Oh gosh, kill it all with fire and leave my favorite truck alone.

Agreed. Ford hasn't made a real truck since '79.

Adrianspeeder

 

You would know Adrian from your sig i think you own every kind of truck since 1971. ha.

but yeah those truck's were built and soild. my buddys 1979 F150 high-boy had a 400M with 38" Super swamper's and the guy that did the body lift didnt do the transfer case leaver right. so my buddy says ok lets go up the big sand hill in 2WD made it half way up he couldnt get it into 4 low so he said KICK IT!!! so with my left foot i shoved the Tcase leaver into 4X4 low and we cralwed up the hill the rest of the way. and hes had many trucks since then and we have tryed that many times all have failed once the back tires dig in even switching to 4x4 the fronts just dig but that 79 dug the rears in kicked into 4x4 and it climbed the rest of the way. was amazing. that truck took a beating!

on the way up V-10 excurtion doing work!



found a puddle with his 79


Bumper sticker on a 78 bronco.


we got his 78 bronco stuck in the puddle that the 79 dug holes in with the super swamper haha.


78 bronco that truck was a beast! gave us new respect for lockers it was locked front and rear nothing stoped that thing!...other than the swamp.




Thats what a bronco should be not that plasticy cross between an FJ and a wrangler.....

 

It'll probably stay there.....just like the Europe diesels stay in Europe....

 

now if they brought that nice pretty 4.4L turbo diesel and put it in the F150 i may have to sell my truck to put a down payment on one!

 

Not a fan, I'd really like to see a true Bronco in the spirit of the original, heavy duty, few options and a removable top but its not going to happen.

Broncos, Blazers and CJs are gone, we will never see the utility vehicles of old reproduced. Just like the old muscle cars that were spartan. In order to sell a vehicle in the numbers required to make them profitable they require all the power options, fluffy interiors, cup holders and doors. Its really ridiculous the way that automotive packaging is today, in order to get the trail or engine options you want you need to "upgrade" to a package that includes all kinds of luxury items. Frankly to most it doesn't matter if its in the buyers budget they want all the options. Maybe my age is just showing but I don't want what I don't need.

 

^^^ this... Dad had a 79 long ago, and he said it went anywhere... The 76 f-150 we had did just that...

 

When i worked on jeeps at livernois and saw this in the Grand Cherokee's i knew there was no more hope for offroad trucks/wagons. guess will just have to keep the old and good living in midst of this computer crazed storm.....i hate all the new stuff to maybe gadets and stuff. i mean even now the 4x4 select is like that? what happend to 2WD 4x4 high 4X4 on a leaver?!?!

 

its called engineers, stuck up city folk who cant drive, and unnecessary options...

 

I don't think I'm smart enough to use 4 wheel drive on that

 

Right!!

 

While that maybe true for the majority of them, it's not true for all of them. Some of them actually understand how the real world operates and aren't confined to a cage.

Unfortunately, many of them just do what they are told and are given guidelines to follow when creating things. Just because they build it doesn't necessarily mean they wanted it that way, while yes you do have some that will do what it takes and do build what they want.

We live in a technology driven world that is advancing rapidly, it was only a matter of time before these technologies make it into every vehicle and essentially change how we drive and what driving means. It's all the market research that Ford does that sees the trends and what people want. You have to remember that all of the members on here only make up a small fraction of Ford's market.

I for one like many of these new advancements and think Ford is really doing some great things in the direction of the future.

I keep telling my dad he probably wont' know how to start his next new car upon immediately entering it, and he says I'm probably right.

 

And manual hubs. And manual transmissions with a granny low gear.

 

THIS.

Manual hubs > Air hubs/Electric hubs. my buddy sold his broncos and old stuff ended up with a 97 expy and the air line to lock in the front axle broke and we were SOL....

 

I'm going to go out on a limb and say if you need one of those you shouldn't be driving in that terrain.......