We wanted to pay homage to Ford’s original 1972 Bronco Sport design, but wanted to do this on an Ebony Stained Walnut slab with a strip of Mahogany inserted in the middle to match the wood across the whole truck.
We carefully CNC machined the part to include our desired shape, included the vent air openings for the original defrost system to work and used routers and saws to achieve the design language we were going for by hand. It was then mounted seamlessly on the dash to avoid using screws at such an important piece in the truck.
This was one of the most intricate pieces to make. Every inch was important. We designed our unit to accommodate our desired aluminum lovers and worked around our design language to incorporate them on this piece. We wanted these important lines to be able to run from the driver side door panel and continue throughout the bottom of the dash on to the passenger side panel.
The part becomes a natural extension of the dash visually and takes on a perfect angle to be able to distribute the air from the Vintage air unit more efficiently; its current location ends up pointing directly to passenger and driver without having to move the vents manually in an unnatural position.
Our door panels were the first thing that was designed for this 1972 Ford Bronco Sport.
They were very important to us because they literally set the tone for the whole project. Had we gone a different direction for these, we would have ended up with a totally different outcome across the board. We wanted one of the best and most comfortable seats available and went with premium Scheel-Mann German seats and used ebony stained Walnut veneer inserts to match our leather seats, carpet and headliner.
The rear panels were designed after the front door panels, if we had to stretch these door cards and fit them in the back, they would literally look like the rear panels given the space requirements we had to work with.
Because the 1972 Model had dual fuel tanks, the space for these panels ends up being different on both sides. The driver’s side has less space due to the tanks, and the passenger’s side is completely open aside from the wheel well arch. Given that these panels had to be different, we wanted to re-create the fuel tank aesthetic on the other side and it was done with the same ebony stained walnut.
The rear speakers were mounted through the rear of the panel instead of being traditionally screwed on the panel from the outside in. Doing this provides a very elegant recessed look, but the shape of the speaker is still visible and follows the same design language through the whole panel.
We feel like a properly designed console along with its extending elements should exude a feeling of command of the specific space being taken by the driver or passenger.
Our goal with this complete unit was to deliver an extraordinary space that establishes a deep connection and sense of ownership of the vehicle. Our overall design aesthetic continues throughout the console, extends to the lower console area that perfectly houses our cup holders and seat warmer switches, and ends at the lower panel that allows the driver or passenger to potentially use as a pad that will hold cellphones and sunglasses.
We tried being purposeful with all of the dimensions used for this center console and finished the pieces with the same design language and lines that embellish the interior.
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