New from northern Maine... picking up another FSB, so mine has to go!
Hey everyone. Thought I'd introduce myself here, although I decided to join to help sell my '96 Bronco.
For the long story, as a kid, my father owned an '85 Bronco XLT. It was by far my favorite vehicle and I still remember going out into the garage and wanting to just sit in the driver's seat for literally hours. I had a thing for Bronco's for as far back as I can remember (and I'm only 25).
At age 14, I got my first vehicle... a 1988 Ford Ranger. It needed minimal work, but hey, I had two years! I really wanted a Bronco, but when the truck was given to us for the very reason of making it my first vehicle, I couldn't say no. Finally when I was 16, I went from the '88 Ranger to an '87 Ranger, then to a 2.3L '89 Mustang. I always loved Regatta Blue Mustangs and we had the opportunity to buy one that needed only a paint job with 60K original miles on it for $350. After painting it, my brother came home from college, saw it, wanted it, and I told my dad to give it to him instead of me because I still really wanted a Bronco but would be settling for a Ranger. One day on my way to school, I fell in love with an '88 Bronco II. Dark blue and silver, blue interior. Just had to have it. Talked the guy down from $2200 to $800 and my dad drove it away for me, as I was just a few weeks away from my permit still. It needed a lot of front-end work, but the day prior, a friend of my dad said that he didn't have the money to finish his Bronco II to make it street legal (rot everywhere), so after dumping $1500 in the front end, he wanted to give it to us so that we could finish it as my first vehicle. Instead, we took the front end out of it, put it in the '88 we purchased, and tada... I got an '88 Bronco II for my first vehicle... and a 5spd too! God works in mysterious ways!
After owning it a few years, I decided I wanted to put a 302 in it. Just before I was going to make the move on it, I was driving down the road and saw the '96 Bronco I have now (that I'm selling because I'm picking another one up)! I told my parents that if I ever got a full-size Bronco, the Bronco II was going to be sold. So, I sold it.
A year ago after moving to Maine, I became unemployed and tried everything possible to keep my collection of cars (at the time it was 8 Mustangs, my Bronco, and my Expedition). I moved up here for family reasons, as my father, a Methodist minister, was having some health concerns. Somehow, I managed to keep them all, but my Bronco was up for sale the whole time. I knew I'd have a hard time parting with it, so I didn't try as hard as I could have to sell it.
So here I am now, being more adamant about selling it again because I have a new Bronco coming home, but more on that later!
I will say that it will compliment my SSP Mustangs though! I don't have the Bronco on my site, but I have a personal website dedicated to my Mustangs if anyone would like to see them. 5pt0Joe.com
If anyone wants to know about my Bronco for sale, just e-mail me or PM me. It's a '96 fully loaded Eddie Bauer. Nothing mechanical needed, just body work. $2000 firm.
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Hey everyone. Thought I'd introduce myself here, although I decided to join to help sell my '96 Bronco.
For the long story, as a kid, my father owned an '85 Bronco XLT. It was by far my favorite vehicle and I still remember going out into the garage and wanting to just sit in the driver's seat for literally hours. I had a thing for Bronco's for as far back as I can remember (and I'm only 25).
At age 14, I got my first vehicle... a 1988 Ford Ranger. It needed minimal work, but hey, I had two years! I really wanted a Bronco, but when the truck was given to us for the very reason of making it my first vehicle, I couldn't say no. Finally when I was 16, I went from the '88 Ranger to an '87 Ranger, then to a 2.3L '89 Mustang. I always loved Regatta Blue Mustangs and we had the opportunity to buy one that needed only a paint job with 60K original miles on it for $350. After painting it, my brother came home from college, saw it, wanted it, and I told my dad to give it to him instead of me because I still really wanted a Bronco but would be settling for a Ranger. One day on my way to school, I fell in love with an '88 Bronco II. Dark blue and silver, blue interior. Just had to have it. Talked the guy down from $2200 to $800 and my dad drove it away for me, as I was just a few weeks away from my permit still. It needed a lot of front-end work, but the day prior, a friend of my dad said that he didn't have the money to finish his Bronco II to make it street legal (rot everywhere), so after dumping $1500 in the front end, he wanted to give it to us so that we could finish it as my first vehicle. Instead, we took the front end out of it, put it in the '88 we purchased, and tada... I got an '88 Bronco II for my first vehicle... and a 5spd too! God works in mysterious ways!
After owning it a few years, I decided I wanted to put a 302 in it. Just before I was going to make the move on it, I was driving down the road and saw the '96 Bronco I have now (that I'm selling because I'm picking another one up)! I told my parents that if I ever got a full-size Bronco, the Bronco II was going to be sold. So, I sold it.
A year ago after moving to Maine, I became unemployed and tried everything possible to keep my collection of cars (at the time it was 8 Mustangs, my Bronco, and my Expedition). I moved up here for family reasons, as my father, a Methodist minister, was having some health concerns. Somehow, I managed to keep them all, but my Bronco was up for sale the whole time. I knew I'd have a hard time parting with it, so I didn't try as hard as I could have to sell it.
So here I am now, being more adamant about selling it again because I have a new Bronco coming home, but more on that later!
I will say that it will compliment my SSP Mustangs though! I don't have the Bronco on my site, but I have a personal website dedicated to my Mustangs if anyone would like to see them. 5pt0Joe.comIf anyone wants to know about my Bronco for sale, just e-mail me or PM me. It's a '96 fully loaded Eddie Bauer. Nothing mechanical needed, just body work. $2000 firm.
