At $19,500, Could This 1993 Ford Bronco Get Your Bucks?

The seller of today's Nice Price aliases No Dice Bronco says they refurbished nan motortruck connected behalf of their wife, but doesn't explicate why it's now up for grabs. Let's spot if it's priced good capable to find a caller mate.

In nan classical "Mr. Plow" section of The Simpsons (S04E09), Homer enters to triumph a car astatine nan car show, and asks nan comely exemplary connected nan dais displaying nan convertible, "Do you travel pinch nan car?" to which she replies, "Te-he-he-he! You!" The adjacent entrant asks her nan aforesaid mobility and receives nan aforesaid response, indicating she is good versed successful nan creation of nan non-deflating brush-off.

No one's ever going location pinch a car show show model. Still, anyone could thrust distant pinch a show car to telephone their own, arsenic we featured a erstwhile SEMA prima yesterday, a 2006 Chevy HHR that had been gussied up to make immoderate show exemplary astatine that year's Vegas accessory fest proud. Now freed of its show-car shackles, nan HHR is up for grabs astatine $10,999. Sadly for its seller, however, fewer of you were consenting to show it nan money astatine that price, making it a no-show successful a hefty 83% 'No Dice' loss.

I don't want to opportunity that bigger is ever better, but erstwhile it comes to immoderate Ford products, that surely has proven true. Take nan original Thunderbird, for example. When Ford shifted that exemplary from a two-seater to a four-seater successful 1958, income much than doubled. Exactly 2 decades later, nan aforesaid jump successful fame occurred pinch nan Bronco erstwhile nan institution switched nan exemplary from a smaller, proprietary chassis to 1 shared pinch nan F-Series pickups, making nan exemplary larger successful nan process. The income summation from this move was simply staggering, pinch 1978's 77,917 income towering complete nan 17,546 of nan twelvemonth prior. It's absorbing to note, though, that while initially much popular, neither nan four-seat T-bird nor nan later Broncos is arsenic celebrated coming arsenic their older editions.

That doesn't mean there's immoderate logic to discount this 1993 Ford Bronco. Especially not because it's nan highfalutin Eddie Bauer edition, meaning it's optioned to nan gizzard, and features a handsome model-specific two-tone overgarment scheme. It's a shame location aren't much clothing retailer special-edition models retired there. Who wouldn't want a Gap-themed car aliases motortruck (in khaki, naturally), aliases possibly 1 pinch a Victoria's Secret tie-in featuring upholstery that hardly fits.

According to nan ad, this Bronco has 188,000 miles connected nan chassis, but conscionable 26K connected its re-manufactured motor and four-speed automatic transmission. Both were originated from Jasper Engines and Transmissions, and are said to activity without issue. That motor is nan optional 351 Windsor small-block V8, which successful this exemplary twelvemonth managed a decent 210 horsepower and moreover much awesome 400 pound-feet of torque. The 351W is simply a wide utilized engine, truthful parts—water pumps, gasket sets, etc.—shouldn't beryllium a problem. Not that thing is needed connected this Bronco, astatine nan moment. 

The seller says nan motortruck was built for their spouse, claiming complete $14K successful receipts for nan Jasper replacements, and an further $8K successful different work, including caller tires, measurement bars, and immoderate cool model decals. It seems for illustration they sweated nan specifications connected nan refurbishment, arsenic moreover nan A/C has been updated from its original R12 to thing little environmentally unfriendly. Naturally, this is simply a 4X4, pinch Ford's Twin Traction Beam independent setup successful nan front, and a leaf-sprung unrecorded axle successful nan back.

Per nan ad, nan seller bought nan motortruck from an older mates successful their vicinity respective years back. It's appropriately vintage-looking, particularly successful its two-tone overgarment that extends to nan headdress complete nan rear conception of nan rider compartment. The seller muses that, based connected appearance, that headdress has apt ne'er been removed from nan truck. That's a probable scenario, arsenic Ford made it highly difficult to region nan tile section, arsenic nan spot loop mounts for nan rear chair are bolted to it.

With nan headdress securely successful place, nan Bronco's compartment appears to beryllium a reasonably bully spot to person a hang. The seating surfaces and steering instrumentality are leather-wrapped, and nan motortruck features powerfulness windows, locks, and spot adjustments. There is simply a noticeable patina of usage evident throughout, but it each still looks to beryllium successful coagulated shape. The title is clean, and nan seller calls nan motortruck "Turn cardinal ready."

As we discussed specified minutes ago, these later generations of Broncos do not bask nan aforesaid rabid level of fame arsenic nan smaller, rarer earlier models. These days, seeking retired a decent 1 of those would require location successful nan vicinity of $50K and up, pinch afloat restored models commanding good complete six figures —an astounding situation.

In contrast, this '93 asks $19,500, and we now request to measurement successful connected whether that's a adjacent and equitable value successful ray of this Bronco's status, condition, and Eddie Bauer-ness.

What's your return connected this seemingly well-managed portfolio of a fifth-generation Bronco and that $19,500 asking? Does that consciousness for illustration a bully woody for nan motortruck arsenic it's presented successful nan ad? Or is that excessively galore bucks for this Bronco?

You decide!

Nice Price aliases No Dice:

Los Angeles, California, Craigslist, aliases spell here if nan advertisement disappears.

H/T to Don R. for nan hookup!

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