1980 Ford Bronco. TomDad bought it new my junior year of high school.
It became his going to the cow sale vehicle, and i had to haul my sister to school, otherwise i benefited from his position we didnt have time to mess with a used car. Pretty sure it was a farm tax write off too.
The story of legend is on my 18th birthday my cousin shamed me into going 4 wheeling. He made fun of me having never had that Bronco off the black top or the front rims locked in. So we headed to the Clinton Lake area and cut loose late that night and buried that Bronco in a watery mudhole on corps of engineer land (posted No Vehicles allowed $500 fine). We had to walk 3 miles to his house and sneak the tractor out of the barn to go pull it out with like 3 log chains. The most scared i ever was about how much trouble i was in. I had followed in his pick up, friend in Bronco, and cousin on tractor I thought we were home free driving back to the road. I ran over a stump and tore the oil filter off his pick up. Not realizing i was leaking oil drove back to his farm where that pick up was now smoking and sputtering and died right there. So I guess the joke was on my cousin who had to explain to his dad why Tom just ruined the engine on his farm truck.
Frosh year at KState you could not have a vehicle so my sister became default owner... she hated driving it cause it was a "guys vehicle."
It had standard rims with plastic wheel covers which i hated. That sounds unappreciative now looking back, but it was 1980s so big hair and big tires on your truck were in. Dad said if i mamaged to make it thru first year at KState we would upgrade rims and it was mine. To everyone's surprise I managed a 3.0 that frosh year so he let me buy these sweet white rims to go with the red/white paint scheme before heading back to Manhattan my soph year.
The wife and I traded it in on a Isuzu Trooper :( around 1990. Regret not keeping that bronco every day.
This pic is one that was for sale a few years ago that looked exactly like mine.
Tom
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