First Edition Broncos w/ MIC hard tops start to schedule again with mid-October production estimate

[MattyAg]

Overnight we had 23 First editions that were put on pause right before the hard top news get scheduled.

Current production schedule shows Mid-October for a production date.


We also had the transport fairy drop off a couple gifts overnight.

How many soft tops did yall end up having compared to hard tops? and how many soft tops have been scheduled so far?

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[Dirty Bronco]

Overnight we had 23 First editions that were put on pause right before the hard top news get scheduled.

Current production schedule shows Mid-October for a production date.


We also had the transport fairy drop off a couple gifts overnight.

@Zach@Granger Curious how many more First Editions Granger still has to be scheduled after these 23? I'm trying to determine how many more weeks of First Editions we have to be scheduled until the units with VINS start to see theirs back in line for production.

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

Hopefully this is the beginning of positive news going forward. I cannot wait to get away from this entire process.

 

[RobbyBronco]

Great to see but I'm not holding my breath until I see non-FE hardtops start to get rescheduled. Ford has consistently said all First Editions will be built in MY21. Ford could kick these back as the date gets closer or they could be looking at the only option of having to schedule them cause they are running out of time. At this point they'd have to build them with a soft top and then ship the hardtop once it was produced. The other option (more likely) is they build them and store them until the MIC tops are produced. I do believe Ford's goal is to have MIC 2.0 up and running at this point in time but I have not seen or heard anything that gives me any faith. Fingers crossed

Imagine taking delivery of a 2021 FE in 2022. My guess is Ford will build these FE’s on schedule with whatever is available and fix them after delivery.

 

[bytheway]

Looks like the dealerships are getting the lot full of Soft top Broncos, and reservation holders must wait?

All 3 of them have "RETAIL" stickers on the passenger front window. These are not stock units.

 

[JustinC]

Overnight we had 23 First editions that were put on pause right before the hard top news get scheduled.

Current production schedule shows Mid-October for a production date.


We also had the transport fairy drop off a couple gifts overnight.

So no soft tops this time? Just First Editions?

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

If FE’s are getting scheduled, Ford must be confident AF that the new hard tops are going as planned.

Well they could be willfully-naively-overly optimistic as they have been through this entire fiasco.

But lets hope this means the extra material and process steps are showing promise of quality that can be produced in quantity.

 

[604Bronco]

Overnight we had 23 First editions that were put on pause right before the hard top news get scheduled.

Current production schedule shows Mid-October for a production date.


We also had the transport fairy drop off a couple gifts overnight.

Were you just seeing FE’s get pulled, or were there other trim levels too?

 

[Zach@Granger]

How many soft tops did yall end up having compared to hard tops? and how many soft tops have been scheduled so far?

I'm not sure on the exact number of soft top orders in the system. We have remaining unscheduled allocation of less than 100 Broncos and all of those can be filled with soft tops orders that are in our system. We probably have around 30-40 already scheduled with VINs.

@Zach@Granger Curious how many more First Editions Granger still has to be scheduled after these 23? I'm trying to determine how many more weeks of First Editions we have to be scheduled until the units with VINS start to see theirs back in line for production.

We have 45 total FEs. 1 is delivered. 33 are produced or got pulled this morning for scheduling and we have 11 left to schedule.

 

[Zach@Granger]

So no soft tops this time? Just First Editions?

Correct.

 

[Zach@Granger]

Were you just seeing FE’s get pulled, or were there other trim levels too?

Just FEs this morning

 

[cowman]

Great to see but I'm not holding my breath until I see non-FE hardtops start to get rescheduled. Ford has consistently said all First Editions will be built in MY21. Ford could kick these back as the date gets closer or they could be looking at the only option of having to schedule them cause they are running out of time. At this point they'd have to build them with a soft top and then ship the hardtop once it was produced. The other option (more likely) is they build them and store them until the MIC tops are produced. I do believe Ford's goal is to have MIC 2.0 up and running at this point in time but I have not seen or heard anything that gives me any faith. Fingers crossed

I have never seen where Ford said all FE would be built in 2021... they have said all FE would be 2021 year models.... they could be delivered in 2022.... who knows... but words have meaning....

 

[dejones64]

Overnight we had 23 First editions that were put on pause right before the hard top news get scheduled.

Current production schedule shows Mid-October for a production date.


We also had the transport fairy drop off a couple gifts overnight.

Lovin' that brown pickup in the background! Can't quite make out what it is.

Edit: Bronco?

 

[Zach@Granger]

Lovin' that brown pickup in the background! Can't quite make out what it is.

Edit: Bronco?

I was waiting for someone with a keen eye. That is my 1979 Bronco.

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