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.
Carl Jackson drove one on the 1971 Baja 500, pulling a Sprite travel trailer the entire way in a publicity stunt for a Sprite distributor. Both Bronco and Sprite finished, and Sprite went on to advertise its product as “the travel trailer that beat Parnelli Jones in the Baja 500.” The Bronco ended up in Tucson, Arizona, in 2002, when Andrew Norton found it, purchased it, and verified its history.
One of estimated 600 produced. Race and prototype history documented. Never rusty, older restoration with updates including 351W, AC, 2″ lift, custom bucket seats, front disc brakes.
Andrew has more on the Baja, including the telltale signs that helped him verify the Bronc, over at his website, bajabronco.com.
Would be pretty cool to find that Sprite travel trailer and pair the two up again.
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