![]() This truck is 25 years old and is showing some of its age cosmetically as you can see. The original stereo was replaced with an updated Kenwood Bluetooth equipped deck and all the speakers were replaced with Kenwood products in original locations as well. The dash is in great shape with no cracks. The rear seat folds flat to make a bed or can be taken out by removing two hand tightened bolts. The middle seat is a 60-40 split, both adjustable (reclining) and folds and tumbles forward. Interior has driver & passenger power front reclining seats with a flip seat in the middle. It has an 8,000# Hickey Sidewinder winch mounted behind the factory front bumper which also has a push bar/brush guard. The Centurion has a full Ford One-Ton chassis and running gear to include a Dana 60 front axle. The V1 was replaced in 2015 with a V2 when there was a bearing failure. This Centurion came equipped with aVortech V1 Supercharged equipped 460 (7.5L) under the hood. It has lived its entire life in the desert southwest. The original owner was a cardiologist in Hemmet, CA. The frame was shortened and the Bronco rear end was grafted to the crew cab truck unlike the C150s (half-ton) models where the frame and cab were sectioned to add the second set of doors (Ford didn't make a crew cab F150 back then). Was sent to Centurion where it underwent the transformation to what is, in layman's terms, a Four Door Bronco. The truck started life as a 4-wheel drive, Crew Cab F350. This truck turns heads and causes accidents. This particular Centurion Classic was sold on ebay on for $13,433.00 USD.One of approximately 4,048 ever made between 19 when Ford ceased production of the Bronco.īy comparison, there were over 13,000 Shelby Mustangs built in the 1960's. The Expedition EL was Ford’s replacement for the Excursion. In 2007, Ford began offering the Expedition EL, which was a longer wheelbase version of the standard Expedition. A true Ford Suburban fighter didn’t actually show up until the 1999 Ford Excursion, but Ford stopped selling them after 2005. The Centurion Classic was offered until the end of Bronco production in 1996, when the Bronco was replaced by the Expedition. The C150 was powered by the 5.0L and 5.8L V8 engines, with the C350 powered by the 7.3L diesel V8 and 7.5L gasoline V8 (the only Bronco variants to use these engines). In contrast to the 3/4-ton Suburban 2500, the C350 Classic was based on a one-ton chassis. Two models of the Centurion Classic were produced: the C150 Classic (based on the Ford F-150 chassis four-wheel drive was optional) and the C350 Classic (based on the Ford F-350 chassis four-wheel drive was standard). ![]() As the rear seat of the Bronco was retained, the Centurion Classic featured three-row seating for up to nine people. Early models used fiberglass rear body panels, but later, these were made from steel. The wheelbase was shortened from 168 inches to 140 inches (9 inches longer than the Suburban), and the Bronco rear quarter panels, hardtop, and tailgate were mated to the pickup bodywork. In the construction of each Classic, Centurion would actually use two different Ford trucks: an F-Series crew-cab pickup and a Bronco. In 1980, they began selling the Centurion Classic, a vehicle commonly referred to as a 4-door Ford Bronco. Centurion Vehicles, a converter specializing in Ford trucks based in White Pigeon, Michigan, saw a market for a Ford SUV that could compete with the Suburban.
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