If Ford made one of these today I would be pissed!
All that work and all I had to do was go buy one?
HAhahaha!
Thats kind of the whole point though you know, you cant buy something like this, it has to be built.
What the hell happened anyway? I mean somebody at Ford said "NO! We are not going to make this Bronco a convertible!". Why the hell not? All the others were...
They originally designed those big rear windows to come out, like a glass sunroof, they even had a bag and strap in the cargo area for them. Safety issues and leaks caused too many engineering problems and they never made it into production. It's too bad because that would be sweet! Take off the rear hatch and swap in a Ranger tailgate, get some 1/2 doors up front, and take out those windows and you got yourself a Jeep beater.
If you look at the BII it's really made to be chopped.
I mean as long as some stiffening is done to the bed sides and some sort of roll cage is fabricated, this baby was meant to be open to the eliments.
Hmmmm maybe I will do it......
Here's what I know so far:
A Ranger tailgate bolts directly to the BII, with VERY little conversion.
The Ranger bed can be cut, the top of the bedsides and the area above the rear brakelight can be grafted onto the back of the BII to make a perfectly finished looking coversion, no open gaps or bondo patches.
Hell the rear of the Ranger cab and roof can even be used to make a "cub" cab similar to an old Bronco or a Scout.
A simple tannuea type soft top can be made very easily and for cheap!
The truck would lose about 400-500# (est) with the roof, tailgate, and heavy side windows gone. (no more lift blocks in the rear
)
The stock interior pieces can be retained and slightly modified to work with the new bedsides, the back seat and side panels can be kept. Of course the back seat would be folded down when the soft top was on.
It is a real wonder why Ford never did this with the BII.
Can you say "rollover problems?"