As a young car crazy kid, I used to ride my bicycle 10 miles to drool at the high performance Fords in the windows of Bob Ford. On one occasion, I got to see a blue Shelby 427SC in the showroom. That day I was invited inside by a salesman and allowed to sit in Cobars' drivers seat! My favorite was a beautiful 1963 1/2 Galaxie 500 fast back, 427, 4 speed, though. One of my friends' dad bought it, and I actually got to go with them to pick it up. I still remember the thrill of heading to Telegraph Road for the first drive. No one challenged him with that 427 Thunderbird emblem on the fender. Good times. 😊
Outside of this just being a great machine, I love the message on the rear....HEMI HUNTER! You better believe that 427 slayed its share of MOPAR Hemis!!
I had a 64 Fairlane, it fiberglass hood tee drop, but the rest of the car seemed stock. It had a 289 in it when I got , what a cool car, root beer brown.
13 thumbs down are from the guys that drive front wheel drive imports that think they do cooler burnouts. Imports are lame and cammed V8s sound amazing. Keep your rice.
It truly was a one of a kind back in the day. A true HEMI HUNTER. The one an only one they feared an still do today. I to own a two door post 64 fairlane. The best of the best. 😁👍👍
I thought this in the 60s when my uncle showed me his thunderbolt. And I still think it today. The air cleaner tubes and box looks like the robot from Lost in space.
Ford had considered having this stock model modified to what you are seeing here to compete against the Chrysler products in the 1964 NASCAR season. From from I recall from Leo Levine's book on the history of Ford in motorsports, one of several advantages the '64 Plymouth model had on the NASCAR superspeedways was with being slightly smaller than the Ford Galaxy model, as Ford struggled at the Daytona 500. So, the execs at Ford considered taking the Fairlane model, stretching the wheelbase by two inches to make it NASCAR legal, then install the 427 in it, with doing a production run to make it NASCAR legal. Considering the changes needed in the Ford production plant to do the modifications with the Fairlane to stretch the wheelbase, Ford decided the expense was too great to do it. But, imagine that there was the possibility back in 1964 to get a dressed up Fairlane, stuffed with a 427, and have it available for purchase at the local Ford dealer.
Very good history information. Thank you. Holman Moody did made a 64 Fairlane road race car at a later point that competed at vintage racing events such as the Goodwood Revival.
I see more cool cars on RUclips now than I did when I was a kid. There's more opportunity to learn about hot rodding now. In the old days you'd only see those cars at Wednesday night drags. Maybe Burger Shacks sometimes at the drive-ins, swap meets, and car shows. I still go to the Wednesday night drags. There are guys out there still racing the same cars they were 40 years ago. Drifting has gotten really big. The smell of burning rubber. Iron American Dream on RUclips.
Oh it did! This car was build with the help of Len Richter, the race car driver of the original Thunderbolt this car was built after. Len knew too well what worked and did not worked on his original car. They did not spare any money and put only the best stuff in this car. It was Len’s strong recommendation do use a side oiler over a center oiler FE427.
That is great Anne. This car was build by a gentlemen in the Dearborn MI area. Ed .K, a close friend of the late Len. I spoke to Ed when I still owned the car. Len actually was helping Ed to built this replica of his original car. Ed had some good stories to share and I even had some pictures with Len and this tribute car. I was an honor to own it for some years, and the car is now with another Ford enthusiast down here in the Carolinas. Thanks for your post!
Dennis owned or still owns the original race car Len Richer raced to victory in the 1964 AHRA Championship. This is a tribute car to that original Racer that was build by a close friend of Len Richter, with the help of Len. This tribute car is going up for auction end of April in Greensboro, NC. I oned it for 5 years and got it run and look great again as it was stuck in a privat collection prior for 10 years and was rarely moved. It needed a lot of TLC when I got it. Somebody will buy a great car next month, hopefully they drive it as often as I did!
