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I'm selling my 1966 Ford Bronco. I bought this from the original owner 4 years ago. I have the original Virginia title that was issued in 1966 when the previous owner bought the truck, and a clear current title. Also have the original owner's manual that was issued to the first buyer. When I got the vehicle, the owner was 93 years old and not driving anymore, has since passed on. He had the vehicle parked under a carport, and although its got some "cancer" in the quarters and floor, its in generally good condition, enough that it will pass state inspection to drive on the highway. There are patch panels in the floor, and along the rockers, not well done but sufficient for inspection or driving. The door posts are sound, as is the windshield frame, and the dash pad is near perfect. 170 six cylinder, three speed on the column, no radio, vacuum wipers. The 4wd works just fine, and the exhaust has been replaced. It has 4 new Goodyear Wrangler tires on it, they've got less than 500 miles on them. The car runs and stops, heater works, wipers don't too well just like all vacuum wipers :-) There's not much else to tell about this thing mechanically, they are pretty simple machines. This 170 engine runs fine, although it does have an occasional wrist pin peck on #2 cylinder. Been doing that for years, and if you're going to restore it, that isn't a big deal anyway, still runs just fine. If you're wondering about the paint, the PO rolled that nice brown latex on it to match his boat :-) The original color was red, which is peeking out in a few places where the latex has peeled off. I'm not interested in trades, I have too many cars already, that's why I'm selling this one. There's no warranty, none. It runs, it stops, it needs to be properly restored. Enough said. I will deliver this car via rollback carrier to anywhere in the lower 48 states for $2.00 per mile, round trip. You can fly in and drive it home, but I don't recommend it unless you have lots of gas money. This has 4:11 gearing in the differentials, and at 50 MPH you're tach-ing about 4000 RPM's so its not very interstate friendly :-) Email with questions, NO, I'm not taking more pics of anything so don't ask. Its a basic Bronco, and that's about the extent of it. I prefer a paypal deposit of $1000 when the auction ends, and cash for the balance when you pick up the Bronco. If you plan to use a cashiers check, it will have to be verified and cleared by my bank before you take the car, so DO NOT plan to show up with one and think you'll be driving it away, ain't gonna happen, just too much check fraud, sorry. Cash is king. If you mail a check, plan to pick up in about 15 days from that. Happy bidding

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