Photos: my new 2021 Big Bend beside my 1988 Bronco II

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[Beach_Bum]

Thanks for sharing. Was your BII a daily before your 6G?

 

[dgorsett]

I owned 3 BIIs, loved them. Didn't realize they would look so small next to a 6g. I just put 235 x15 tires on mine and they were remarkably capable. And of course I must take every opportunity to post a pic of my "86 in 1989 with stock tires on Pritchett Canyon in Moab, one of the roughest trails there. I took it downhill gravity was in my favor

 

[userdude]

I owned 3 BIIs, loved them. Didn't realize they would look so small next to a 6g. I just put 235 x15 tires on mine and they were remarkably capable. And of course I must take every opportunity to post a pic of my "86 in 1989 with stock tires on Pritchett Canyon in Moab, one of the roughest trails there. I took it downhill gravity was in my favor

That's some serious rock stacking.

 

[dgorsett]

That's some serious rock stacking.

Yeah, it was there when I got there, lucky me as I had no plan if I couldn't make it at any point. I had just looked a map and thought "This looks interesting. " Solo, and never saw another soul.

 

[userdude]

Yeah, it was there when I got there, lucky me as I had no plan if I couldn't make it at any point. I had just looked a map and thought "This looks interesting. " Solo, and never saw another soul.

Around that time I was a kid running with scissors. Ahh, the old days we barely survived!! lol

 

[SkyKing]

This was my 88 Eddie Bauer edition with a 5-speed and bigger tires. It was a cool and good-looking little SUV. But it was dangerously easy to roll it with its dual I-beam front suspension.

 

[Brian_B]

My son has a 87 that he just tore the 5MT out of again. He has it in pieces trying to fix it.

 

[o0oo00o0o]

Thanks for sharing. Was your BII a daily before your 6G?

Yup. Loved the stares I got driving it around

 

[o0oo00o0o]

I owned 3 BIIs, loved them. Didn't realize they would look so small next to a 6g. I just put 235 x15 tires on mine and they were remarkably capable. And of course I must take every opportunity to post a pic of my "86 in 1989 with stock tires on Pritchett Canyon in Moab, one of the roughest trails there. I took it downhill gravity was in my favor

That is rad, my man. They are surprisingly capable little guys

 

[o0oo00o0o]

My son has a 87 that he just tore the 5MT out of again. He has it in pieces trying to fix it.

Good luck to him!

 

[Brian_B]

Good luck to him!

He's gonna need all the luck he can get. I'll be shocked if we don't have to buy a new tranny.

But he's trying, I won't fault him for that.

 

[2DR22Bronco]

I had an 89 Bii owned it for over 20 years. Loved it

I too experienced my own Transmission issues with the 5 speed (I was on my 3rd when I sold it) the last one i did a core swap/rebuild with Midwest transmission.

On the 2.9 I rebuilt the short block once and did the long block twice. I was on the second rear end and many different sets of tires, plug wires, drive shaft U joints etc.

She was very close to 300,000 miles when I sold it.

I loved the simplicity of it. I could park it anywhere and it was very simple mechanically. It just worked. Locking hubs manual 4 low/high/ neutral.

I was having issues with the roof/window seals leaking etc. Got the G6 Bronco as replacement.

I still miss my Bii every day. I named her Fury from that Brad Pitt WW2 movie after the tank that just kept going.

 

[zyglyrox]

The BII just has that rad 80s look to it. Love em, even if they are shiteboxes.

 

[EasternSierra]

Just got back from a two-day road trip. First Bronco I saw was a 1g, and I also saw a Bronco II.

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