With their popularity in the vintage truck market showing no signs of slowing down, we have featured quite a number of first-generation Broncos here on Barn Finds. They seem to generally fall into two condition camps: rough, rusty, and needing total restoration or recently restored to like-new condition. Either way, they command prices higher than I ever imagined. That’s why this particular 1968 Ford Bronco falls more into the Unicorn category. You just don’t find many out there like this. It’s a one-owner, low-mileage, original paint survivor that appears to be in remarkable original condition. Not only that, it also has factory Air Conditioning. Located about an hour from Las Vegas in Pahrump, Nevada, this Southwest Survivor is for sale here on craigslist. No price is listed but the seller says, “Will take serious offers. We know what it’s worth, so make a serious cash offer. No low balls.” Allrighty then. Another shoutout goes to T.J. the Tipster for sharing this rare, original Bronco with us. Thank you, T.J.!

Growing up in kind of a rural part of Virginia in the ’60’s, it wasn’t uncommon to see these first-generation Broncos and International Scouts around. Most of the men I knew who owned them were the “outdoorsmen” type, had large dogs, and never kept their Broncos or Scouts this clean. I wish there were more history and photos included in the ad. The only background mentioned is that it is “Grandfather’s Ford Bronco bought new, one owner, all original paint, matching numbers, and stored inside since 1990.”

Looking at the photos, perhaps it has spent its life out West. The original Sky View Blue paint looks very presentable for its age as do the white painted front and rear bumpers and the removable hardtop. I’m not spotting any visible rust on the fenders and other usual places, but the driver’s door near the hinges might have some paint bubbles or maybe it’s dented. It’s hard to tell from the one photo of the driver’s side. I’m no Bronco expert, but it appears the rear wheel openings have been enlarged and white fender flairs added. And those are obviously not the Bronco’s original wheels.

Only two photos of the Bronco’s interior are included. The one above and a closeup of the odometer. Too bad so many sellers take too few photos of their vehicles and photograph them in a garage where interior images are often too dark. It’s hard to comment on the interior other than its two front bucket seats (the driver’s seat back doesn’t appear to be straight) and rear bench seat are white and a black roll cage has been installed. As I mentioned early, it’s came from the factory with Air Conditioning, but there’s no mention if it’s working or not.

Here’s a good photo of the Bronco’s simple front end, but this is as close to the engine bay as we’re going to get.  Ford offered two engine choices in the 1968 Bronco, a 170-cubic inch six-cylinder or the more-desirable 289-cubic inch V8 which this Bronco has under the hood. It is mated to 3-speed manual transmission with a 4-wheel drive transfer case. Nothing is mentioned about any rebuilds or recent maintenance. All the seller says is that it had 54,000 original miles on it when Grandpa passed away. As you know, first-generation Broncos can command big bucks, just another example of simple supply and demand (they only sold 16,629 in 1968). I’ll be real curious to see what Grandpa’s Survivor goes for.