I would keep this car and add a Pantera to the collection. It brings all the attention everywhere it goes. This car is amazing and is one of my favorite cars I have owned. (Related: “ De Tomaso Pantera Price: What It Costs and Why.“) There are 319 new and used 1959 to 1985 Ford Thunderbirds listed for sale near you on with prices starting as low as 1,195. Winfield is reluctantly selling the 1963 Thunderbird to make room in his collection for a Pantera. 1968 Ford T-bird 4dr, rear suicide doors, good body, original paint and interior, hide away headligh. “You have to ‘Dukes of Hazard’ to get over the passenger door, but my wife loves driving this car.” While he states that it’s the easiest of all his high-performance cars to drive, it does have peculiarities. He added a passenger seat to match the existing Kirkey Racing driver’s seat and reworked the throttle linkage for better wide-open performance. It’s a street-able beast built to go fast-not just in a straight line, but around corners.Įnthusiast Jon Winfield purchased the Twilight Zone Thunderbird at Russo and Steele’s January 2018 Scottsdale Auction. The alternative-reality ’63 T-Bird was put on an extensive diet to slim it down from its original weight of 3953 pounds. Hancock followed Colin Chapman’s mantra, “Simplify, then add lightness.” That’s plenty of go-power for a 3,000-pound road racer. The 600-horsepower Ford Racing block is mated to a LenTech Automatic and a nine-inch rear.The 408 cubic-inch V-8 sports Dart CNC Heads and a FAST Electronic Fuel Injection system.The car rides on an Art Morrison GT tub chassis. The Third Generation T-Bird is one for the ages. With the widely loved Sway Away steering wheel and the 390 Cubic Inch (6.4L) FE V8 engine. This T-Bird supports a newer sleeker style design that the generations in the past.

Much of the car was scratch-built, and the parts list is top shelf. The Third Generation Thunderbird is an American luxury car in the years 1961-1963.It’s an impressive effort, from start to finish: The parts and labor tally a multiple of the Buy-It-Now price of $35,000. The build is faithful to the original sketch. The builder, Bob Hancock, put countless hours into the project between 20. The Twilight Zone Thunderbird first appeared in the May 2013 edition of Street Rodder magazine as a brilliant sketch drawn by Brian Stupski of Problem Child Kustoms. You soak it in for a bit before asking, “What the heck is that?” A 1963 Thunderbird Transformed The silhouette whispers Speed Racer’s Mach 5. Its evocative design starts with a white and blue livery borrowed from Carroll Shelby’s Cobra playbook.

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