Thanks, I forgot that. I met Dennis at the 50th Tbolt anniversary and saw the car. He does still own the Bob Ford car. I'm building a Tbolt right now with a HiRiser. I'm painting it Gold and black but won't be lettering it. @@swisshogthunderbolt1287
God I do love the sound, like old home week. One thing I saw that gave me a split seconds pause, hot idle oil pressure 60 psi I'd be looking at bearings. We built these engines way different than I suspect this one is. We absolutely raged on ours all the time. We did a bunch of mods to the oiling system and rods to get them to live in 8000+ range. Generaly if any engine showed up in the pits at less than 90 to 100 psi hot idle we had leaned on it too hard and the bearings were suspect and/or the big ends were getting out of round and about to pinch the bearings at the parting lines. We used very high eccentricity bearing shells as well as use the full shank bolts from the massive and wider NASCAR rods in the skinny light LeMans rods. But yeah a gorgeous piece!
Wow these FE motors must really be fragile and finicky. I've got one I'm building and if it takes all this, and you get worried when oil pressure shows 60 psi hot idle. These things are a grenade with the pin out. You can run a big block Chevy with a balanced bottom end 7000 pass after pass and have 45-50 psi at hot idle and a 283-331 8-9000 all day with no worries. If they are this weak, they really are junk. Hell I used to turn bone stock Mopar 440s and 429 Fords with over 100 thousand miles on them 6500, over and over again without an oil pressure gauge in them and never worried or had a problem.
Thanks for the great inside. The builder of this replica car was instructed by Len Richter himself to keep it streetable. It was never raced and I had a blast to drive on a straight road. Not so much fun to drive on a curvy road😄 This car has all the goodies, 65 Shelby dual quads, original intake, air bonnet and hoses, original R.C. Industries Scattershield bell housing, 65 427, 4-speed tranny, Crites headers, etc . Hand painted lettering, the list goes on. I went back to road racing cars so this car moved on the the next caretaker!😊
@@davidkeeton6716 Naa they aren't fragile if you keep them under 7K and use a high volume oil pump they will stay together for ever just about. Go much above that way back when with stock parts and now you got a tiger by the tail and every damn detail counts. We ran the god awful big TP heads and just needed to twist it hard to make power.
No, this is a tribute car, but is was build by a gentleman in Dearborn, MI, with the help of Len Richter, the champion driver of the original car. Len and the builder of the car were close friends and put their heart into building this car. The original car is owned by Dennis K. , a true T-Bolt expert. Hopefully I can manage one day to unite the two cars. That would be cool. Thanks
That Thunderbolt is fine, it takes me back to 64-66 when they ruled S/S. I believe the driver for the Bob Ford T-Bolt was Len Richter, AKA 'leaping Len Richter., how's that for mem.?
Beautifully restored classic with a 427, car to be proud of. Are 427 blocks readily available and all the parts necessary to produce a screamer like this.
Thanks! I can take only a little credit for this amazing tribute car. It was build in 2002 with the help of Len Richter, who drove the original car to the 1964 AHRA championship. After this car in the video was sitting for 7 years, I spend 4 years to give it needed TLC, repairs and upgrades to look and run like it does now. You can find some new and original parts for this engine, but not cheap. You may get lucky and can find a 427 Center Oiler block, but have not seen one for sale for some time. A intact (not cracked, welded or stroked) Side Oiler block is almost impossible to find. These blocks usually change ownership between FE experts with-out ever being listed for sale. A complete rebuild, and probably stroked motor will set you back $15000 to $20000. Good reproduction blocks are available, but will cost probably the same. You may get a new small block stroked to 427 cubic inch for less money. There are guys that know a lot more about these engines, just check one of the FE Forums online. Good luck.
@@CJColvin Still a side oiler though, 427 Cammer, Tunnel Port(The real choice for the super speedways) Low, medium and high risers, Cobra Jets, they all pale compared to the mighty Tunnel Port. Freddie Lorenzen Said his Tunnel Port would make around 900 horsepower. The intake ports on a Tunnel Port are big enough to roll a tennis ball down. Even the mighty SOHC could not touch the Tunnel Port for reliability and sheer horsepower. The SOHC is by far more visually stunning however, Iconically so
@@JesusLives889 Recall that right after Ford couldn't get NASCAR to approve the SOHC heads, and before they came out with the Boss 429, the best head Ford had was the tunnel port. Somewhere in the late 1960s (I forget the exact year) Ford was up against the MoPar 426 hemis at Daytona, and WON with a TP head. Other races they ran with but lost, they still were right up there with the MoPars with the TP. It was a serious head for serious racing. The only criticism of it, same as with all FE wedge heads, were the exhausts. Ford at the time had the philosophy of "heck with the exhausts, if the air got into the engine, it would somehow find a way out of the engine." They could've found an extra 50 hp or more if they'd paid attention to the exhaust ports, such as with high-port exhausts with max flow. At one time, Dove Mfgr in Ohio made aluminum tunnel ports with raised exhausts optional, and there's some of them out there, but then Dove went out of business. They also made hi rise heads for the 427, also with optional raised exhausts. Some of them are out there too. Its a shame Dove went out of business, because the demand for their products was out there, but they had internal problems that couldn't be solved.
