- Before the Raptor sailed off the sand dunes,
before the Explorer conquered America's highways,
the Mustang's more rugged cousin, was winning
off-road races and leading slow speed police chases.
This is everything you need to know to get up
to speed on the Ford Bronco.
- Hmm, this guy's good.
Damn he's good.
(upbeat music playing)
- Welcome to Miracle Whips, where if you only
could drive one car for the rest, for the rest of your life,
what would it be?
- So Byron wasn't a huge fan of the Bentley
a few weeks ago, so I went back on drive share,
they have a ton of cool cars you can rent for yourself.
I found this Ford Bronco.
It's off-road, it's rugged, it's orange.
I think he'll love it.
- Woooooo!
This looks fun!
Today, I'm going to drive a 1974 Ford Bronco.
The Ford Bronco is one of America's first utility vehicles.
It can haul you, your whole family, your friends
and y'all pets.
On and off the road.
This is the one that set it off man.
This is an American classic.
Is is a Miracle Whip?
(growls)
Let's take a look.
(music plays)
Sound, this is how cars used to sound back in the day.
That is the official sound of rejection.
You hear that clunk, excuse me are y'all hiring?
Oh man, that was a good date, you mind if I come in?
Hey, you think there will ever be another black president?
(door slams)
No?
Okay.
You know what this sounds like?
A pinball machine.
That's amazing.
This car is a man's man's car.
You need to be rugged and rough.
We got this.
Damn.
(moaning)
Thank God for these, huh?
Phew
You gotta do that a lot.
Wow, look at this.
(kissing noise)
Come here, up!
This is the perfect drive in car.
And you know it had another seat in here,
but who needs that you know I mean?
You take you and your boo out, you know,
you got the open roof.
Look at this shit man.
Its like a balcony, we can just kick it up here.
- It's nice, it's cooler up here.
- And have a beer.
- Oh that's why, cuz of this.
- Oh
(laughs)
I mean Me and Nolan up there, I think we were beginning
to have a moment.
Want to take our shirts off?
Look at him, see you can't do that now.
What happened to back in the day, when men
could be this close with their shirts off?
You know, have a brew with some bandana around their head.
- Different time.
- Talking about, the communists are taking over,
that was a big problem back then.
Or is it a problem now?
Play the door again!
They got two gas tanks.
Main fuel tank and auxiliary fuel tank.
We gonna take out the 89 and the 91
at the same time.
Feel like a badass filling up with gas.
I really do love the simplicity of this car though.
You want the air on, pull it out
You want it off, push it in
All the gauges and stuff comes out with a Phillip's
screwdriver.
You know what that means?
You could take this whole car apart with a butter knife.
This is the days when people trusted everybody, so you
probably could just open it from here, right?
Look at that.
That just makes it easier to steal.
You can tell this car came out pre-crack era.
And man they just go inside your car without
you even knowing.
Where's my Bronco?
All that's left is this oil stain.
Bronco!
(hood bangs)
That's when you wake up.
Mike, you in my Bronco again?
Borrowed some spark plugs from you.
Now as heavy as this is, I'm nervous putting
this little tooth pick under here.
This thing got a 302 motor in it.
Making only 125 horses.
Are you serious?
It's like a tiny lady with a big booty,
you know what I mean?
These seat belts look as if it didn't come
with seat belts and somebody was like,
what about safety,
and they tossed them in the car.
Take these with you, don't forget these.
It's definitely not the safest car.
You know I mean
(makes horn noise)
You gonna hear, ting, you heard that?
Most cars when you crank them, come alive.
(car starting)
This car awakens.
Hey what's up, man?
Yo is it time?
Is it time to go somewhere again?
When you hit the gas in this car you really
got to commit.
(music playing)
The sun beaming.
I wanna close the roof, but it's way the fuck back there.
This is a great vehicle to have surf boards in.
Take it to the skate park.
You trying to race?
Man when I get out on the road, when I hit the gas,
stomp on it,
I can feel the rumble.
Stomp on it.
And then I look at the speedometer,
35 miles an hour.
I'm stomping on the car and every other car
is driving normal.
This car makes cartoon noises.
It sounds like there's somebody in the back
with aluminum foil.
Just holding it to the wind.
Trash flying everywhere.
I don't know what that was!
I think something just clicked into place.
This car is loud as fuck.
You're not getting to know anybody in this car.
I don't know if this is a car you have a young lady
in the car beside you, in the passenger seat,
y'all having a conversation about where she's from,
or what kind of wine she drinks.
What?
Huh, I couldn't hear you.
Nah.
And it handles like a shopping cart.
You ever just push the shopping cart and ran
and jumped on the back and then tried
to turn that bitch?
(screaming)
Milk aisle, blues.
Now I think it's time to take this horse out
where it belongs, in the dirt.
(music playing)
(cheering)
Oh my God.
This is it.
This is where this car belongs.
(cheering)
I mean look, this is a 44 year old car.
You're not taking this car to the Baha 1000.
But it hangs in there, and this car feels right,
when it's turning in the gravel.
Whoa, look how you slide around these curves.
(cheering)
Bronco, it's like driving a horse!
(laughing)
Yeah baby!
(car shuts off)
(sighs)
I still don't know why you need a big
antenna like this, where you calling, Cuba?
Yeah man, nobody really notices this car.
I mean yeah, they notice it, as move the fuck
out the way, you big piece of bullshit.
It took a whole minute to go 50 miles an hour.
50, it got 100 on the dash.
But at the same time it's something about
going 50 in this car that makes you seem like you're
doing like 90.
You're flying, cuz this car is everywhere,
you know what I mean?
You're just along for the ride.
It's wobbly, so I'm holding on to the seat
next to me.
It's kickin out, it's like a rodeo,
you know what I mean?
Oh!
She's scary around the turns.
Oh man, why I turned?
It was like oh, help me.
Oh snap, I just noticed, look at this!
These buttons.
Something clips on to the back here, and
it probably extends out.
Maybe like a rain tent or something, that makes
it more like a camper, you know?
If you know what it is, tell us in the comments below.
So I just noticed it has this thing on the back,
cause you drive with the tailgate open I guess.
But they can still see your tag.
The little detail they added.
Just lets you know they put some thought into it.
What they didn't add was vents inside the car,
cup holders.
Woo, I'm thirsty.
Let's make this horse giddy up.
Aw, that's corny as hell, I don't know why I said that.
I don't know why I said that.
If I hit the gas on off-road, this car
losing its mind.
It's almost as if this car is scared to drive
on a regular road.
When I first brought this car out, I'm mashing the gas,
I'm trying to see what she got,
I'm trying to push her to her limits.
You can't stop on the gas and there ain't no headrests.
And on the way back, guess what?
I had a realization.
I need to stop treating this car like a muscle car.
This car has been pushed to its limits,
it's over that.
So maybe you ease on it, then you open it up.
You open the throttle up.
Throttle.
There you go.
Still ain't going nowhere though.
(laughs)
It's been married and divorced.
It's got two kids in college.
It likes drinking wine.
It likes relaxing.
I thought it was the Bronco that needed to be tamed.
But it seems like it was me that needed to be tamed
the whole time.
Shame.
(music playing)
Is the 1974 Bronco my Miracle Whip?
No.
It's not.
This would be a cool car to cruise around in
the suburbs on the weekends.
I live in the city, DTLA,
shout out to it.
I gotta go through skid row.
I need something smooth and a little bit fast.
So I gotta keep on searching for that Miracle Whip.
I'll see you guys next week.
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