Stroppe Baja Bronco

Ford’s first sport-utility vehicle got a lot of exposure thanks to Bill Stroppe’s racing efforts in the Ford Bronco in the late 1960s. To commemorate the success, Ford in 1971 began offering the Baja Bronco, a “limited production duplicate” of Stroppe’s racing Broncos. Ford painted the Baja Broncos Metallic Blue, Wimbledon White and Poppy Red, then shipped them to Stroppe himself for the remainder of the conversion, which included fender flares, a padded rollbar and oversize tires. Continue reading at Hemmings

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2 Years After: Old Navy Truck Issues Still Hitting Our Inbox

Since we posted almost two years ago about the Advanced Design Chevy pickups that were used as display items in Old Navy locations throughout the country, we have learned a few things about the trucks.

All of the trucks were prepared for the Old Navy stores by the Alan Brasington Network in New York and stripped of engines and transmissions. Most still have differentials, however, any body work done to prepare these trucks for delivery was purely cosmetic with bondo and tin replacing cab corners and rusted wheel wells. Many lack interior details as well, no floorboards, no pedals, etc. and the bed floors and floor boards were often just a piece of plywood. Still, every once in a while some of the better shells that weren’t too gutted come up for sale, many through dealers who bought a pile of them or as a single unit through online auctions. Continue reading at Hemmings

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Art Gerrick Lakes Modified Headed to Auction

A few weeks ago, I wrote up a preview of the upcoming RM Icons of Speed and Style auction for the Hemmings e-Weekly Newsletter, but ever since, I’ve been enthralled by the cars that will be offered at the auction. In particular, if there’s one car there I would sell a kidney or other body part for, it wouldn’t be the Deora or the Road Agent or the Khougaz roadster. It would be the Art Gerrick lakes modified. RM has it listed as lot R23, estimated to go for $40,000 to $60,000. Continue reading at Hemmings

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