Buelligan88 With the dual quad Holley carburetors on low riser intake & heads, it needs all the air it can get. It is very thirsty. 😀 I installed individual air cleaners as I drive it on the road. For racing the original race T-Bolts had hi-riser intakes and heads, there were no cleaner I believe, just the huge open intakes to push down as much air as possible! Thanks for watching my video!
Hey Buelligan, I talked to Phil Featherston when he was still racing his Tbolt. He said he nocked about 3/4 of a second off his ET by removing his airbox. Now his car makes a lot of power, I wouldn't expect those kind of gains with a set up that made less power.
Car for sale: doesn't like to idle, prone to overheating at stoplights, hard to shift, takes 49 acres to come to complete stop, no power steering, no power brakes, no ac, but will do sub 10 second 1/4 mile passes!
I was born and raised in Switzerland, and I can say, cars like the Thunderbolt you won’t find over there. I could never even register or drive it over there. As regulations always were very strict, we had all original US muscle cars. I had big block US muscle cars and old Cadillacs when I was in my 20ies, but they all had to be very original. One of the reasons I came to the US in the 90ties. Growing up, Hot Rods we only seen in movies like American Graffiti and the big thing in Europe were always sport cars. One country in Europe however that had a lot looser regulations and allowed customizing car for decades was Sweden. It is being said that Sweden actually started the Rat Rod scene, as custom parts were hard to get.
😊 I REMEMBER THESE CARS AT BOB FORD IN DEARBORN IN 1964. GREAT CARS. 👍😊
As a young car crazy kid, I used to ride my bicycle 10 miles to drool at the high performance Fords in the windows of Bob Ford.
On one occasion, I got to see a blue Shelby 427SC in the showroom. That day I was invited inside by a salesman and allowed to sit in Cobars' drivers seat!
My favorite was a beautiful 1963 1/2 Galaxie 500 fast back, 427, 4 speed, though. One of my friends' dad bought it, and I actually got to go with them to pick it up. I still remember the thrill of heading to Telegraph Road for the first drive. No one challenged him with that 427 Thunderbird emblem on the fender. Good times. 😊
One of the few car videos I be seen were there is no narration needed
BEAUTIFUL !!!
That's the most badass drag car ever..😊
GOOD OLD DAYS!!!😊
Nothing like the glorious sound of a built FE. They are in a league of their own.
Ford 427 is a true race motor. Love it.
I love the way it says "Hemi Hunter" on it!
Outside of this just being a great machine, I love the message on the rear....HEMI HUNTER! You better believe that 427 slayed its share of MOPAR Hemis!!
With a sweet sound like that, you don't need a stereo!
Beautiful car
And we'll filmed.
Props to Dennis Kolodziej. Probably the best looking T bolt of the all
Does Dennis have a connection to this car?
I used to mow A guys yard had a thunderbolt, that thing would shake the ground when he started it ! 😁👍✌
Its Truly special to own a piece of history like a 427 ford! Most people dont know anything about it and the ones that do wish they were you!
I just love the sounds it puts out music to my ears you get a Ford that sounds like this you know its a fun car to drive
My favorite Ford ever!
1:53...Awesome car and video!!
I love those high strung 427s. Absolute animal.😍
Used to love to go to the track every Friday add some purple Cam 2 and just smell that fuel burning This car is a show stopper
Beautiful !!!!!!!!!! 👍 😎
I had a 64 Fairlane, it fiberglass hood tee drop, but the rest of the car seemed stock. It had a 289 in it when I got , what a cool car, root beer brown.
I Love it, in a Church parking lot !!!
