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Sherrod BIIs


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Well for my first post on the new and improved TRS...

What the heck is a Sherrod BII?
 


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It was a soft top conversion done by a conversion van/truck company called Sherrod. Sherrod pretty much won't give any details on them, so what is known about them has come from people who managed to find them.
 

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Posted by: BigRedB2 Aug 3 2004, 01:42 PM

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/239107



For the newbies, this is a Sherrod Bronco GT Convert. It is a dealer installed factory option.

The top folds down just like a jeep top. The roof is chopped just behind the door pillars. There is a moonroof above the driver and passengers heads. All the gaps were filled in by Sherrod with bondo and fiberglass.
The engine offered is the is the stock 2.9L, there were no other special features other than the soft top of course you could get what ever trim package from the dealer that you wanted, i.e. eddie bauer, XL, XLT etc.
Posted by: Tony Raine Aug 20 2004, 09:48 AM

i love that truck.....got any pics of it "in progress"?
Posted by: BigRedB2 Aug 20 2004, 03:38 PM

thanks....i have some pics somewhere, nothing really worth posting. its basically in three piles...whats left of the body, the engine and tranny and t case, and the axles. lol...picture a military junkyard witha b2 body sittin in the middle of it.
Posted by: NakedDucks Sep 6 2004, 06:09 PM

Big Red,

I still say you are an idiot for tearing up a rare vehicle like that.
;roll;
Hell, I would have gave you mine, and paid you some to have that one. ;eek;
Posted by: BigRedB2 Sep 6 2004, 11:20 PM

Its like i said before....its not really worth crap cause of someone being careless at the sherrod factory in texas. It would have been a collectors item but the factory that stored all the records for the bronco II files burned down. Theres no way to document mine actually rolled off of a sherrod assy line. ive tried gettin info from them, but they cant help me any, noone there even remembers doing bronco II conversions. Since its so easy to make a replica ( look at nemisus' rig) and no way to prove its authentic...no value. its too hard to even figure out what options were even on the conversions, ive some with vynal tops, canvas tops. side steps, running boards, ground effects....maybe they were all options...who knows, point is...cant get it back to original condition...dont know what that was! trust me....if it were worth anything i wouldnt do this to it. but as is stands....if i destroy this one....i can just build another one. the craftsmenship on it sucks anyway. When im able to get it on the road and make to some events, i;ll let you guys look at what im talking about.
Posted by: CBII Nov 3 2004, 11:38 PM

hey BigRedB2

So you're saying there is absolutely no way to prove if a BII is an original Sherrod BII or not?

If there is someway to tell please let me know.
Posted by: redranger4x4 Nov 4 2004, 04:25 AM

if its any help, ground effects were optional from Ford. my old 89 2WD had them and i've seen many others with the same ground effects 2WD and 4WD
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I love those things! Drool drool drool... Who cares if Sherrod can't give any info? It's cool enough that it would be worth more than any regular B2. It is just plain cool!
 

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Wouldn't Ford have a record of what vehicles Sherrod was given or purchased?
 

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thats awsome, i want one!
 

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It'd be nice to get a soft top from them and chop the top yourself. I'm sure that would be about impossible but still something to dream about.
 

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That is a sick truck, in a way it has an early model Bronco look.
 

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Someone working at a shop down the street from my Mother-In-Law drives one to work every day. Or at least it has to be....or is a perfect knock off. It has what appears to be a factory soft top. If I had the money I'd go down there and try to buy it off of him.
 

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Wouldn't Ford have a record of what vehicles Sherrod was given or purchased?
If it was a dealer option, I would say Ford might not have records of it.
 

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I have been thinking this is the best way to do a chop. Leave metal above the rain gutters and back to just behind the doors. Can you give specifics on the folding mechanism? I could probably rig up something like a boats Bimini top but other ideas would be appreciated. Does the soft top extend over the whole rear or is there a Ranger tailgate or what?

Thanks

Ron
 

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its not a conversion anyone here did. its done by a company, believe me if someone here knew exactly how it was done, we would have much different info on how to chop a top in the tech library
 

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that is a way cool truck. i hope it has a roll bar in it.
 

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