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My family has been buying and restoring 66-77 Ford Broncos for years, we have accumulated a grave yard of Broncos for spare parts. We sold them off to a guy in Reidsville, NC, and occasionally visit for anything we need or just to shoot the chit.
The point came up, as one of the older guys was looking over my FJ... "In 40 years I bet no one will be doing this (graveyards) for these(FJC)!" And partially because of the market today, so many company make aftermarket parts for these, from replacement OEM parts to extreme bumpers and roof racks, that "scrapping" will be an obsolete hobby!
I hope that is not true! I would love to cary on my family tradition of taking 3 broken trucks and making one good one out of them to my sons!
But at the rate we are going now, in 40 years there wont be any fuel to run these and all metal will become scarce and replaced with plastic or something! :lookaround:
This is only 1/3 of the grave yard (mostly my Broncos), there is another field and 3 barns full of parts to keep out of the weather...
The point came up, as one of the older guys was looking over my FJ... "In 40 years I bet no one will be doing this (graveyards) for these(FJC)!" And partially because of the market today, so many company make aftermarket parts for these, from replacement OEM parts to extreme bumpers and roof racks, that "scrapping" will be an obsolete hobby!
I hope that is not true! I would love to cary on my family tradition of taking 3 broken trucks and making one good one out of them to my sons!
This is only 1/3 of the grave yard (mostly my Broncos), there is another field and 3 barns full of parts to keep out of the weather...
