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Thunderbird Club

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even looks good on the flatbed….:hyper:
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oh yeah….THUNDERBIRD!
SHOES!….
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Larry V said:
I absolutely love the time and care you take to stage your pictures. Beautiful collection! :drool:
Is that all the TBirds, George?
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Thx, it’s for insurance purposes as much as anything else. And yes, there are three birds not shown in that pic - the FrankenGoth, the Spector Rex Pro5, and a new build with parts being sourced as we speak.

Gaolee said:
Your collection is looking a little thin. It's missing something or another. Maybe another Thunderbird.
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If all goes as planned I’ll be taking care of that shortcoming in the next few months with a unique new build.
 
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dagrev said:
I can't imagine a 413 on that frame. I had a 400 in my '76 Cordoba and was plenty speedy. My '72 Plymouth had a 318 (which was odd) and it was crazy quick if you could keep the the back ties from spinning. Bigger ties helped. I may have carried my first Thunderbird in this car.
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When I was 17 and went looking for my first car I really wanted a Roadrunner, my father who was going to cosign the loan said nope so I ended up with the 61 Impala, it was a 283 powerglide so I didn't kill myself with it which I probably would have done with a roadrunner. I paid 250 bucks for the Chevy and got my first loan :laugh:. It was right in the front row of the used car dealer's lot too, was in nice shape until I got my hands on it.
 
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WillyW said:
I have no clue what this thread is about, but I think y'all are all right.
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Obviously :)

bobyoung53 said:
Beautiful. I met a guy back in the day who put a 383 and nitrous in about a '69 and it wouldn't stay on the road so he put big tires on the back which kept hitting the fenders so he took a sawzall and cut them :laugh:. It was in really nice shape too.
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I knew a guy, that came to the drag strip my dad worked at, one of the area Mopar guys (guys that every vehicle they owned was a Chrysler product), he had a beautiful '68.

It was an all-black (he called it "triple black" - black inside, outside, and black-tinted windows) GTS that was a factory 340 car. Looked (and was) stock-ish.
Slicks that fit in the wheel wells, aftermarket wheels, no visible exhaust, and a six-pack style hood were the only obvious visual cues on the outside, bucket seats and a B & M Pro Stick on the inside. Looked more or less like your average mild street hot-rod.


Under the hood though....a very much not-stock 440 six-pack from a '69 Roadrunner, built to go really fast on the drag strip, and be drivable-ish on the street. Only major body surgery was what had been removed in the engine bay to fit the full-length headers.

Even on those narrow slicks, it'd pull the front wheels about a foot off the ground at the drag strip.
Iirc, would run low 7s? on the 1/8 mile track.
Then he'd go home & put on street tires, bolt mufflers to the ends of the headers, and go driving around in it. :laugh:



It looked a lot like this one:

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KaraQ said:
Obviously :)



I knew a guy, that came to the drag strip my dad worked at, one of the area Mopar guys (guys that every vehicle they owned was a Chrysler product), he had a beautiful '68.

It was an all-black (he called it "triple black" - black inside, outside, and black-tinted windows) GTS that was a factory 340 car. Looked (and was) stock-ish.
Slicks that fit in the wheel wells, aftermarket wheels, no visible exhaust, and a six-pack style hood were the only obvious visual cues on the outside, bucket seats and a B & M Pro Stick on the inside. Looked more or less like your average mild street hot-rod.


Under the hood though....a very much not-stock 440 six-pack from a '69 Roadrunner, built to go really fast on the drag strip, and be drivable-ish on the street. Only major body surgery was what had been removed in the engine bay to fit the full-length headers.

Even on those narrow slicks, it'd pull the front wheels about a foot off the ground at the drag strip.
Iirc, would run low 7s? on the 1/8 mile track.
Then he'd go home & put on street tires, bolt mufflers to the ends of the headers, and go driving around in it. :laugh:



It looked a lot like this one:

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Beautiful.
 
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Gaolee said:
Your collection is looking a little thin. It's missing something or another. Maybe another Thunderbird.
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GBassNorth said:
Thx, it’s for insurance purposes as much as anything else. And yes, there are three birds not shown in that pic - the FrankenGoth, the Spector Rex Pro5, and a new build with parts being sourced as we speak.


If all goes as planned I’ll be taking care of that shortcoming in the next few months with a unique new build.
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I think what that pic really needs is something in red.....

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