Can you hear me Jesus !! 😇
Brutal FE, congratulations!
13 thumbs down are from the guys that drive front wheel drive imports that think they do cooler burnouts. Imports are lame and cammed V8s sound amazing. Keep your rice.
Cars aren't a competition. Imports are cool and so is oldschool muscle.
You guys should I been and seen the Thunderbolt in action in 64, unbelievable
BTW they were never street legal , " special purpose vehicles "
You obviously got ripped by a Type R
@@paullacey2999 a type r wouldn’t have a snowballs chance in hell of beating any Thunderbolt in a the quarter mile period. Smoke that import guy
It truly was a one of a kind back in the day. A true HEMI HUNTER. The one an only one they feared an still do today. I to own a two door post 64 fairlane. The best of the best. 😁👍👍
Hemi owners also fear the 427 sohc Cammers!
@@jerryparks6123 yes sir that was a very bad boy. However many could not afford them only the ones that were big time racing for ford. 😁👍👍
nice
A thing of beauty preserved for the ages....,... very nice
The Ford FE: “Freaking Excellent!”
Until you go to build one. Then it's Fuckin Expensive. Period.
I thought this in the 60s when my uncle showed me his thunderbolt. And I still think it today. The air cleaner tubes and box looks like the robot from Lost in space.
Danger Will Robinson, Danger!
Yes.
That is one magnificent ride
Some old school stroker 427’s using a 428 FE crankshaft results are a 454ci. FE
Awesome
Sweeet. Only a True FORD hand would know what this is about. NICE. Alum. bumbrs, fends, and hood.
Bob Ford ran a 68 Mustang as well. I even remember their home on the north side of 46th street in Indianapolis.
When they say ‘put the hammer down’ - it sounds like a chorus of eight. Note the fiberglass front bumper & hood.
Now THAT is a cold air intake system!!!
Hell Yeah, that's Exactly how Ford did it with these 427 Monsters.
"How much air does your 427 need, Ted?" "ALL of it!"
427 FE sounds like marbles bouncing around in an empty steel drum, superb music!
If I had any choice of car in the entire World, she's the one!
Perfectly said
droldsw31 This one is my #3
agreed, definitely a 4 speed Thunderbolt!
Perhaps a Cobra with the same running gear.
Beautiful car well done sounds superkiller
Ford had considered having this stock model modified to what you are seeing here to compete against the Chrysler products in the 1964 NASCAR season.
From from I recall from Leo Levine's book on the history of Ford in motorsports, one of several advantages the '64 Plymouth model had on the NASCAR superspeedways was with being slightly smaller than the Ford Galaxy model, as Ford struggled at the Daytona 500.
So, the execs at Ford considered taking the Fairlane model, stretching the wheelbase by two inches to make it NASCAR legal, then install the 427 in it, with doing a production run to make it NASCAR legal.
Considering the changes needed in the Ford production plant to do the modifications with the Fairlane to stretch the wheelbase, Ford decided the expense was too great to do it.
But, imagine that there was the possibility back in 1964 to get a dressed up Fairlane, stuffed with a 427, and have it available for purchase at the local Ford dealer.
Very good history information. Thank you. Holman Moody did made a 64 Fairlane road race car at a later point that competed at vintage racing events such as the Goodwood Revival.
Pure art!
Would’ve been nice to have seen some tire smoke.😢🛠🇺🇸🛠
To all u Hellcats n Redeyes n Deamons.this is the Thunderbolt enough said
I see more cool cars on RUclips now than I did when I was a kid.
There's more opportunity to learn about hot rodding now. In the old days you'd only see those cars at Wednesday night drags. Maybe Burger Shacks sometimes at the drive-ins, swap meets, and car shows. I still go to the Wednesday night drags. There are guys out there still racing the same cars they were 40 years ago. Drifting has gotten really big. The smell of burning rubber.
Iron American Dream on RUclips.
I saw many Bob Ford thunder bolts at Detroit dragway, they could run with the ramchargers.
Nice car and great video, Thumbs Up Liked.
It's perty..but will it run?
Oh it did! This car was build with the help of Len Richter, the race car driver of the original Thunderbolt this car was built after. Len knew too well what worked and did not worked on his original car. They did not spare any money and put only the best stuff in this car. It was Len’s strong recommendation do use a side oiler over a center oiler FE427.
