Random Bronco Pics #35

 

Bronco of the Day: 1972 Monster

 This month's Bronco of the Day is a custom 1972 wagon. The body is fiberglass and features a tribal flame job. A Smittybilt 6 point cage and custom seats are inside, while a 2" body lift and 5-6" suspension lift make room for the 38" Mickey Thompson tires.

A 351W engine and C4 transmission power 5.38 gears to get the massive meats rolling.

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Bronco Babes #35

 

Bronco Cryptozoology #35: The Postal Delivery Bronco

Cryptozoology is the study of mythical creatures that may or may not exist.

This applies to Broncos how? Well, there is a lot of mystery and myths surrounding certain Bronco models and specialty-built Broncos.

So, this new segment at the blog will focus on these prototypes, one of a kind, special editions and the most historical Broncos ever built.

To keep the posts short, we will include only a brief story of each

We will try to separate fact from fiction and possibly come up with more questions than answers.

At first, I was going to compile this into one post, but it got waaay too long.

When Ford introduced the Bronco in 1966 the marketing team was already courting fleet accounts, and few were bigger than the United States Postal Service.

Ford figured the Bronco would be a perfect mail delivery vehicle, after all it was a 4-wheel drive, and the post office did have a motto about weather not preventing them from making their rounds. In addition, the Bronco had a tight turning radius and plenty of cargo room. 

The Postal Service agreed to buy 3000 Wimbledon White 1966 Broncos for the service.

A shop in Pontiac Michigan converted the Broncos to right hand drive and installed automatic transmissions & shifters from the mustang.

No pictures of the USPS Broncos exist, because they never existed, but there is a connection between the classic Bronco and the USPS.

In the mid-sixties Ford filled a contract for a delivery wagon for the USPS. The Wagon was called the G100 and was built on a Bronco chassis and used many other parts from the Bronco.

The wagons were 2-wheel drive and operated from the right-hand side. 

The motors were 250 ci six cylinders with C-4 transmissions, right out of the mustang. 

The Bronco parts included the rear axle, springs, frame, steering column, gauge cluster, front bumper & headlight bezels. 

The front axle was replaced with a hollow tube that had C bushing mounts welded to them.

The contract lasted through the early 70's, many of them (like most old postal vehicles) were converted to ice cream trucks.