The NEC Classic Motor Show Sale 2019 - 9th & 10th November 2019

www.silverstoneauctions.com 127 + buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20% Cars Sunday 10th November 2019 • The second-generation Bronco is the rarest of all production models, only built between 1978 and 1979 • Sporting a 5.7-litre Cleveland V8 350ci mated to a two and four-wheel drive train and manual gearbox • First registered in the UK on 20/04/1978 to Ford UK until 1991 and used at the Dunton Technical Centre • Subsequently registered to Ford New Holland until 1998 before being bought by ex-Ford employees • Four seats with a removable hard-top, the last Bronco to feature one. Showing a warranted 33,750 miles • Lightly restored by previous and current owners and presented to auction in fine fettle • Detailed history file bursting with old MOT’s, manuals, brochures and paperwork relating to Ford UK’s ownership Perhaps it was understandable that Ford UK wanted to stay within the family when it required a competent 4x4 with driver comforts, such as air conditioning, that the Range Rover of the time did not offer. Sporting a 5.7-L V8 Cleveland 350 engine mated to a two and four-wheel drive train and manual gearbox. The 1978 model Bronco had four seats with a removable hard-top and was the last Bronco to feature one. This Bronco was shipped across the Atlantic and registered to Ford UK at their Dunton Technical Centre in Essex on 20/04/1978. There are reams of detailed paperwork relating to the time at Dunton until 1991 when the Bronco was registered to Ford New Holland Ltd. in nearby Basildon. Further paperwork covers the seven-year period until 1998 when it was sold to an ex-employee and it’s now in the ownership of our vendor, a passionate collector of American cars. In her own words our vendor had to buy the Bronco when it came available: “My mother and I used to work at the Ford Motor Company in Dunton. The signatures in the documentation are of men who were colleagues of my mum and they worked in research and design in her department under her boss, my mum was the secretary.” Light restoration works were started by the penultimate owner and finished by our vendor and it is presented to auction in fine fettle with new part-leather seats and a re- spray in period silver. The detailed history file is bursting with old MOT’s warranting the 33,750 miles, workshop manuals, invoices, original brochures and paperwork relating to Ford UK’s ownership. The Bronco was dry stored between 1996 and 2019 when the latest MOT was issued without advisories, expiring in May 2020. The private registration SOI 979 is also generously included. This is a unique opportunity to buy the rarest of all Broncos which combines retro-good looks, a special Ford provenance and is one of the few American cars to be registered brand new in the UK. Registration: SOI 979 Chassis Number: U15HLBF4847 Engine Number: TBC Estimate: £18,000 - £20,000 1978 Ford Bronco LOT 402 More Images Lot 402 Bid On Lot 402