you can't save them all
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- redstangbob
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- Location: 40 miles east of Wixom
you can't save them all
I was updating the info on my 65 in John Rotella's registry, and then I updated the two squarebirds I just bought. Then I remembered a local junk yard had advertised a 65 convertible on Facebook so I made the trip over there. This bird will never fly again I'm afraid, the frame is just about gone in the rockers. I probably should have bought the sun visors, most everything else is bad.
It's gonna be cool when it's done
And now it's really cool !!
59 convertible
58 convertible
65 hardtop
And now it's really cool !!
59 convertible
58 convertible
65 hardtop
- Alan H. Tast
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- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:52 pm
- Location: Omaha, NE
Re: you can't save them all
Late production car - Prairie Bronze (?) with Palomino interior. IIRC Dan Likar had one with that combination in the '80s and was a good color combo.
Alan H. Tast, AIA
Technical Director/Past President,
Vintage Thunderbird Club Int'l.
Author, "Thunderbird 1955-1966" & "Thunderbird 50 Years"
1963 Hardtop & 1963 Sports Roadster
Technical Director/Past President,
Vintage Thunderbird Club Int'l.
Author, "Thunderbird 1955-1966" & "Thunderbird 50 Years"
1963 Hardtop & 1963 Sports Roadster
Re: you can't save them all
That will buff right out...
1966 Thunderbird Convertible (Emberglo / White-Emberglo)
Modified 428 - stroked, rollercam, aluminum top end, headers
Livermore, CA
Modified 428 - stroked, rollercam, aluminum top end, headers
Livermore, CA
Re: you can't save them all
There sure is a few good parts left, how many miles on it?
This one has gone to the crusher, I gathered some hard to find parts before its demise entirely.
This one has gone to the crusher, I gathered some hard to find parts before its demise entirely.
Re: you can't save them all
It's sad to see these classic's destroyed.
1956 Thunderbird Sage Green
1953 Ford Custom Liner Hot Rod With Flat 8 Motor with Henderson three 2 barrel Carbs
VTCI Member # 12309
1953 Ford Custom Liner Hot Rod With Flat 8 Motor with Henderson three 2 barrel Carbs
VTCI Member # 12309
Re: you can't save them all
I would be a service to Alan and VTCI if you were to collect the Data plates before these cars disappear forever.
1956 Thunderbird Sage Green
1953 Ford Custom Liner Hot Rod With Flat 8 Motor with Henderson three 2 barrel Carbs
VTCI Member # 12309
1953 Ford Custom Liner Hot Rod With Flat 8 Motor with Henderson three 2 barrel Carbs
VTCI Member # 12309
- Alan H. Tast
- Posts: 4247
- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:52 pm
- Location: Omaha, NE
Re: you can't save them all
Thanks for the plug - I've been collecting this info for nearly 40 years now and still only have a fraction of what was actually produced. Every little bit of information helps, whether the car's living or dead.
Alan H. Tast, AIA
Technical Director/Past President,
Vintage Thunderbird Club Int'l.
Author, "Thunderbird 1955-1966" & "Thunderbird 50 Years"
1963 Hardtop & 1963 Sports Roadster
Technical Director/Past President,
Vintage Thunderbird Club Int'l.
Author, "Thunderbird 1955-1966" & "Thunderbird 50 Years"
1963 Hardtop & 1963 Sports Roadster
Re: you can't save them all
Should have grabbed the trim off the seats Bob