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She's Done
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:00 pm
by DaveG
Just thought I'd post a couple of pics of my Girl, Finished her about an hour ago after spending just on 2 months stripping, repairing, painting, re-trimming and reassembling in my garage, and Tomorrow morning i'm heading off to the Australian National Concourse 2011 in the river port of Echuca (Great Place).
I'll get some pics of the Aussie birds that are there and post them up next week. Anyway for now here's a couple of my Finished pride and joy. Dave
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:31 pm
by 60fore
Stunning car Dave - the contrast between the white roof/whitewall tires and the burgundy metallic is very striking.
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:56 pm
by john6t6
Dave, that looks great!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:58 pm
by Ozzy351
Very, very nice Dave, an exceptional job. I hope all goes well in Echuca for you.
Ozzy.
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:32 pm
by TsNStangs
Wow! Quite a combination. VERY eye-catching! Congrats on getting her finished!
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:19 pm
by scumdog
Wow!
Cracker car Dave - and that interior is stunning!
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:09 pm
by dales65
Excellent job Dave, looks fantastic. It's a good thing you don't live close, my wife was willing to trade our 65 convert straight across based on your two pictures!
Keep up the good work and good luck at the gathering.
Dale
done
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:04 pm
by Randy Mattson
dales65 wrote: my wife was willing to trade our 65 convert straight across based on your two pictures!
Keep up the good work and good luck at the gathering.
Dale
Looks fantastic. I think my wife would be glad if I just parted with my 65s.
Randy Mattson
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:09 am
by DaveG
Thanks for the kind words guys, Unfortunately the car didn't get to Echuca, the auto trans started playing up so just couldn't chance a 4 hour drive. so i took the daily driver (Ford of course) and the weekend was fantastic, some really beautiful Thunderbirds, great people from all over Australia and a great setting.
I'll get some photos of the cars up when i get a chance.
Anyway thanks again for the kind words re my car and with summer just around the corner here in Aus we should have plenty of good cruising weather to look forward to.
Dave
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:39 pm
by Beach Bum
Absolutely fantastic job! The '63 Thunderbird design and the '64 have always been neck and neck for the title of My Most Favorite Thunderbird Styling of All Time -- and I've always loved that burgundy color on any car. The white and wood grain interior is to die for... although there's no way I personally could own a car with a white interior. I'm far too casual about keeping my hands spotlessly clean. I'd be afraid to slip behind the wheel of that interior for even a moment.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:22 pm
by DaveG
Beach Bum wrote:Absolutely fantastic job! The '63 Thunderbird design and the '64 have always been neck and neck for the title of My Most Favorite Thunderbird Styling of All Time -- and I've always loved that burgundy color on any car. The white and wood grain interior is to die for... although there's no way I personally could own a car with a white interior. I'm far too casual about keeping my hands spotlessly clean. I'd be afraid to slip behind the wheel of that interior for even a moment.
Hi Beach Bum
Yeah I'm also like you, the white does scare me a bit, i'm just gonna have to be real carefull. She's not a daily driver so that's a plus.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:03 pm
by Beach Bum
Oh... I forgot to mention how much I like the killer wheels: Chrome rims with Baby Moons and bit fat white walls! Ooooh... iIt doesn't get any better than that for sheer nostalgic bliss. What size/brand are those wheels and where did you get the Baby Moon caps to fit them? They are exactly what I want for my '63 (once I get an engine and trans in it).
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:50 pm
by DaveG
Hi Beach Bum
The wheels are Wheel Vintex 15 x 7 with 3" backspace chrome Smoothies, I got them from Rocket Industries here in Australia $130 each with Baby Moon Caps I'm sure they are made in the USA so you shouldn't have any probs getting them. The tyres are Coker again US brand they are 215/75/15 Gotta be carefull I think 225 tyres would fit under on these rims but I tried 8" rims and they wouldn't fit under the side skirts.
Cheers mate Good luck with your project.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:26 am
by gordslegacy
Thats one of the cleanest Thunderbirds I've seen! Looking at running that same wheel setup on my 66. One question though...you said the rims are Wheel Vintiques 15x7 with a 3" backspace? When I checked their website, they don't seem to have a 15x7 with anything other than a 4" backspace. Were yours custom?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:20 pm
by fast Ed
Stunning car, that colour combo is awesome.
cheers
Ed N.