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ISBN 978-1-61325-414-1
Item No. CT634
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Zuercher, Todd, 1969- author.
Title: Ford Bronco : a definitive history of Ford’s legendary SUV / Todd Zuercher.
Description: Forest Lake, MN : CarTech, [2019] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018050503 | ISBN 9781613254141
Subjects: LCSH: Bronco truck--History. | Ford trucks--History
Classification: LCC TL230.5.B76 Z84 2019 | DDC 629.223--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018050503
Written, edited, and designed in the U.S.A.
Printed in China
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by James Duff
Foreword by Parnelli Jones
Chapter Two: 1967–1969: Building on a Good Thing and Refining the Breed
Chapter Three: 1970–1972: Middle Age
Chapter Four: 1973–1975: Improvements Finally Arrive
Chapter Five: 1976–1977: Going Out on Top
Chapter Six: 1978–1979: Bigger Is Better
Chapter Seven: 1980–1986: Smaller and Lighter
Chapter Eight: 1987–1991: Clean and Aerodynamic
Chapter Nine: 1992–1996: The Final Lap
Chapter Ten: 1984–1990: Bronco II: The Deuce
Chapter Eleven: Broncos in Competition
DEDICATION
To my wife, Andrea, for helping me to find my “yes.” Your support has meant everything to me and made this book possible.
To my parents, Herman and Marian Zuercher, whose purchase of a 1969 Ford Bronco changed my life in ways I never imagined.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
W hen my wife, Andrea, and I were married a few years ago, I apparently told