Help. Bronco Original Colours

QuadBronco · Post by **QuadBronco** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:31 pm

Hello,

I'm a new member and am currently in the process of restoring/upgrading a
1973 Fender Bronco. The state of the body when I purchased it was routed for a neck pup, stripped and
stained natural, the original owner said he didn't know the original colour, but that someone
painted over it a type of red and his craftsmanship was poor. Hence, he stripped
and stained it. It came with all the original parts and pup, no vibrato arm though.

My question: where can I find out the what colours are faithful to the guitar
and the time period. I would like to have it painted (possibly something other than Dakota
red). I have cut a new black pick guard (to take advantage of the bridge pup cavity) in case
I want to return it to its original state, a white pick guard loaded with original pup and electronics.

Photos will be posted when my camera is fixed next week.

Thanks in advance,
QuadBronco

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:42 pm

QuadBronco wrote:Hello,

I'm a new member and am currently in the process of restoring/upgrading a
1973 Fender Bronco. The state of the body when I purchased it was routed for a neck pup, stripped and
stained natural, the original owner said he didn't know the original colour, but that someone
painted over it a type of red and his craftsmanship was poor. Hence, he stripped
and stained it. It came with all the original parts and pup, no vibrato arm though.

My question: where can I find out the what colours are faithful to the guitar
and the time period. I would like to have it painted (possibly something other than Dakota
red). I have cut a new black pick guard (to take advantage of the bridge pup cavity) in case
I want to return it to its original state, a white pick guard loaded with original pup and electronics.

Photos will be posted when my camera is fixed next week.

Thanks in advance,
QuadBronco

I have a '73 Bronco. I think they only came in "Red"

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:43 pm

i've only ever seen red (dakota or something extremely similar), and later in the 70s they made black or white ones.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:07 pm

Hmmm wikipedia says by the end they came in Red, White, black and Midnight Wine?! I have never seen/heard of a midnight wine bronco, I don't think that's true. It also mentions a small run of maple fingerboard broncos?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:10 pm

stewart wrote:i've only ever seen red (dakota or something extremely similar), and later in the 70s they made black or white ones.

I read that there were some of the last few were painted "Midnight Wine"!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:13 pm

there were late 70s - early 80s mustangs and musicmasters in wine red so it's believable.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:20 pm

Red Bronco

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You could just strip it ala Bradford Cox

D34dBaWx · Post by **D34dBaWx** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:42 pm

That dude needs a sandwich!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:51 pm

westtexasred wrote:
stewart wrote:i've only ever seen red (dakota or something extremely similar), and later in the 70s they made black or white ones.
I read that there were some of the last few were painted "Midnight Wine"!

oh yeah, forgot about those.

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:54 pm

Holy shit, that guy looks ill!

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:05 pm

erm he has a disease... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfan_syndrome

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:18 pm

Musicians and composers NiccolÃ² Paganini, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Robert Johnson are thought by some to have had the disease. Abraham Lincoln may or may not have had Marfan's syndrome, although he undoubtedly had some of the normal characteristic features. According to a 2007 theory, it is perhaps more likely that he had a different disorder, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B, that caused skeletal features almost identical to Marfan syndrome.

I also have heard that johnny ramone had it.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:30 pm

stewart wrote:
westtexasred wrote:
stewart wrote:i've only ever seen red (dakota or something extremely similar), and later in the 70s they made black or white ones.
I read that there were some of the last few were painted "Midnight Wine"!
oh yeah, forgot about those.

i've never seen one of those... or... could my broncoblaster be one of them?!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:24 pm

could be. someone on here definitely has a wine red musicmaster (paul ray i think). didn't you used to have a mustang in that shade, pat?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:24 pm

oh shit. yeah, pat your bronco is some bad ass burgandy shit ain't it? awesome.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:14 am

I think you could paint it Dakota, Fiesta, white, or Black, and feel pretty good about it. Reranch even has a whited shade of pale now. Chances are by 73 it wasn't nitro. But you can't reproduce their poly.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:31 am

Remember that purple Bronco that used to belong to the bass player in Soul Asylum? I posted a picture of it here a few years ago but now I can't find it. It had a cool paint job and sold for about $400.Wish I had bought it.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:23 am

westtexasred wrote:Remember that purple Bronco that used to belong to the bass player in Soul Asylum? I posted a picture of it here a few years ago but now I can't find it. It had a cool paint job and sold for about $400.Wish I had bought it.

even if you would have, you wouldn't have it now.

QuadBronco · Post by **QuadBronco** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:03 am

Hey thanks everyone, food for thought here, and DGNR8,
I am going to check out the ReRanch website for their colours.
Just knowing that Bronco's were only 4-5 colours originally
really helps me out.

Thanks everyone.

QuadBronco

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