Ford will be looking to blow the roof off the SUV segment when it unveils an all-new Bronco next year, and you might be able to do the same to it.
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A Ford patent application uncovered by FullSizeBronco.com describes a design for an SUV that has a detachable roll cage. The new Bronco is expected to have soft top and removable roof panel options, but both would leave the roll cage in place, as on the Wrangler.
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Part of the reason for that is because the three-point seatbelts are attached to the cage, but the patent addresses that hitch by including short posts with seatbelt mounts that slip into the slots that the roof bolts into.
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If Ford put the feature into production, owners would be able to create a 21st-century version of the Bronco Roadster, which didn’t come with a roof or doors. The latter are expected to be removable on the new Bronco, too.
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Whether or not you’d be able to legally drive a Bronco in this configuration on the street is yet to be seen, but it could be just the thing for cruising off road across Big Sky Country.
