Yes, I’d almost forgotten about this baby. I’m not as big a fan of the old Ford Bronco as I am of the newer one. Maybe it’s because the original Bronco was before my (off-roading) time. Back in the day, I was a big Ford fan, but my fandom was limited to Mustangs and Cobras. If it was blue and came with stripes, or Wimbledon White with two blue stripes … or, heck, even black with gold stripes and said GT350H on it I was in love.
But, looking back, Ford has always seemed to understand where the company came from. Even today, they support old Mustang and 1940 coupe body repops.
The original Bronco was a neat vehicle, and this model stays true to it’s retro origin. It’s a beautiful rig … although I’d want to see it in Guards blue with a white top. Maybe one of those new Coyote V8s under the hood mated to a manual transmission. Well … maybe. They did bring back the Mustang fastback!
More than 85,000 acres of magnificent desert are open for off-highway exploration and recreation within the boundaries of Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area. Ocotillo Wells SVRA is operated by California State Parks. To the south and east large tracts of BLM land (U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management) are also open to off-highway vehicles. The western boundary and part of the northern boundary of Ocotillo connect with the half-million acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which is closed to off-highway recreation, but open to exploration by highway-legal vehicles along established primitive roads.
Jeep Jamborees are two-day, family oriented four-wheel-drive adventures. They’re for every level of expertise from novice to veteran and everyone in between.
The American Expedition Vehicles Brute Double Cab Pickup Truck is one of my all-time favorite off-road vehicles. They don’t sell them anywhere near me (the closest authorized dealer is down in Oceanside), and they’re the most expensive Jeep I’ve ever lusted after.
Toyota has announced at the SEMA show in Las Vegas that this is the last year for the distinctive FJ Cruiser. From the beginning Toyota said that the FJ Cruiser would be a single-generation vehicle, and – after an 8-year run – they’ve made good on that statement.