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The truck was purchased by an off-road racer who resides in Moab. So semi-local! ;)

SOLD - 7-7-2021

SALE PENDING

It's up for sale folks! :) 1996 Ford Bronco Chase/Prerunner (a.k.a., "Utah Broncospeed")

After 12 years of building, owning, and enjoying my 1996 Bronco XL Chase/Pre-Runner truck, I’m finally going to put it up for sale! Even though this truck has been so much fun for my family and me, its’s time to move on to another project, so I’m starting the sales process right here with a...

New Phase I Upgrades - Form Follows Function...more photos... And even more photos...and I forgot about the Hi-Lift Jack from 4WP...

New Phase I Upgrades - Form Follows Function... As I alluded to in my recent posts, I started a series of what I call "New Phase I" upgrades...enhancements to take my initial build to the next tier...upgrades designed to add some real functionality and features that will make my Bronco even...

1st Oil Change...in 4.5 Years? OK...so a full 20 months later after a previous posting (about my dual oil filters)...I finally performed an oil change...my first change in 4.5 years! However, it's only been 3700 miles since that same last change. Whew! So to you answer your question Matco...

Misc. Updates - April/May 2017... Just washed and photos taken of my new'ish AR23 wheels and General Red Letters, 35x12.50R15... Now I need to go get it dirty! Today I'm starting my center console design, and will soon kick off it's fabrication, and then install of my two Ham radios...

August 2016 - New General Red Letters and AR23 Wheels! Just spent some buckaroos on new wheels and tires for the Utah Broncospeed! American Racing AR-23 wheels (4), #AR235885, 15" X 8", 5 ON 5.5, from Jack's Discount Wheels (and Free Lugs!) on Amazon.com for $91.5/wheel! General Grabber...

OEM 96 Bronco Exhaust Manifolds... ...in case anyone is interested:

Fall 2015 Update (yeah, a little behind the 8 ball...) Thanks Greg...here is more updates since last summer! A lot of things to report on! First up: Bassani Headers... ------------------------------------------------------------------- After purchasing the Bassani #50150BC headers and then...

Need to Clock Ford 8.8 - Local Fab Shop? After a recent visit to GRS Drivetrain (Steve Pugh) here in SLC, I found that the source of my rear axle/driveshaft noise is the mis-alignment of my rear axle pinion with the driveshaft (at the rear U-joint.) Since my Bronco's driveshaft has a double...

Utah Broncospeed - Dual Remote Oil Filter Installation... After wanting to do this for years now (and eliminate...permanently...the messy oil filter changes with the stock filter location...grrrr......due to the fact the OEM oil filter pad is literally right at the front engine cross member...

Utah Broncospeed - ICE Update... This last spring, I had a car stereo local shop (James @ Drive In Audiosound - www.driveinautosoundslc.com/ - 7601 S State St, Sandy, UT 84094, 801-601-8259, install my new stereo in my Bronco, consisting of: Head Unit: Sony #MEX-GS810BT AM/FM/CD HD BT Radio...

bryson...Thanks for the positive review of J&G Transmissions. I visited them last summer and had a good talk with Bret. He can do all the things I want with the E4OD that I am hoping to include on the build (full heavy duty rebuild, Alto/Kolene clutches/steels, TransGo 'Tugger' reprogramming...

Phatfoto...thanks for the comments...and my full 17+ months later response (mea culpa.) Well, that's just it, I don't have to do a lot of clean up now that the floor is fill sealed, and all the windows work as designed (nice tight fit...no leaks.) Sure, a quick vacuum of the floor is...

May 2014 Update 3 (ok, so nearly FOUR years later...) Well, it's been a long time since I've updated this thread here on RME4x4. My apologies. I've been keeping my other two build threads pretty well updated on FullSizeBroncos.com (Broncospeed Sub-Forum), and GoFastBroncos.com (Big Broncos...

Thanks All! Kyle and I had a great time. No, my full size Bronco only made it up about 1/2 way (1/3? OK then, a 1/4?...) up Rattlesnake before I chickened out, but it was still a lot of fun. First time "on the rocks" (or close to the rocks...) for my pre-runner. So my son and I spent the...

OK, we'll be there... graves...OK, thanks. See you there with my two boys...and maybe the better half! Thanks. (Uploaded a .pdf map to the location...made it for my use as I've never been out there before either. I hope this is correct, no? If any experienced members see that this map is...