Picked up this blast from the past

[Jltexas]

I picked this 1989 Bronco 11 one owner up this week, guy spent $112,000 on a frame off restoration a few years ago, thought some of you may get a kick out of it

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[Grumpy]

I'm sorry, but did you make a typo or did you intend typing $112k on a frame off resto? It must be a typo?

 

[HBTFD]

There must be an F1 engine under the hood.

 

[Jltexas]

Haha that’s what I thought also, have receipts for $112,780 on frame of restoration, brand new motor also lol, made me feel better about paying $10k over sticker on a Bronco Raptor

 

[Jltexas]

Here’s the damage

 

[EgreenBadSquatch]

So how much did you pay for it?

 

[Ducati1098]

Here’s the damage

Yikes! That’s gotta be close to 10x over what it’s even worth.

 

[1975U15]

Here’s the damage

 

[Jltexas]

A lot less then that haha

 

[zuke]

Honestly, as crazy as it sounds, the costs are not out of line for a full concourse level full restore with a custom airbrushed paint job, It's just absolutely crazy to do a concourse level full restore on a 1989 anything, let alone a Bronco II.

So tell us, Is it like the Nicest 1989 Bronco you've ever sat in?

 

[Someguy]

They got a good deal on shipping.

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

Are those the Alcoa wheels?

 

[Jltexas]

Honestly, as crazy as it sounds, the costs are not out of line for a full concourse level full restore with a custom airbrushed paint job, It's just absolutely crazy to do a concourse level full restore on a 1989 anything, let alone a Bronco II.

So tell us, Is it like the Nicest 1989 Bronco you've ever sat in?

Haha yes it is, if there is such a thing as a nice 1989 bronco haha

 

[broadicustomworks]

As a guy who does this type of work…holy cow.
Can I get a customer like that!!??
I mean, I spent 3 hours with a tap and die just restoring threads on a TA rear spoiler and wheel spoilers.
But I charge by the job and not by the hour so I chalk that up as part of the “making 43 yr old car parts work”.
I have about 6 hours into just the resto and paint work on the front bumper.
And it forms back into a non-twisty shape once you mount it on the inner support, by the way. I know it looks funny there.

 

[Layman]

Something is not right. The dates on that invoice show the resto was done in 2004 and 2005. No one in their right mind would have spent $112,000 on a 15 year old Bronco II in 2004. In 2004 $112,000 was worth a whole lot more than it is today. Something does not add up here.

The only way that Bronco II was ever worth $112,000 was if it was owned by Pablo Escobar and making a run across the border. I am sure that OP is being truthful in what the seller told him, but c'mon.

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