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Looking at pictures of this 1996 Ford Bronco and there can be no doubt in your mind that this is not your ordinary grocery fetcher.
I took a trip to Keflavik to visit Oscar and take a look at his huge truck.
Oscar Hardarson has owned this Full
Size Bronco for more than six years and in that time has completely
rebuilt it to take on the most demanding off-roading trips. To those
that see the truck it is no big surprise that it has been named the
Full Size of the Year 2004 by the
Full Size Bronco web site.
Listening to the engine gives you
the true feeling for the enormous power that is installed. Running
smooth at idle but roaring like a lion when given big doses of gas!
This is the 5,8 supercharged roller
cam engine with around 400 horses MSD 6.btm ignition K&N filter Ford
Racing stainless steel headers dual 2.5 inch exhaust and dual cherrybomb
mufflers.
Oscar has big plans for this engine
including a 427 stroker and lot of another mods) new: Accel coil wires
plugs cap and rotor (small things can make a huge difference got back
25-30 hp)
E4OD w/b&m shiftplus B&W 1356 t-case
Dana-60 front 10.25 Ford rear axle 5.38 gears (gears from randys, good
service) with detroit lockers. Icelandic cut out flares tires are
Super Svamper Boggers 44x19.5x15 and 15x18 inches custom chrome spoke
rims. Traction bars are custom made on the rear axle with new 1410
Spicer rear drive shaft and yoke.
To appreciate the SIZE of
this truck just take an ordinary unmodified bronco and look at them side
by side! The roof of the original is about the same height as the hood
of Oscar's truck.
During summer Oscar uses his small
tires! But 38" look kind of tiny when compared to the huge buggers used
in the winter.
Full Size of the Year 2004







Oscar is not afraid to use the truck in real tough off-roading trips Icelandic style with the snow.

The Jeep Wrangler on 33" tires is stuck in deep snow. But the big wheeled Bronco is barely noticing any resistance at all.



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Visit Oscar Hardarsson's page with more pictures of the 1996 Ford Bronco.
Thrandur
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pavement here that seeing life or death 4 wheeling in
Iceland is really refreshing.
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It is fun to read about other people's
Offroading adventures and also learning from the up and downs of
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-Mike
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offroad. this website is a wonderful way for people to learn how.I
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