give the scanner a good workout. I think this might be day I traded it for the F150. So it would be March 1980.

 

Two more photos from trade in day. It was a Saturday. Grandfathers' 1975 LTD in the background. Before that he always had used. Fords of course.

 

Thanks for sharing Green Mountain Man!