Soooooooo jelly!! Awesome ride!
Super nice car. I seen it at Armstrongs Garage in Concorde. It runs real sweet.
It ran great only after Shane put his magic to it! 😊
Big Question is: Is this Dennis Kolodziej real Bob Ford Thunderbolt or the clone running around Detroit area?
This is the clone that was build by a friend of Len Richter, with Len guiding the guy building it.
@@swisshogthunderbolt1287 Very well done!
I watch that car race at Detroit Dragway many times actually actually bought a couple cars from Bob Ford
If it's real
Beautiful!!!
work of art
Len RIchter was my boss at Dearborn Proving Grounds for 25 years very exciting man and car
That is great Anne. This car was build by a gentlemen in the Dearborn MI area. Ed .K, a close friend of the late Len. I spoke to Ed when I still owned the car. Len actually was helping Ed to built this replica of his original car. Ed had some good stories to share and I even had some pictures with Len and this tribute car. I was an honor to own it for some years, and the car is now with another Ford enthusiast down here in the Carolinas. Thanks for your post!
ThunderChampion
Way Cool, Had to watch this again.
Not a ford guy, but certainly a Thunderbolt guy!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Sounds a lot like the 428 in my 68 mustang.
I noticed several references in the comments to Dennis Kolodziej. What's the connection to this car?
Dennis owned or still owns the original race car Len Richer raced to victory in the 1964 AHRA Championship. This is a tribute car to that original Racer that was build by a close friend of Len Richter, with the help of Len. This tribute car is going up for auction end of April in Greensboro, NC. I oned it for 5 years and got it run and look great again as it was stuck in a privat collection prior for 10 years and was rarely moved. It needed a lot of TLC when I got it. Somebody will buy a great car next month, hopefully they drive it as often as I did!
Thanks, I forgot that. I met Dennis at the 50th Tbolt anniversary and saw the car. He does still own the Bob Ford car.
I'm building a Tbolt right now with a HiRiser. I'm painting it Gold and black but won't be lettering it. @@swisshogthunderbolt1287
God I do love the sound, like old home week.
One thing I saw that gave me a split seconds pause, hot idle oil pressure 60 psi I'd be looking at bearings. We built these engines way different than I suspect this one is. We absolutely raged on ours all the time. We did a bunch of mods to the oiling system and rods to get them to live in 8000+ range. Generaly if any engine showed up in the pits at less than 90 to 100 psi hot idle we had leaned on it too hard and the bearings were suspect and/or the big ends were getting out of round and about to pinch the bearings at the parting lines. We used very high eccentricity bearing shells as well as use the full shank bolts from the massive and wider NASCAR rods in the skinny light LeMans rods.
But yeah a gorgeous piece!
Wow these FE motors must really be fragile and finicky. I've got one I'm building and if it takes all this, and you get worried when oil pressure shows 60 psi hot idle. These things are a grenade with the pin out. You can run a big block Chevy with a balanced bottom end 7000 pass after pass and have 45-50 psi at hot idle and a 283-331 8-9000 all day with no worries. If they are this weak, they really are junk. Hell I used to turn bone stock Mopar 440s and 429 Fords with over 100 thousand miles on them 6500, over and over again without an oil pressure gauge in them and never worried or had a problem.
Thanks for the great inside. The builder of this replica car was instructed by Len Richter himself to keep it streetable. It was never raced and I had a blast to drive on a straight road. Not so much fun to drive on a curvy road😄 This car has all the goodies, 65 Shelby dual quads, original intake, air bonnet and hoses, original R.C. Industries Scattershield bell housing, 65 427, 4-speed tranny, Crites headers, etc . Hand painted lettering, the list goes on. I went back to road racing cars so this car moved on the the next caretaker!😊
@@davidkeeton6716 Naa they aren't fragile if you keep them under 7K and use a high volume oil pump they will stay together for ever just about. Go much above that way back when with stock parts and now you got a tiger by the tail and every damn detail counts. We ran the god awful big TP heads and just needed to twist it hard to make power.
The 409 was a true grenade motor@@davidkeeton6716
Wheres the Rotunda tach ?
Love it!
sick nothing like vintage.
