---
title: "Euphoria Star Sydney Sweeney Restored Her 1969 Ford Bronco Herself"
description: "With a little help from Porsche guru Rod Emory, Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney's Bronco is ready to drive."
date: "2022-03-06"
modified: "2022-03-07"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin V. Shaw"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kristin-shaw"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/44597/euphoria-star-sydney-sweeney-restored-her-1969-ford-bronco-herself"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Bronco"
  - "Ford"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Euphoria Star Sydney Sweeney Restored Her 1969 Ford Bronco Herself

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[Sydney Sweeney](<https://www.eonline.com/news/1318951/euphoria-star-sydney-sweeney-reveals-the-heartwarming-reason-her-car-project-means-so-much-to-her>), the 24-year-old actor known for her work in *Euphoria*, *The White Lotus*, *Sharp Objects*, and *The Handmaid’s Tale*, is everywhere you look. There she is on the cover of this month's [*Cosmopolitan*](<https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a38808055/sydney-sweeney-euphoria-season-2-cosmopolitan-love-issue/>) magazine, confidently staring back at the camera. There’s a feature about her in *People* magazine. Gossip columnists are speculating about her apparent engagement in *Us*. She is the It Girl of the moment.

The big project she just finished isn’t wrapping up a new show, however; it’s a truck. Sweeney started [trolling car auction sites](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40855/the-vengeful-divorcee-and-other-tales-from-driving-cars-to-the-stage-at-mecum-auctions>) during quarantine to find her vintage dream car. That’s easy enough for an actor doing reasonably well in the money department. She could have snapped up a fully-restored vehicle without breaking a sweat.

https://youtube.com/embed/2Boh6CCoWIM

However, she intended to fix it up herself. And although she didn’t have any wrenching experience, she didn’t let that stop her. It doesn’t hurt that she’s friends with [Rod Emory, who owns Emory Motorsports](<https://www.emorymotorsports.com/>) and builds custom Porsche 356s and 911s. Sweeney asked Emory for a space in his shop and rolled up her sleeves to get to work on her new purchase, a 1969 Ford Bronco.

“Anyone can go buy a brand-new car, but not everyone can have something rare that has history,” [Sweeney told *Cosmopolitan*](<https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a38808055/sydney-sweeney-euphoria-season-2-cosmopolitan-love-issue/>). “In quarantine, my creative juices were overflowing. I was very bored and I got addicted to going to auction sites for cars. I wanted a Bronco so badly. But I wanted to build one so that when I drove it and people said ‘cool car,’ I could be like ‘yeah, thanks’ and know I made it.”

https://twitter.com/_/status/1493137015591821316

Over the last 18 months or so, [the TV star has been working on her Bronco](<https://harpersbazaar.com.au/sydney-sweeney-car-repair-tiktok/>) as a side hobby and cataloging the entire process on the TikTok platform. She flew under the radar for a little while until people started to catch on that she didn’t just resemble the Euphoria actor – she IS that actor. [Now she has 1.4 million followers at @Syds\_Garage](<mailto:https%3A//www.tiktok.com/@syds_garage?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2Fculture%2Farticle%2Fsydney-sweeney-interview-2022&referer_video_id=7053156378701106479&refer=embed>) eagerly consuming her progress online.

“I changed over the transmission, and I fixed up the front and rear axle from drum brakes to disc brakes,” [she told *GQ*](<https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/sydney-sweeney-interview-2022>). “I made it power steering. Everything to make it a safe everyday drive but still look classic.”

Emory took her under his wing, teaching her what do to. That doesn't mean he's doing the work, though. She's pretty proud to be doing it herself, and I applaud her efforts. Maybe this means it's not too late for me to fix up that vintage [1955 Bel Air](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1955-chevrolet-bel-air-2-door-hardtop-38/>) I've been coveting.

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## Author
Kristin Shaw is the former Weekend Editor for The Drive and a current freelancer in both the automotive and aviation worlds. She’s a big fan of anything car-related and calls on her technology background on the corporate side to explain engineering and high-tech concepts. Now living in her sixth state (New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Texas), she is thrilled that working from home is now mainstream.

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