In fact, I bought a really decent 302 with rear sump, a C4 auto, and found a 4X4 Ranger with blown motor for a hundred bucks that yielded an 8.8" rear axle. I never got 'round to swapping in a 302, but it was high on the list of "want to do that" upgrades. The TTB front end was a lot more comfortable to drive, and with good shocks, even seemed to manage lumpy, bumpy, gravel roads better than the solid axle D44. ![]() I don't recall that the little BII couldn't go wherever the original Bronco went, at least in stock form for both vintages. I owned a 72 Bronco, bought it in 1973, with 2000 miles on the odometer. THAT little rig hauled butt, so I knew the motor had potential. I'd played around a bit with the 2.8 prior, in a 72 or 73 Capri. Single biggest problem I had with them was the electronically managed carburetors. All were carbureted 2.8's with five speeds. ![]() I couldn't afford one back then, but when they started showing up used, I managed to buy three of the things. I liked it, even was allowed to take it out to the diversion dam and use it a bit on sand berms, loose gravel hill climbs, not much 'heavy duty' wheeling, but enough to get the impression that it was definitely NOT a 'get Momma to the market, church, and soccer game' rig. I test drove one of the first to show up on a dealer's lot back in 1984.
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