Famous Broncos: K-Bar-S

 I have neglected this blog for far too long, I am now in the process of getting parts to rebuild my Bronco and remembered that I had started this years ago and left it vacant.....

Anyway todays Bronco of the day is also somewhat famous. It was built by the guys from K-Bar-S Broncos.

K-Bar-S was founded by Hal Sealand and John Karp in the late 1970s. The name of the shop is from their last names (K for Karp S for Sealand).

It was a specialty shop and supplier of Bronco parts, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. I personally purchased parts from K-Bar-S. They closed sometime in the late 90's.

Here are a few of the many Broncos the shop built. Of course in the 1980s Ford was still supporting the Bronco and many factory parts were available over the counter....aftermarket parts though, were not as easy to get, this is where Stroppe, JAmes Duff and K-Bar-S stepped in.

Source: 

1 of 12 – A Rare Ford Bronco Desert Racer Built By K Bar S (silodrome.com)

Rare 1-of-12 1967 K Bar S Ford Bronco Surfaces for Sale (ford-trucks.com)

KbarS - ClassicBroncos.com Forums

Bronco of the Day

From the Catsexotics website:
1971 Ford Bronco Custom SUV finished in Lamborghini Grigio Telesto over Black interior. This exceptional Bronco has been COMPLETELY rotisserie restored from the ground up. With OVER $53,000 invested into this build not including the price of the Bronco itself, every single nut, bolt, hose, seal, gasket, or working part has been either refinished or replaced. This NO-EXPENSE SPARED restoration has resulted in one of the cleanest, toughest, most eye-catching early Broncos you will ever see. With its Ground-Pounding 351 Winsdor V8, ZF 5 Speed transmission, fully built suspension and custom roll cage – this Bronco not only dominates the street, but the trails as well; although with less than 300 miles on it since the restoration it has never seen anything but pavement. The sale also comes with a BestTop Supertop with tinted windows, and the original metal doors should you ever want to put them on.

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Catsexotics

Bronco of the Day

 Our Bronco of the day today, was built by Velocity Restorations. The Bronco features a supercharge 5.0 Coyote motor, 35" tires and a host of custom touches,

Note the custom suspension, independent front and pre-runner style rear

Note the flush mounted glass

custom badging

modern/updated taillights

Source: Velocity Restorations Ford Bronco SEMA restomod driving review (autoblog.com)

Bronco of the Day

Back online.....todays Bronco of the day was found for sale years ago

1971 Ford Bronco 
This heavily modified Bronco has over $100,000 in receipts this year from MFS (Motorsport Fabrication Services) in Lincoln, WFO concepts in Auburn and ATO Transmission in Rancho Cordova.
ENGINE:
-Boss 302 Crate Motor #m6007x302e, 360+HP
-Edelbrock GEN II power-flow EFI
-Custom aluminum radiator with flex-a-lite fan conversion
-Over $10k invested in Engine alone
TRANSMISSION:
-Custom ATO C5 transmission
TRANSFER CASE:
-Atlas 4.3 32 spline transfer case
-Custom twin stick control with aluminum shift knobs
DRIVE LINES:
-Matching custom 1350 drive-lines
-With spare drive line mounted in cab
-Front and Rear drive lines are interchangeable
SUSPENSION:
-FULL COILOVER SPRING CONVERSION
-Custom front and rear sway bars
-Three link front
-Four link rear
-King coilovers on all 4 corners with bump stops in rear
AXLES:
front
-high pinion dana 44 front with 4.56 gears alloy axles and arb locker
rear
-spydertrax housing
-TrueHI9 center section with arb and 35 spline alloy axles
-Willwood rear disk brakes
WHEELS AND TIRES:
-38×14.50×17 Goodyear Mtr with Kevlar tires
-Raceline beadlocks RT231 17×9
Misc:
-Hydro assist brakes with line locks for front and rear
-PSC Hydro assist steering with rockbox
-Mastercraft seats with matching rear bench
-WFO full hand bulit roll-cage
-Dual optoma yellow top batteries
-Custom high clearence gas tank with skid plate
-Full Rino line inside and out
-Soft Top with steel pipe pro armor doors- sweet with bronco plasma cutout
-New AC and Heater
Too much too list
Over $100,000 invested.
– No rust

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Off-Road Action

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Bronco of the Day

Today's Bronco of the Day come from MotoExotica, a 1976 with a soft top, functional mods and a go fast paint job

Bronco of the Day 4-17-16

The Bronco of the Day is also a Fourwheeler Magazine Top Truck Challenger. It is also owned by a woman....




TECH SHEET
Truck: 1968 Ford Bronco
Frame: Original
Engine: supercharged 4.6-liter from an ’03 Ford Mustang SVT Terminator Cobra
Drivetrain: C6 automatic, Stak 3-speed T-case, South Bay Driveline, ’03 F350 Dana 60 front differential, Sterling 10.5 rear differential
Suspension: 3-link front with Ballistic 18-inch stroke Coilovers, 4-link rear with 14-inch Hybrid Coilovers
Wheels & Tires: 20x12 Dick Cepek DCII wheels wrapped in 46x19.5R20 Mickey Thompson Baja Claws

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Fourwheeler

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If you own the copyright to any of these images and wish them to be credited or removed, please contact me immediately.

Bronco of the Day 4-9-16

The pictures above were found freely on the world wide web and are used under the guidelines of Fair Use, per Title 17 of the U.S. Code. Where possible the source has been credited.
If you own the copyright to any of these images and wish them to be credited or removed, please contact me immediately.