From So CA

Bukin 67 · Feb 18, 2022

Hey all. I'm a long time early Bronco owner/enthusiast. I own '67 which I race at the NORRA Mexican 500 & 1000 in Baja as well as a '66 I am team driver for. We also race some BITD events. I've also owned a '91.
I had an early reservation (7/14/20) for a Wildtrak that never got built, so I got the email offering the Braptor upgrade followed by the Golden Ticket email.
I hope this process goes smoother than the 6G!

Hawkeye · Feb 18, 2022

Nice to meet you. I hope you get one and please let us know your thoughts.

Shaggy · Feb 18, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
Hey all. I'm a long time early Bronco owner/enthusiast. I own '67 which I race at the NORRA Mexican 500 & 1000 in Baja as well as a '66 I am team driver for. We also race some BITD events. I've also owned a '91.
I had an early reservation (7/14/20) for a Wildtrak that never got built, so I got the email offering the Braptor upgrade followed by the Golden Ticket email.
I hope this process goes smoother than the 6G!

So you are our first Golden Ticket member! Nice! How did you find us here?

You need to show off more pics of those older Broncos!

Turning Blue · Feb 19, 2022

Welcome, and congrats! Keep us posted on your progress since we weren't so fortunate. I hope things go better for you this time around.

Bukin 67 · Feb 19, 2022

Thanks! I've got plenty of pics that's for sure. I will have more race pics after May when we race the NORRA Mexican 1000 again. Ensenada to Cabo. 1000 miles and 1000 smiles!
I think I'm feeling the Golden Guilt! I wasn't even sure I wanted to change my order from a Wildtrak to a Braptor until I saw one

I'll keep you posted!

Shaggy · Feb 19, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
Thanks! I've got plenty of pics that's for sure. I will have more race pics after May when we race the NORRA Mexican 1000 again. Ensenada to Cabo. 1000 miles and 1000 smiles!
I think I'm feeling the Golden Guilt! I wasn't even sure I wanted to change my order from a Wildtrak to a Braptor until I saw one
I'll keep you posted!

You glad you did

Iceman · Feb 19, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
Hey all. I'm a long time early Bronco owner/enthusiast. I own '67 which I race at the NORRA Mexican 500 & 1000 in Baja as well as a '66 I am team driver for. We also race some BITD events. I've also owned a '91.
I had an early reservation (7/14/20) for a Wildtrak that never got built, so I got the email offering the Braptor upgrade followed by the Golden Ticket email.
I hope this process goes smoother than the 6G!

Welcome to the forum! That’s pretty cool that you race those. How long you been racing?

Bukin 67 · Feb 22, 2022

Shaggy said:
You glad you did

Definitely!

Bukin 67 · Feb 22, 2022

Iceman said:
Welcome to the forum! That’s pretty cool that you race those. How long you been racing?

I set up my Bronco up to race in '13. I raced other classes for about 10 years prior to that. I last raced mine in 2017. I now drive for Gaucho Mark's Racing, a 1966 Bronco with a Ford Racing 427 stroker, aluminum block with over 500 hp.

TRW22 · Feb 22, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
I set up my Bronco up to race in '13. I raced other classes for about 10 years prior to that. I last raced mine in 2017. I now drive for Gaucho Mark's Racing, a 1966 Bronco with a Ford Racing 427 stroker, aluminum block with over 500 hp.

That is awesome. Congrats on all of that. Most have been a blast and I bet still is!

Bukin 67 · Feb 22, 2022

TRW22 said:
That is awesome. Congrats on all of that. Most have been a blast and I bet still is!

Thanks, it is! The 1000 is coming up fast in April. Ensenada to Cabo!

Shaggy · Feb 22, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
Thanks, it is! The 1000 is coming up fast in April. Ensenada to Cabo!

So I see you are in Southern Cal, San Diego area? How do you travel down to the races? Take both of your Broncos down in a big covered trailer? Got pics of this setup.

Bukin 67 · Feb 23, 2022

Shaggy said:
So I see you are in Southern Cal, San Diego area? How do you travel down to the races? Take both of your Broncos down in a big covered trailer? Got pics of this setup.

I'm about 2 hours north of the border in Rancho Cucamonga. We're a small home-grown team with no sponsorships. The team owner likes it that way so we can march to our own tune, so to speak. Most of our team is here in So CA. One co-driver came from Indy and the owner of the '66, Mark, lives in Chico, CA.
Mark was originally one of my team's co-drivers. in 2018 he said he wanted to build an Early Bronco racer and asked me if I would drive it, so I don't even race my '67 anymore. I've owned it for about 25 years and will be selling it as soon as I get the BRaptor. I'm an old fart now

and retired. We'll race this year then hang it up and just do adventure runs. We have a lot of knowledge when it comes to traveling the Baja peninsula and I spend a lot of time there. I even carry a separate annual auto policy so I can go whenever and for however long I want. I also love taking my '67 on long runs in the desert southwest. CA, AZ, UT & NV.

Here's a couple pics from racing.

Shaggy · Feb 23, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
I'm about 2 hours north of the border in Rancho Cucamonga. We're a small home-grown team with no sponsorships. The team owner likes it that way so we can march to our own tune, so to speak. Most of our team is here in So CA. One co-driver came from Indy and the owner of the '66, Mark, lives in Chico, CA.
Mark was originally one of my team's co-drivers. in 2018 he said he wanted to build an Early Bronco racer and asked me if I would drive it, so I don't even race my '67 anymore. I've owned it for about 25 years and will be selling it as soon as I get the BRaptor. I'm an old fart now and retired. We'll race this year then hang it up and just do adventure runs. We have a lot of knowledge when it comes to traveling the Baja peninsula and I spend a lot of time there. I even carry a separate annual auto policy so I can go whenever and for however long I want. I also love taking my '67 on long runs in the desert southwest. CA, AZ, UT & NV.

Here's a couple pics from racing.

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Pretty cool. So the yellow one is the one you owned for 25 years? So did you document your build on it? Took lots of pics? If so, that would be so damn cool to see it.

Bukin 67 · Feb 23, 2022

Yes the yellow '67 is mine. 25 years of pics! A lot of them are on ClassicBroncos.com under the same screen name.

Shaggy · Feb 23, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
Yes the yellow '67 is mine. 25 years of pics! A lot of them are on ClassicBroncos.com under the same screen name.

Cool, not willing to post some up here though? In a build thread somewhere.

Bukin 67 · Feb 24, 2022

Shaggy said:
Cool, not willing to post some up here though? In a build thread somewhere.

Yes I can surely do that. Just need spare time! I've got pics stashed in files that I haven't been into for many years. One rainy day I'll have to organize all that.

LuckyKnuckle36 · Feb 24, 2022

Bukin 67 said:
Hey all. I'm a long time early Bronco owner/enthusiast. I own '67 which I race at the NORRA Mexican 500 & 1000 in Baja as well as a '66 I am team driver for. We also race some BITD events. I've also owned a '91.
I had an early reservation (7/14/20) for a Wildtrak that never got built, so I got the email offering the Braptor upgrade followed by the Golden Ticket email.
I hope this process goes smoother than the 6G!

Awesome man and welcome to the Forum. I hope you get your hands on one! Love the early Bronco's and to have raced them that is just cool as hell. Fingers crossed for you on the golden ticket bud. Pick a stand up dealer that won't jack you on ADMs...