![]() ![]() While on the inside embroidery seats and floor mats. The interior included red leather striped seats and red carpeting, Special emblems on front fenders and rear cab pillar. The silver anniversary package included matching currant red roof and bumper and body side molding. Looking under the bronco one can tell the vehicle was not driven in the Midwest winters. With just over 26,000 miles on it the bronco is in near showroom condition. The currant red bronco is all original including factory Goodyear tires. According to maintenance records it stayed in Idaho to spring of 2008, Jeff purchased the bronco from Mike Shash of Ramsey New Jersey in June 2008. ![]() The bronco was sold and ended up in Lewiston, Idaho area. A man from Springfield, Illinois purchased it and he owned the bronco for 8 years. The bronco was deviled to Barney Goldfield ford mercury in waterloo Illinois. The 1991 silver anniversary bronco was built in October 1991 the Michigan truck plant. The truck is basically all original (tires, battery, radiator) and came with a maintenance record book with all entries for the truck including, engine oil to tire pressure checks. Driving the truck lets a person go back in time over thirty years to see how the truck of the time performed. Jeff was the high bidder and received the truck in June, while driving the truck home Jeff discovered the truck runs, stops and steers like a new vehicle. In may 2001 the F-250 with 26,000 miles was put up for auction. The F-250 saw action on walled lake for dive exercises and real life search and rescue.Īs the Novi area grew from rural to a city the fire department determined the truck no longer needed. In the later years the truck was also used in the winter as a support vehicle to pull the rescue divers’ team trailer. The F-250 was outfitted to be used as a brush fire and support fire vehicle. The truck 1979 F-250 custom 4 wheel drive with a 351M engine and a new process 435 4-speed transmission. The safety green 1979 ford truck was originally purchased by the Novi Michigan fire department in march 1979 from John Mach ford in Northville Michigan. Now a bronco that spent most of its life in Traverse City, Michigan would now become the next Bronco Graveyard project Later when checking out the VIN# it was a march ’66 production date and with the first V8 roadsters made in mid march this could be one of the first V8 roadsters built. Looking closer you could see the screw holes in the doorposts where the door inserts mounted and lack of holes in tip of the quarter panels where the full top would mount. ![]() The bronco had one early door on the passenger side and later on the driver’s side. There it was a V8 roadster hiding under a later model full top and windshield frame. A deal was struck, the bronco would be heading back to Brighton. Looking at the title there in was U13NL831369, U13 was for the roadster model and N for the 289 V8 Engine. Later in the day jack a friend of Jeff’s said “did you see the red ’66 on the trailer, that might be a roadster.” Jeff soon headed back to the bronco and asked the owner if he had the title. Both broncos were in poor shape the ‘68 was rusted and missing an engine, trans and transfer case, the ’66 was battered and beaten. One was a blue ‘68 wagon and a red ‘66 wagon with a snowplow. Jeff was walking though the annual 4x4 ford spring swap meet in Hudsonville Michigan, when he noticed two broncos on a trailer.
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