re: Best model years for the Ford Bronco

19 hundred and 74. My Grandfather bought one brand new from White and Babin Ford in Winnsboro for $2,800.

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The correct answer to this question is 66-77, the Early Bronco. It's an icon that is going up exponentially over the last ten years.

That said, the 78-79 is the first full size Bronco and was based on the F100 and it was sharp.

1972

Im hoping for this

That looks more like a full size, from the spy pics or pic of one covered with a sheet, it look like it is going to be smaller, which is a little disappointing to me.

For me, the OJ Broncos are where it's at.

I had 2. A 1972 and a 1982. The ‘72 was the small frame design. They are classics now and have almost a cult following. In ‘78 Ford introduced the new design Bronco on a larger frame. They had some tweaks along the way (mostly body style changes) but by and large stayed the same until they went out of production. I blame OJ for that. Ford even introduced another smaller frame model Bronco in the big Bronco era called the Bronco 2 which never really took.

You can tell tOT is filled with old guys by the fact we always seem to agree that the late 70's/80's were the pinnacle of truck design

I love the look of a 70's era truck from all 3 manufacturers

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Early bronco's are rust buckets. Hard to find one that's not all rusted out.
IH scouts are the same way.

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While this is true, it's hard to find any 40+ year old vehicle thats not a rust bucket.