Belugawrx Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) This is the shot I remember seeing in Hot Rod magazine, back in the day... And when Revell came out with a stock Bronco, I just had to build one... The Parnelli / Stroppe Bronco is cool, but the better story comes with the Rod Hall/Larry Minor Bronco...IMHO it just looks better Here's where I'm at so far... Everything not box is from Joseph at Fireball modelworks ... https://fireballmodels.info/auto_main.html ...made the bonnet scoop from a '71 Cuda shaker hood.. More to come ..hopefully Cheers all Edited July 17, 2021 by Belugawrx 2
Belugawrx Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) So the story goes Back in 1967, Rod Hall, a young gas station owner and four-wheel drive enthusiast, heard about a new event while Jeeping with friend Larry Minor at Pismo Dunes, California. It wasn’t the normal gymkhana that he’d done before, but a 1,000-mile desert adventure in a land with no maps, few petrol sources, and even fewer towns. The two pooled their funds, bought a stock Jeep CJ-5, and mailed in a registration form for the National Off-Road Racing Association’s (NORRA) Mexican 1000. Between the starting line in Ensenada and the checkered flat in La Paz, they dodged tire-shredding cacti, baked in the unrelenting Mexican sun, cleared hill and dale, got lost a dozen times, tossed their tools out (too much clanking around), and ate soggy sandwiches their wives had packed in a cooler. With only a whiskey compass and the sun to navigate by, they somehow made it to La Paz. It was the opening chapter of a carrier that would span five decades, many continents, a number of vehicle brands, record-breaking winning streaks (35 straight, which still stands) and put its lead character in the history books. Rod Hall pulled his championship Ford Bronco, which he won the 1969 Mexican 1000 in, from the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame’s museum in Reno, Nevada, and sent it to Samco Fabrication for a full restoration. The Bronco, which was built by Bill Stroppe, has a past is as storied as Hall himself. After Hall and teammate Larry Minor drove it to an overall win in the 1969 Mexican 1000, it was sold, raced, resold, and then retired to a Barstow, California junkyard. Half buried in sand and nearly forgotten, it was discovered by a local race fan and restaurant owner, and put on display in front of a Denny’s. In 2003 it was donated to ORMHOF and found its way back to Hall. Hall remains the only driver to win Baja overall in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. This was unceremoniously plagiarized from Chris Collard @off-road.com written in 2016 Rod passed away in 2019 I flipped the bed tray for the ribs, made a gas tank from sheet styrene, and ground out the back of the grill, added plates to the roll bar (still more tubing for that) rollbar and fender flares from Fireball model works Added the 4" lift from Joseph I will try to build it as the refurbished ride you see in the third pic in first post More coming Cheers Edited July 17, 2021 by Belugawrx 2
rlwheels Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 I actually have a Rod Hall autograph around here somewhere. 1
stavanzer Posted August 13, 2021 Posted August 13, 2021 Neat Build! I remember seeing Posters and Ads for the "OLY" Bronco in magazines back then. I wish Revell would tool up that version, 1
TINCANBANDIT Posted September 24, 2024 Posted September 24, 2024 Did this project ever get finished? 1
Belugawrx Posted October 14, 2024 Author Posted October 14, 2024 Now that winter weather is on it's way, I am pulling out all the half finished projects... Still searching for decals for this beast... Where it sits at the moment
Pierre Rivard Posted October 14, 2024 Posted October 14, 2024 No way, not winter yet. My golf ball still sinks when it hits the pond... 1
absmiami Posted October 14, 2024 Posted October 14, 2024 Let us know when it skitters across the ice …. 1 1
Belugawrx Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 Pretty much snowed in now so, back to the Bronco.. Primed with Duplicolor white sandable primer, then Duplicolor gloss white Acry/Laq. Masking tomorrow and shooting the red. Bent up the brush guard out of 1/16' alu tube with copper wire inserted to prevent kinking. Have most of a small block Ford engine to goin, cut in the exhaust side exits.. More to come as it happens.
Belugawrx Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 (edited) I cut up the kit's dashboard, added some flat stock sheet styrene, gauge decals from a Revell 1970 Challenger, and bezels cut from 1/8" (3mm) aluminum tube and a couple drops of Tamiya clear gloss. I will torture myself by adding 6 toggle switches later... I added dust caps to the front wheels using punched beer can metal and added an electric fan up front. Carb from Joseph at Fireball as well She's sitting on all 4 paws. Out of the paint booth Built up some KC fog lights from the '32 5-window coupe kit..thinking of using the p/e loom bracket (lower left on the tree) as mounting brackets. Lots of little details to fab before this one is done. Cheers all Edited February 4 by Belugawrx 1
Pierre Rivard Posted February 5 Posted February 5 This build is positively awesome. Top notch fabrication and paint finishes. Going for restored look or race weathered? 1
Belugawrx Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 About this dusty, take some of the shine off with Tamiya Weathering powders 1
Belugawrx Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 Time for a mock-up Now to dive into that engine bay👍 2
Tim W. SoCal Posted February 10 Posted February 10 On 8/12/2021 at 5:57 PM, stavanzer said: I remember seeing Posters and Ads for the "OLY" Bronco in magazines back then. I wish Revell would tool up that version, Me too! I'd buy at least a half-dozen of them!!...
Belugawrx Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 (edited) Working on all the small stuff.. Fire extinguishers, trans cooler, brake master, side mirrors, dist. wired, coil installed, seats drilled for belts, front transfer shifter...more to come Cheers Edited February 10 by Belugawrx
Belugawrx Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 Engine wired..Detail Master looms and fireballmodelworks.com 4 barrel carb Onto the engine bay aluminium shrouding.....yay
Belugawrx Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 Welp, after a fall down my ice covered steps to take Zig for her walk ..and 10 hrs in ER to get an x-ray,... I'm back with no broken bones (although it sure felt like a broken ulna)...ouch!! Be careful out there Southern Ontario. Progress on the engine bay shrouding Scuffed up the BMF with a scotch brite pad, installed .015 rod to replicate bead rolled sheet alu., drilled pop rivets before laying down the most UNsticky BMF I've ever used... Coming along...more soon
Pierre Rivard Posted February 15 Posted February 15 That engine bay looks really really good. The tires on this baby look so convincing the way you painted and weathered them. Super build in the making.
Belugawrx Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 Thanks for stopping by Pierre. I am happy with the way the shrouding turned out, but it was a little shinier than I would like, so Testors Dullcoat has been applied...pictures when it dries.
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