As all of you know that I recently purchased a beautiful 1956 Sage Green Thunderbird. I just received all the paper work from the PO and I did some digging. I wanted to find out all that I can about this beauty. With the paper work I have all of the receipts that show the restoration of the car. The body shop that did everything was Jewel's Body Shop in Brillion, Wisconsin.
I googled the Body shop and I found an interesting article about Jewel (the owner) finds 11 vintage Thunderbirds tucked away in a a storage barn.http://www.thebrillionnews.com/2016/01/ ... body-shop/
Well I was amazed to find out that my car was one of those 11 found! See the photo in the new article you see my Sage Green car between the other birds, His Body shop has done a fantastic job on restoring my car.
Jewel "Brings in a lifetime find" to his Body Shop
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Jewel "Brings in a lifetime find" to his Body Shop
1956 Thunderbird Sage Green
1953 Ford Custom Liner Hot Rod With Flat 8 Motor with Henderson three 2 barrel Carbs
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1953 Ford Custom Liner Hot Rod With Flat 8 Motor with Henderson three 2 barrel Carbs
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Re: Jewel "Brings in a lifetime find" to his Body Shop
Always nice to get the history of your car. Makes it more personal. Congrats
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Re: Jewel "Brings in a lifetime find" to his Body Shop
Great history to have and keep with the car.
I have a decades old advertisement from Jewel's body shop from the Early Bird magazine stating they were planning to make front fenders for 55-57's. Obviously the venture never materialized, but would be great to have complete new fenders available again.
I have a decades old advertisement from Jewel's body shop from the Early Bird magazine stating they were planning to make front fenders for 55-57's. Obviously the venture never materialized, but would be great to have complete new fenders available again.
PLEASE invest a few bucks and buy all the shop manuals for your car. Definitely will save you much time and be an education.
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