Automotive trends, like any other trends, are, for better or worse, hit or miss. Some have proven to have staying power (fake intake vents… why?), some have thankfully fallen into the dark recesses of history and yet others boomerang back with an unambiguously desireable vengeance. Case in point: plain-jane paint jobs. Obviously, the military has rocked beige toned SUVs and trucks for decades, but as far as consumer cars go, black, white red and silver have pretty much been mainstays. Browns and tans, even outside the automotive world, have by and large adorned unoriginal, blend-into-the-background blah-mobiles.
But combine that military inspiration with vintage road cars et voila: tan trucks that exude trend-transcendent style. These three trucks, culled from Bring a Trailer, are all up for auction and feature variations on a tan theme. Please buy them, drive them and never, ever repaint them. (Bid amounts listed reflect the price at time of publish.)
1987 Ford Bronco
The Bronco is both famous and infamous, but its cool cred these days is undeniable. It’s a big truck with lots of room and classically blocky styling. Modest, handsome and simple: the marks of a great vintage 4×4. This example has a clean and well-documented three-owner history and benefits from a now five-year-old repaint of its original Desert Tan Metallic color. There’s some slight corrosion along the roof rail and tailgate, but probably not something that can’t be mended. Its 5.0-liter V8 is a Ford staple, the a/c blows cold and it’s been cared for consistently.
