Bronco to be produced by JMC-Ford in China for local Chinese market [WARNING: NO POLITICS]

[Tricky Mike]

I cringe EVERY. TIME. I. SEE. CUT. FENDERS.

I LOVE cut fenders. Front and back, high and tight. Nothing sexier.

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[DryYourTears]

Every time?

This is slightly less bad. I guess I should clarify that it matters mostly with the first generation of Broncos.... 1966-1977.

I LOVE cut fenders. Front and back, high and tight. Nothing sexier.

Absolutely, cringingly ruined. It's bad enough when the cut the rear to match the front, but to cut both of them and leave it looking like THAT? I assume someone had a rust issue and no idea how to fix it (or weld).

I'd rather drive a new Chinese Bronco with the special "capabular" front bumper!

 

[Tricky Mike]

This is slightly less bad. I guess I should clarify that it matters mostly with the first generation of Broncos.... 1966-1977.




Absolutely, cringingly ruined. It's bad enough when the cut the rear to match the front, but to cut both of them and leave it looking like THAT? I assume someone had a rust issue and no idea how to fix it (or weld).

I'd rather drive a new Chinese Bronco with the special "capabular" front bumper!

The only thing worse than leaving it uncut is only cutting the back. When I see an uncut Bronco I have to assume it's a mall crawler at best.

 

[DryYourTears]

The only thing worse than leaving it uncut is only cutting the back. When I see an uncut Bronco I have to assume it's a mall crawler at best.

There's no shame in wanting a hacked up old Jeep CJ. There's no reason to go ruining a classic beauty to try to hide it!

 

[swooshdave]

I think Ford is late to the game. The Chinese economy is constricting, and the "easy" manufacturing environment is quickly fading. That said, IF they are able to get this off the ground and keep a legit IP for it they should be able to make a decent show of it.

Doesn't this have more to do with Chineses restrictions to imported autos? Same reason that Buick and Tesla have plants there?

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

This is slightly less bad. I guess I should clarify that it matters mostly with the first generation of Broncos.... 1966-1977.




Absolutely, cringingly ruined. It's bad enough when the cut the rear to match the front, but to cut both of them and leave it looking like THAT? I assume someone had a rust issue and no idea how to fix it (or weld).

I'd rather drive a new Chinese Bronco with the special "capabular" front bumper!

Ruined??? That's a bit of an overstatement. Here's the fix, like you said, they'll be rusty anyways.

You can pretty much build a new EB from new parts! Now taking an original barn find and cutting it back should be a crime but I'd guess the majority were cut 30 years ago.

 

[equitasforall]

2.7 in my wildtrak

Gotcha… sorry to hear it’s still a lingering issue. Hoped they’d figured that out by now.

 

[Dude1967]

Well, at least the cardboard filled tops will make sense over there.

Ditto!!!

 

[jon]

Ditto!!!

Hey are you talking about my tops!

 

[Fordified1]

You can pretty much build a new EB from new parts! Now taking an original barn find and cutting it back should be a crime but I'd guess the majority were cut 30 years ago.

More like 40+ years. Back then, No one under 60 years old liked the rear fender shape which is from an early 60’s f100. And to get any decent sized tires on them without a large lift (which no one really had or most couldn’t afford) you had to cut the rear fenders. I agree, to cut an original now is a sin, but I actually like the rear fenders better cut. But that’s about what I was used to seeing when they got fixed up. I’m 64 btw. The good thing is metal is easily replaced.

Responding to a comment about that they look like jeep shape. The jeeps of that era (CJ’s) had round rear fender openings. And the front fenders were basically a squared off trailer fender. Open in the front. The first gen Blazer had round openings.

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