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Ford has succeeded in the motor racing in all forms of return for decades. One of the most successful race trucks to ever run the iconic Baja 1000 was a classic Ford Bronco. The Classic Bronco was nicknamed “Big Oly” because of his sponsorship of the Olympia beer and led the Baja 1000 in 1971 and 1972. The truck won these two events and also won the Baja 500 and the Mint 400 in 1973 .
This is one of the most emblematic off-road bronco trucks ever built and was driven by Parnelli Jones and Bill Stroppe. During the weekend, an auction of Mecume was held in Indianapolis, and Big Oly was one of the pregnant vehicles. The emblematic race truck sold for a price price of $ 1.87 million.
Considering how conventional classic conventional brorscos are right now and the truck’s significant race pedigree is not a surprise that it sold for such considerable money. Big Oly has a 390 horsepower V-8 engine under the hood and tilted ladders at 2700 pounds.
One of its most emblematic race features was open cockpit and roof on top in a giant wing. Big Oly was built around a chromed spatial frame with an aluminum and fiberglass body. The 390 horsepower V-8 was a 351-inch cubic inch windsor. The race truck also had a two-beam front suspension with an end-ard design that was the tip of the technology at the time.
The iconic roof wing was a workaround solution for skirting the rules in place at the time. The truck certainly has the fantastic air, seeming to have been completely restored at a given moment of one’s life to a new condition. Who exactly the new owner of Big Oly remains a mystery.
