1994-1996 Broncos - what are they worth?

DriftwoodSVT

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Well, #1 is gone, someone bought it yesterday.

#2 I received some more pics, the inside looks unpleasant.

Inquiring about #3 today.
 

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Remember there are many many many out there. I would not be set on those three.

As far as swaps I love seeing the ones that have Turbo Diesels installed.
 

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If it started life as a 5.0 then the 5.8 is a bolt-in. A 460 will not work without major parts swapping from a truck so equipped. My guess is not much else will work without major effort. You can squeeze a lot of power from a stroked 351 for not a lot of money. If you’re not building it for SEMA then that’s the route I’d take.
 

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Jeep.

You are mostly correct about what is driving their values though. The broncos had a v8 and were pretty much a full-size truck without a bed. Me personally I used to love them until I started looking at buying one. They're over priced(IMO) prone to rust, gutless and the front IFS is a total POS if you ever want to actually use it offroad.

Personally I think the I-Beam suspension is one of the most reliable bang for your buck off road setups if you don't want to spring for a Dana.
 

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Good luck post pics love Broncos. Yes values are climbing there was an awesome calypso green and white one on eBay I was drooling over last week.


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Personally I think the I-Beam suspension is one of the most reliable bang for your buck off road setups if you don't want to spring for a Dana.

This has not been my experience at all. Every time I wheel with a bronco they brake something in the front, usually an axle unless they are sas.
 

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Wow I was looking at some of the prices people want for some of these Broncos on local Craigslist. I saw a super clean one for like 15k .
While it was immaculate I couldn’t see myself paying that. Jmo
 

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Well, #3 has the 5.8L engine. Nothing major on the rust (not sure what he means by this), paint has peeled in a couple of spots. Tailgate is damaged. It runs but he's not sure it will drive for more than 20 miles.

*pass*
 

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Washington / Oregon seems to have most of the rust free survivor type trucks.

There's definitely a lot of decent ones up here. Seems like there is a new batch of them for sale every time I look. Only downfall is most seem like they are in pretty bad shape, but after researching all the parts available for them though at affordable prices Im actually looking forward to restoring mine even further.

Im gonna go through and redo my whole interior with new carpet, seats, center console, dash parts. Especially with the values going up on the built ones. All the money I put in will help with resale and I suspect it will only keep going up.
 

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I'd avoid the later model and find an earlier version you can have much more fun with that is a bit more robust.

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I hear you - just a suggestion.

I grew up with the 1970's version. Those models had some pretty beefy transfer cases, etc, and aside from typical 351M/400 engines, 460's were fairly common too with the crowd from back then. Nine-inch rear axle assemblies instead of the later 8.8's. My father had a mid-nineties version with a factory 351W (Eddie Bauer, etc) and I'd say it was indeed a modernized rendition from the genre. So the lineage plays easy on my eyes but at this point in my life I want my trucks to be on the beefy side and without limit from the government on what I can do in terms of engine modifications. If I had my druthers I'd do a late seventies Bronco with a well sorted 351W (roller cam/block, aluminum heads, Edelbrock intake, Holley 650 vacuum secondary carb, MSD distributor/ignition box, full length headers, dual exhaust, etc) and a modern overdrive automatic transmission. The 302/351 engines used in 80's/90's versions of the Bronco were pretty well emasculated and more expensive to modify than they really need to be.

I'm doing something similar with my '90 coupe. Old school simplicity. Buh bye EEC-IV...

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