If you don’t know the name Sydney Sweeney yet, you will soon enough.
The 24-year-old actress is in the midst of a hot streak right now. She’s racking up acclaim and attention for her star-making role on HBO’s latest hit series Euphoria, as well as her previous turns in the network’s The White Lotus and Sharp Objects miniseries and a supporting role on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
She’s also, as it turns out, quite the gearhead. Indeed, in spite of keeping the sort of very busy schedule that it takes to add 11 credits to your IMDb page in the last two years, Sweeney even managed to find the time to personally restore a vintage 1969 Ford Bronco that she picked up on Bring a Trailer, then document it on TikTok using on the account @syds_garage.
It was that restored Bronco that earned her the attention of the folks at eBay Motors, who tapped her to be one of their representatives at their “Re-Concept Car” auto builder showcase at Classic Car Club Manhattan during the 2022 New York International Auto Show — which, in turn, is how she wound up on the Gear Patrol radar scopes.
Sadly, scheduling conflicts prevented us from meeting up — as luck would have it, your humble author was in the actress’s home state of California while Sweeney was in his home of New York — but in spite of that, she was kind enough to answer some questions via email about her Bronco, the build process and more.
GP: How did you decide to start with a Ford Bronco? Have you always been a Bronco fan?
SS: Yes, I’ve always wanted a Bronco. I love a good all-American car.
