There were three main configurations of early Broncos: station wagon, half-cab, and roadster. This truck is supposedly one of those rare factory U14 original half-cabs and looks like a really solid project. It can be found here on Craigslist with an asking price of $19,500. While that might seem like a premium for a Bronco like this, first-generation Broncos are commanding very strong prices and this one seems more solid than most. Located in Chatsworth, California which is just north of Los Angeles, the paint appears baked and faded from years of sitting in the California sunshine. In fact, the seller says it has been sitting a “decade +.” Have a look at this ride and thanks to Matt R. for the tip on this one.
Leaves can be the death of pickup cabs as they will hold moisture against the metal like crazy. I’m not sure why the seller wouldn’t take a few minutes and clean out the bed, but maybe that’s just me? Hopefully, the bed is solid since the rest of the vehicle looks good. Both the driver’s and passenger side rockers appear very solid along with the floor pan. However, the seller describes the floors as “crappy” so I’m guessing they are worse than they look.
The interior appears to be original and in very good condition. Even the bench seat doesn’t appear to need any refurbishing. The seller points out that it “appears to be complete” except for the parking brake pedal assembly, which is missing. Also, for an unexplained reason, the driver’s door is partially disassembled.
If the current engine is the original power plant, it is a 289 cubic inch V8. The ad says that it runs, but the details of the mechanical condition is not known. You can tell the plug wires have been replaced at some point. If it has been sitting for 10+ years, it is a huge plus that it still runs.
The front bumper is a beefy piece that houses an old-school winch. Overall, this looks like a really solid project and would be a great survivor to restore. What is your favorite configuration of Bronco? Roadster, wagon, or half-cab?
Although it looks to be in better shape than many here; for nearly $20k firm; clean it up and take some better pics, including some underneath.
This I suspect will be gone in minutes at that price!! The 289 had to be order in the 67 broncos so it’s kind of rare to find one without a straight six!!!
With Icon and Rocky Roads both in Chatsworth, I’m surprised this is still available. Rust or not, 67 U14s aren’t exactly common.
I just don’t understand not cleaning out debris out of vehicles before posting photos. Take a leaf blower and blow out those dry leaves and pine needles. Nice 67 though. Well worth a refresh or restoration. Most likely it will reach the asking price.
You want to pay 5 figures for these rattle traps, go right ahead. I can think of at least 14 things I could do with $20g’s than have a beater like this, or the $40g Scout, for that matter, that still bothers me. The half cab was pretty rare. They mostly catered to service stations, that also plowed snow, like the CJ, and not many survived. This foolishness will burn itself out, eventually, and speaking of which, got a burned out headlight. Ever try to find single round 12v seal beams? My GMC uses them, good thing I don’t drive at night and need them. One on Ebay for $35 bucks, still in the box,,just to plug it in, DINK, aw, dang,,,,I guess the key here is, to try and make the money before the “fad” does burn out, like anything.
You must not be looking very hard for headlights, H6024’s are all over eBay for less than $10 with free shipping.
Even though you don’t like that early Broncos are expensive, there are enough people willing to buy them to keep the prices up. It’s still a free country, if someone wants to overspend on an old car, it’s their business.
Steve R
I agree Steve. I’ll never understand the resentment some have toward what the market on some vehicles dictates. And as you said everyone’s perception of affordability and or value is their business.
Bought a 12v sealed beam at the local auto parts store (not a chain) less than a year ago. $15. Easy to find in the various vintage car catalogues (TBird, Mustang, Tri-5, etc).
Believe it or not, the local O’Reilly’s auto parts store by my house has these headlights on the shelf. I am pretty sure I am the only person in the last 15 years that bought any of them lol.
