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Loved my 81 Bronco and drove it for 6 years. It was manual with "overdrive" which was just a high ratio and was a light-weight car transmission. Or so my mechanic said when he replaced it. Replaced it with a pickup transmission with a converter kit.

This sounds like a regulation dreamed up by someone working in an office about a hypothetical problem. They didn't cite any actual incidents that had occurred.

Thanks to everyone for the responses. It's pretty evident the Wrangler is a dog in comparison to the Bronco. I might have figured as much since I drove an 81 Bronco for 6 years in Oklahoma, which is pretty breezy as you might know, and it did ok at least by the standards of the day. But I...

That's great - usually a short wheelbase truck doesn't tow a trailer well

Man it was super windy that day!

hint: northeastern mountains

That's reassuring. From what you and others have said it's clear that Bronco is much better than that Wrangler was. It was scary in the high wind

I'm wondering how the 2-door Bronco handles high winds? Getting close to buying a used one and hadn't thought about this till yesterday - we had really high winds in Virginia yesterday and a 2-door Wrangler I was in was all over the road. If the 2-door Bronco is similar then I'm going to opt...

Hi - I'm new member. Drove a new 1981 full-size Bronco for 8 years. It had a manual transmission with 4th being an "overdrive" ratio. Transmission was a lightweight car transmission the mechanic told me as he replaced it after 5 years. Looking forward to getting a modern Bronco, probably a...