From northern Virginia, Al the heritage-esque white Ford Bronco

[Al_the_w_F_B]

Hello, everyone. Greetings from northern Virginia.

Pictured is Al the white Ford Bronco, which my wife and I purchased back during the Presidents' Day sales earlier this year. He just took us and the dog on a road trip, the first leg of which was wheeling up Union Springs Road to Flagpole Knob. The picture was taken on a scenic overlook from Union Springs Road.

Since the sixth-generation design has allusions to the first generation, I did my own heritage-esque appearance mods: body-color matching grille with red letters, rocker stripe with body-color counter pinstriping, and, of course, the "Bronco" script fender badges. I also didn't like how they discontinued Black Diamond as a trim, so I took off the Big Bend badges and replaced them with Black Diamond ones. (I was going to remove the trim badges, anyway, to make room for the script fender badge.) Also pictured is the first-generation Bronco that inspired the look.

See you on the trail!

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[crzyhawk]

How'd it handle Union Springs road? I'd like to try it when I get some more experience, though I have no rear locker. I've been up the Dunkle Hollow route to flagpole, but not Union Springs yet.

 

[Al_the_w_F_B]

How'd it handle Union Springs road? I'd like to try it when I get some more experience, though I have no rear locker. I've been up the Dunkle Hollow route to flagpole, but not Union Springs yet.

It handled well. I suspect any decent 4x4 can handle Union Springs. There were maybe 8 or 9 technical sections where you have to be careful to pick your line, and one of us got out to spot. Even if you get stuck on those, you can back out and try again, for the most part. The one off-camber section near the end of the trail where you historically needed a locker now has not one but two bypasses, so lockers aren't even really necessary anymore.

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