Ha! Hit a nerve with that one. It was more of a rhetorical statement to emphasize, this stuff isn’t a $1.99 anymore at the local Gambles ( remember them?), and I live in a rural area with several parts stores, and nobody had one, so I have to rely on the internet. Parts stores today rely on movement of products. Who buys seal beams anymore? So it gets axed from inventory That’s all well and good, except, I’ve had some bad experiences with internet sales. Shoddy merchandise ( oh. looked great in the picture) credit card theft,,,etc. I’m just saying, if you buy a vintage vehicle, it’s not 1974 anymore and be prepared to be jerked around, is all.
This is very true!
I sold that 1978 Skylark & literally 10 min later the buyer called me up, it was running poorly.
I went to meet up with him & found the carburator was running very lean. Feeling bad about that, I took the vehicle to the residence of one of the mechanics that I work with, who so happens to live 4 blocks from where the vehicle was acting up.
The inlet where the fuel line attaches had stripped threads & the fuel line was coming out.
I ended up having to find a different carburator for it, which I found in Illinois. I then had to find a rebuild kit (not too difficult, just had to be ordered in) & get it rebuilt.
The buyer is finally happy with it, I think. I haven’t heard from him since anyway lol. He seemed thrilled when he picked it up!
As much as I talk about how I would like to find some old Pinto or something to drive as a daily driver once I am settled in the southwest, this was a good reminder of parts availability. We all need to keep that in mind.
Never heard of a Bronco being called a station wagon before.
The fact that Jon Ward (Icon) doesn’t own this already tells me there must be more wrong here than meets the eye. He is relentless.
I think he does own it. The CL ad is from Chatsworth, CA (location of ICON). There seems to be a row of other Broncos in one pic and in the background of another pic is a white boxy panel van that I’ve seen in one of his shop tour videos.
Mike- good eye! I tried to find other vehicles and familiar sights in my first go-through on the photos but wasn’t quite sure if it was his place or not. It’s been about 4 years since I’ve been there.
I can’t see the attraction in these a utilitarian 4×4, no creature comforts my back aches just thinking about the bumps in the road cool has inflated these above their status
I think it’s all fluff. Offering a vehicle that’s not available to everyone, apparently has it’s perks. Like all these “flash in the pan” attractions, I think as people buy these things, and actually see what they’re like, buyers remorse has got to set in. I guess if one can afford to pay these ridiculous prices, there is no such thing as buyers remorse.
“…favorite configuration of Bronco? Roadster, wagon, or half-cab?…”
or all 3 in one (mine hasa 4th too – the rag top, just swap’em out).
For $50 in mid or late ’80s I got a ‘hdlght bucket’ from IPD (my volov after mrkt vendor) the relay/pigtail/H4 or 9003 bulb and have not looked back on ‘sealed beamss’ since. Funny, those cost the same as the big’uns (now w/”Hologen” stamped acc the frnt of the glass).
I think John has said ‘ we up date these ol rigs so much that in all good ethics (thank U John !) I can not take one in orig shape like the above (*I believe is ’68+ as to the ‘back up’ lght – or it’s been changed out) and scrambel it into an Icon rig.’ – my paraphrase entirely.
* “…By the time back up lamps were incorporated into FMVSS 108 in 1968, the photometric requirements were considerably different. The maximum was still 300 cd at H and above (SAE, 1970). The minimum at H-V was 80 cd. The test point grid ranged from 45° left to 45° right and from 10° up to 5° down. One or two back up lamps were allowed on a vehicle. However, if only one back up lamp was installed on the vehicle, it had to meet twice the candlepower requirements. It was also allowed to have two unsymmetrical back up lamps. This meant that each back up lamp could be tested individually and the values added to determine whether the combined units met twice the candlepower requirements. These same photometric requirements still exist in FMVSS 108 in 1999….”
B careful w/this 1- 3 peddles, no under hood linkage, no in cab shifter. Minor issues for the lill prize one gets w/ownership.
Agreed, all over priced and that is set by others, not us,
(the market). No longer abt logics like ‘supply and demand’ – all
‘what the market will bear’ ( that is a ‘whole universe’ due to the net).