The colors of this 1994 Ford Bronco 4×4 Eddie Bauer Edition decode to Medium Palomino over Light Santa Fe, according to the data plate in the photo gallery. The seller says it’s “two-tone paint copper orange With sandstone bottom.” This beautiful Bronco appears to be in outstanding condition for a 32-year-old SUV. Wait, was 1994 32 years ago already? Dang. The seller has it listed here on eBay in Nampa, Idaho; the current bid is $8,100, but the reserve hasn’t been met.
I have to admit that my favorite full-sized Bronco is the ’78 Custom with round headlights, but by the fifth-generation, they had them pretty well sorted and designed. This generation of the Bronco is supposedly known by some Bronco fan(atics) as the OBS, or Original Body Style. I’m hoping that Bob or one of you Bronco fans knows why that is. I don’t have a clue, as it clearly isn’t the original body style. The fifth-generation Bronco was made from 1991 for the 1992 model year until the end of 1996.
It’s hard to argue with the condition of this 4×4 SUV. Idaho gets snow, but I don’t see any rust on this Bronco, and they say it has no body rust. The seller has included a couple of underside photos, and it looks solid, at least in those areas. It’s been coated with some sort of undercoating on portions of the underside, as you can see. I like that for some vehicles and in some situations. Have any of you used that product? I’m hoping it involves dry ice blasting or otherwise knocking back the surface rust first, rather than just going over everything?
I expected to see tan leather inside, but these tan fabric seats appear in nice shape. There is a crack on the passenger side of the dash, unfortunately. The seller goes around that in the other dash photos, but it’s hard to miss in an enlarged photo. Just to keep things on the up-and-up. How many times has a vehicle shown up on a trailer, and you see things that aren’t shown in the listing or mentioned? Too many. Their description is super hard to read for me, there are maybe a handful of commas and periods, so you don’t know where sentences stop and end. Other than the dash crack, this looks like a nice Bronco. We don’t get to see inside the rear cargo area, which is a bit unusual for an eBay listing, but they show three underside photos and two engine photos, so that’s great.
The engine is as clean as any engine photo I can remember, very, very nice job of detailing this one, seller! This is Ford’s 351-cu.in. OHV fuel-injected V8 with 200 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque when new. It passes through a transfer case and a four-speed automatic to all four wheels when needed. They say it has a “brand new windshield brand new fuel pump brand new fuel filter brand new gas tank runs and drives good.” Any thoughts on this nice-looking Eddie Bauer Bronco?
Good job SG. Looks like a nice Bronco. I’m glad it is in good shape, and that the “hater” works. These have developed quite the following in recent years. I don’t know how the “OBS” identifier came to be, and would like to learn its history.
Thanks, Bob. Ha, the hater, I gave the seller enough grief, so I didn’t want to mention that. I hope they have a sense of humor. This really looks like a gem to me.