White Ford Bronco Oj Simpson
With a famous car chase comes a famous vehicle and there may be no more famous or infamous depending on how you look at things vehicle than the ford white bronco from the o j.
White ford bronco oj simpson. Simpson didn t turn himself in instead he and his longtime friend al cowlings took the police and the world on the most enthralling low speed pursuit in history in the infamous white ford bronco. By the way simpson also owned a white ford bronco but that wasn t the one involved. In a never fully understood move simpson got into a white ford bronco driven by friend and former football player allen a c cowlings who then proceeded to drive at slow speeds down i 405 through los angeles a phalanx of police following behind as news helicopters wee flying overhead broadcasting the entire event live. That vehicle was nearly sold after the chase for 75 000 to a company called starifacts that planned to use it for reenacting the low speed chase and eventually taking customers to the grave of.
On june 17 1994 a white ford bronco in which simpson was a passenger led los angeles police on a lengthy slow speed chase. The white ford bronco belonging to o j. Simpson s birthday simpson is known for being in a white bronco on live tv leading a police chase after being charged in the slayings of his ex wife. Ford s best marketing spokesman turned out to be oj simpson.
It s been more than a quarter of a century since the infamous white bronco chase involving former heisman trophy winner and pro football hall of famer o j. Longtime friend and former teammate al cowlings was the wheelman on june 17 1994 as the two led authorities on. For the white bronco perhaps the most infamous. He d won the heisman trophy in 1968 at usc and gone on to a hall of.
Former football player al cowlings owned the bronco that led police on the low speed chase. New ford bronco will debut on july 9. A white 1993 ford bronco made its way across miles. Simpson freeway chase that riveted the nation on this day 26 years ago.
Simpson but the former buffalo bills and san francisco 49ers star obviously wasn t the only person in the bronco that day. And los angeles police authorities were waiting for orenthal james o j simpson to. Ironically simpson was a spokesperson for ford from 1975 until the day of the chase fans on the side of the street cheering o j. 95 million watched his white bronco for hours.