Or unless they have their steering wheel in the right hand side
(And bonus points for pillarless hardtops)
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Thunderbird Club
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Or unless they have their steering wheel in the right hand side
(And bonus points for pillarless hardtops)
I haven’t noticed any performance difference in any of the different bridges on my thunderbirds.
That said, if I had a desire to mod my 2013 Tbird bridge, I’d probably add a hard tail claw behind the stock three point bridge then put a Tbird bridge cover over the three point to give it a slightly more vintage look. That’s the way my 1977 Greco is set up…
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For many years in the US, hardtop meant no pillar; sedan, with pillar. Our family had 2 4 door hardtops: a 60 Galaxie, and a 63 Galaxie 500.
BTW not ours, file pix.
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Attached a post above from a few days ago about Tbird bridge pics, it might help you visualize some of the different options. To be honest I don’t notice any performance difference in any of them. They all work great.
2 door hard top is the only way I fly.
Well, mostly. But sometimes they blessed earthlings with things like this......
They also had some of the ugliest cars ever made.....
I had a '65 Dart and a '62 Dart except mine had a 318 instead of a 413, a drummer I used to play with bought a new one in 1962 with a 413 and dual quads, it was long gone by the time I met him though. I can't imagine how fast the 413 must have been though because mine with the 318 was pretty quick. They were a little bigger than the later Darts.
Yup, that was the way I always knew them too, my first car was a '61 Impala 2 door hardtop bubble top, it was a beautiful car until I wrecked it on sheet ice one afternoon.
I had a '65 Dart and a '62 Dart except mine had a 318 instead of a 413, a drummer I used to play with bought a new one in 1962 with a 413 and dual quads, it was long gone by the time I met him though. I can't imagine how fast the 413 must have been though because mine with the 318 was pretty quick. They were a little bigger than the later Darts.
^ that was a Dodge Phoenix here ^
^ this was a Dart ^
Updated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!
The Guitar Garage: Updated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!
For some reason the luthier never posed the final pictures of it but a very interesting read of what he had to do to get this thing back together.
The Guitar Garage: Updated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!
For some reason the luthier never posed the final pictures of it but a very interesting read of what he had to do to get this thing back together.
yeah, here I’ve always (90+% I guess) heard the full thing. “Pillarless Hardtop” - sounds posh, dunnit
I think they were almost identical or something but the model is on the front fender.
The top is a Dart and the bottom is a Phoenix
Well, I was still in H.S when my grandparents/parents bought these cars. My first car was one of these:
'Scuse me for a moment while IUpdated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!
The Guitar Garage: Updated! 1966 Gibson Thunderbird: Gluing back together the bits and pieces!!
For some reason the luthier never posed the final pictures of it but a very interesting read of what he had to do to get this thing back together.
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They make speakers.
Always thought these were Dodge's ugliest 60s efforts.I think they were almost identical or something but the model is on the front fender.
The top is a Dart and the bottom is a Phoenix
'Scuse me for a moment while I
That was about 13 years ago and he never posted a finished picture. I'm going to take my 1970 EB3-L that had a headstock break while being shipped to me last year to him. I warned the mo....seller to be careful with packing, he only put a layer of thin bubble wrap around it. Crack! A least it broke in only two pieces.
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Yeah, the '62 dodges weren't beauty queens that's for sure. They weren't bad from some angles.
Somehow, the term 'dumb@$$' comes to mind.
