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The death of O.J. Simpson this week has led to a renewed interest in all things Simpson and one of the most infamous moments from his life involved a white Ford Bronco, and surprisingly, not only does that car still exist, but you can actually pay to see it.
Before we get to where you can see it though, let’s go over the history of the car.
Back on June 17, 1994, Simpson led Los Angeles police on a two-hour chase through Southern California that didn’t end until the former NFL running back surrendered himself at his home in Brentwood.
An estimated 95 million people across the country watched some or all of the car chase, which gives you an idea of just how big the Simpson case was back then. (To put that viewership number in perspective, 123.4 million people watched Super Bowl LVIII.)
Of course, if you were watching the chase at home, you didn’t actually get to see much of Simpson. What those 95 million viewers saw instead was 120 minutes of a white Ford Bronco being driven by Al Cowlings on Interstate 405 in Southern California. Thanks to the chase, the white Bronco quickly became the most infamous car in America.
The vehicle has become so ubiquitous in American culture that people talk about it to this day. There was even a white Bronco joke in the movie “Shrek 2.”
Believe it or not, 30 years after the chase, the white Bronco once owned by Cowlings is still in nearly perfect shape.
In a 2016 interview with ESPN.com’s Darren Rovell, Simpson’s former agent, Mike Gilbert, revealed where the car has been and where it is now.
Shortly after the chase, a company in Minnesota offered to buy the car, but Cowlings ended up turning the deal down because of what the company wanted to do with the Bronco.
“We found out that the company was going to rent the vehicle to a company in L.A. called Grave Line Tours that visited famous graves,” Gilbert said. “They were going to…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-04-12 18:58:13
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