Happy Birthday! Ford Bronco turns 50 - Practical Motoring (blog)
The iconic Ford Bronco celebrated its 50th anniversary this week it was “a rough, tough, go anywhere sports car”. PROOF THAT the business of marketing a four-wheel drive to urban folk hasn’t changed one bit in the last 50 years, Ford’s early advertisements for the Bronco, claimed it a truck that’s “equally at home on a rugged mountain or on a run to the... Launched in 1966, the Ford Bronco was the Blue Oval’s answer to the Jeep Wagoneer and even the Toyota FJ40. While it’s name slipped out of sight in 1996, although Ford did resurrect it briefly for a one-off Bronco concept in 2004, the Bronco... The Bronco family can be split into two distinct branches, the early Bronco (1966-1977) and the ‘Big” Bronco (1978-1996). While the early Bronco looks like a big truck, it wasn’t, with its wheelbase measuring just 2337mm it’s widely considered to... While the DNA of the early Broncos was watered down as time went on, the early Broncos stand out for being a truly unique design from the Blue Oval. Not so the early Bronco with had a chassis and body not shared with a single other Ford product. Source: practicalmotoring.com.au
