Wednesday, August 12, 2009

OWNER RETAINED - 1965 Mustang/1972 Bronco rock crawler/dune buggy, Cohasset, MA




1965 Mustang body on a 1972 Bronco chassis located in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Sold as-is, where is without warrantee. Damages are as photographed.


IDENTIFICATION

The vehicle involved is a 1965 Ford Mustang 4x4 rock crawler/dune buggy conversion on a 1972 Ford Bronco chassis, re-tagged by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a state VIN: MA23982, equipped as follows:

BODY:

An authentic 1965 Dearborn built Mustang convertible with what looks like the original fenders, front grille, doors, convertible top & frame, and floor pan, fiberglassed onto a 1972 Bronco chassis. Body is fiberglass molded onto chassis inside & out. Rear fenders, hood & trunk are steel w/fiberglass overlay modifications including hood scoop & rear spoiler, flared fenders, etc.

Front & rear bumpers are rechrome Mustang; bumper trim, rear marker lights & front marker lights look like original chromed metal Marker lenses may be original – SAE PD 64CR w/ Ford logo, and what looks like factory original fog lights.

Looks like factory power windows w/front & rear controls. Looks like power locks. Looks like modified interior upholstery & trim. Original heat/temp/def controls & up/down & fan speed switch. Lots of ATM switches & lights I assume for stereo system. ATM gauges – oil press, oil temp, water tem, tach, volts, fuel & speedometer.

ATM rear view mirror w/ auto dim controls. Tilt steering wheel (not column) Ford non-factory. ATM side view mirrors. Original brake pedal and emerg brake lever.

Convertible top frame looks original & canvas top is full of holes & duct tape. Has a boot cover – same as upholstery. Replacement carpet. Lots of wiring modification to accommodate stereo system. Looks like ATM Thunderbird style sequential rear blinker/tail lamps.

Driver door tag barely readable:

Body 76A

Color Y

Trim 22

Date 12U

DJC 11

Trans 6 6

Vehicle warrantee number (VIN) 5F03C785432

CHASSIS:

1972 Bronco frame & suspension. Approx 109” wheelbase, four wheel drive, aftermarket power steering, coil spring front suspension, leaf spring rear suspension, Ford/Dana axles, manual locking front hubs, standard duty shock absorbers, 15” chrome steel rims, 32x11.5R15LT tires.

TIRES:

LF BF Goodrich All Terrain, LR Trail King N-87

RF Sport King Steel Radial, RR Trail King N-87

POWER:

1986-ish Ford 5.0 HO V8 gas engine w/ ECM. Rockford Perfect Interface Alternator made by Lestek, Model 9290 DF 14V, dual isolated output. Stinger 150A circuit breaker ($35) New/original size radiator w/ATM electric fan & shroud. Older chrome exhaust headers to dual exhaust w/very small mufflers & chrome tail pipes. 3-speed automatic trans plus transfer case (Bronco).

STEREO GEAR: approximately 10 year old gear.

2nd battery in trunk w/1.0 Stinger Farad 20VDC digital capacitor ($90).

V12 Expert Alpine 2/1 channel power amplifier model #MRV1505 has Parametric EQ, crossover, gain, Q factor, frequency & level controls (900 Watts). ($300). Mounted in a mirrored see-thru compartment. All kicker speakers.

2 Kicker Solo baric 8 ohm subwoofers ($100 each) face to face mount built into see-thru mirrored trunk enclosure. Seats have:

Front

Tweeter – RTND25A 2” ($105 per pair).

4” w/ vice coil ($50 per pair).

6” Free air no voice coil ($150 per pair)

Rear

Tweeter – RTND25A 2” ($105 per pair).

4” w/ vice coil ($50 per pair).

8” ($80 per pair)

Stereo controls:

Alpine Sound Field Processor ERA – 6320 Ai net listening position selector ($50).

Alpine Tuner/CD Player CDA-7949 Ai net 4V pre-out ($100).

VIN: MA23982 was verified