With five days remaining in the auction here on eBay, this 1968 Ford Bronco is being sold as is in original condition. The Bronco is located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho . Their have been 32 bids and the current price is set at $15,100. The Bronco was originally bought out of Yuma, Arizona and shows rust in the rocker panels and rear tail gate.
The odometer reflects 44,000 miles but I doubt that is the first time around the cylinder. The Bronco is equipped with a 289 cubic inch V8 Ford engine and column shifted three speed manual transmission. The four wheel drive selector is mounted on the floor. The brown paint shows a hint of copper and is said to be original along with the interior.
There were 16,629 Broncos produced in 1968 which was up slightly from the prior year. The body style represents the first generation of the Bronco which extended from 1966-1977. The Bronco came in three configurations including the two door wagon, half cab pickup and open body roadster.
So this Bronco is easy to restore and just needs some TLC and fresh paint. There are no pictures of the bottom of the Bronco or the engine compartment but I would imagine that 52 years have not been kind to these area either. There is obviously more than a cult following for first generation Broncos. We have seen prices continue to rise. This one seems fairly priced but it may go up a little more before the end of the auction.
That last picture Bruce provided for us brought a thought out of the memory bank. Look at the shifter position. It always seemed to me on Broncos that reverse and 2nd were way “up”, i.e. at one o’clock position (if that). I always think reverse and 2nd were at about two o’clock on a typical 3-speed column shift. Anyone else ever notice this, or am I just imagining it?
Not a bad Bronco.
As the column shifter wore, the “R/2nd gear” position got higher and higher, it was a poor choice over a floor shifter. I’m sure this one will “jam” on the 1-2 shift. I agree, not a bad Bronco, but a $5 grand vehicle, tops. People got more money than brains, I swear. I’m not saying I have more brains than money, but enough to know what 5 figures COULD buy.
Reverse was always a little higher than 2nd gear on ours, for whatever reason. This one is obviously in the reverse position either.
I desperately wanted a floor shifter on ours too as I hated the column shifter – didn’t seem ‘high performance’ enough when you could have a Hurst floor shifter!
Finally, we found a used setup for $75 and Dad installed it. Made it a lot more fun to drive.
Can’t do the edit for some reason – my second sentence should not have ‘either’ at the end.
I always liked the column shifter. The 67 I have has just over 30,000 miles and always felt the same. Just a long shift especially on the beach. When you need to shift in soft sand you better pay attention to where you are at. Many beach tow jobs in the 80’s. Nice looking rig. Curious where this price will end up. Would like to see underneath for sure.
The post says it has a 289 but,I had a 68′ with a 302 and 3 on the tree.
It might be a swap cause I thought the 289’s stopped after 67′, is that right?
As for the shifter, mine did jam occasionally (usually at the worst or most embarrassing time) until finally something broke and I only had reverse and first. To get it home I swapped the rods so I had 2nd and 3rd. It worked fine since they were basically a motor and 2 seats, It was like a manual Powerglide lol.
I drove it like that for the last 2 months of its life, avoiding reverse situations, or pushing it into a parking space.
Once in an uphill situation I pulled the rod into reverse then started it and backed the 50 ft , popped it out of reverse , started it up and drove off in second.
The end came after the Perfect Storm in 91′ when I flew off a sand dune at 30 mph and crashed into the sand at a 45 degree angle, It skidded on its nose like that and scooped out a 10 ft long trench in the sand.
The back end bounced down, I hit the gas and got it to the street just as the electrical system fried and it died.
I had switched the linkage back to have first and reverse for 4 wheeling and pure luck it didn’t stall in the crash cause the clutch/ shifter linkage’s were destroyed and stuck in first gear.
’68s still had 289s (the cars switched to 302s in ’68) – the 302 came along in ’69. If your ’68 had a 302, it would’ve been swapped in.
almost every writer here has reviewed a bronk now, good.
This is the 1st one ina while I’ve seen that may really be the yr it is listed as…
8^0
This appears the upscale model (not much @ this era) swing out tire carrier, grill chrome surround, etc…
Thanks Bruce. I like em w/the minimal done like this-un !