But, but, why r the brite lights blacked out? Hahaha. If this is the original car, I saw it at Detroit Drag way.
Really runs nice
Sound like somebody took the big cam out that's sound like about 550 lift
It was 600
No stereo needed. Besides you wouldn’t be able to hear it. Nothing sounds sweeter than a 427 FE !
beauty!
My dream car
Boring bowties..🤣
perfect color because it's worth a pot of gold if it is a real one I think I've seen that car at the Ford FE reunion in PA
No, this is a tribute car, but is was build by a gentleman in Dearborn, MI, with the help of Len Richter, the champion driver of the original car. Len and the builder of the car were close friends and put their heart into building this car. The original car is owned by Dennis K. , a true T-Bolt expert. Hopefully I can manage one day to unite the two cars. That would be cool.
Thanks
Nine butt-hurt Chevy guys: thubs down!
Ford has always led the way when it comes to Hot Rods.
Anyone know what the exhaust set is/was on that?
critesperformanceparts.com/mobilepage.php?pagenumber=11
Car came with Crites headers, we build the exhaust with cutouts.
That Thunderbolt is fine, it takes me back to 64-66 when they ruled S/S.
I believe the driver for the Bob Ford T-Bolt was Len Richter, AKA 'leaping Len Richter., how's that for mem.?
Not bad but, it says his name right on the car. You are Definitely Correct tho.
No sorry..the 421 super duty Pontiacs we r e eating ford and shitting Plymouth all day long from 62-66
@@chiefkikyerass7188 Where did this take place ? Fantasy Land, or Never Never Land ?
@@chiefkikyerass7188 Maybe before the 427 Came out, Like your saying in 62.
@@badass6.0powerstroke10 LOL..just your name tells me all I need to know..Powerstroke ROFLMMFAO
Call out the National Guard. Put Seal Team 6 on alert. Get the women kids in Chevy's off the streets.
Beautifully restored classic with a 427, car to be proud of. Are 427 blocks readily available and all the parts necessary to produce a screamer like this.
Thanks! I can take only a little credit for this amazing tribute car. It was build in 2002 with the help of Len Richter, who drove the original car to the 1964 AHRA championship. After this car in the video was sitting for 7 years, I spend 4 years to give it needed TLC, repairs and upgrades to look and run like it does now.
You can find some new and original parts for this engine, but not cheap. You may get lucky and can find a 427 Center Oiler block, but have not seen one for sale for some time. A intact (not cracked, welded or stroked) Side Oiler block is almost impossible to find. These blocks usually change ownership between FE experts with-out ever being listed for sale. A complete rebuild, and probably stroked motor will set you back $15000 to $20000. Good reproduction blocks are available, but will cost probably the same. You may get a new small block stroked to 427 cubic inch for less money. There are guys that know a lot more about these engines, just check one of the FE Forums online. Good luck.
There's another engine that's based off the 427 Side oiler and that my friend is the 427 SOHC Cammer.
In one word, No... Sadly
@@CJColvin Still a side oiler though, 427 Cammer, Tunnel Port(The real choice for the super speedways) Low, medium and high risers, Cobra Jets, they all pale compared to the mighty Tunnel Port. Freddie Lorenzen Said his Tunnel Port would make around 900 horsepower. The intake ports on a Tunnel Port are big enough to roll a tennis ball down. Even the mighty SOHC could not touch the Tunnel Port for reliability and sheer horsepower. The SOHC is by far more visually stunning however, Iconically so
@@JesusLives889 Recall that right after Ford couldn't get NASCAR to approve the SOHC heads, and before they came out with the Boss 429, the best head Ford had was the tunnel port. Somewhere in the late 1960s (I forget the exact year) Ford was up against the MoPar 426 hemis at Daytona, and WON with a TP head. Other races they ran with but lost, they still were right up there with the MoPars with the TP. It was a serious head for serious racing. The only criticism of it, same as with all FE wedge heads, were the exhausts. Ford at the time had the philosophy of "heck with the exhausts, if the air got into the engine, it would somehow find a way out of the engine." They could've found an extra 50 hp or more if they'd paid attention to the exhaust ports, such as with high-port exhausts with max flow. At one time, Dove Mfgr in Ohio made aluminum tunnel ports with raised exhausts optional, and there's some of them out there, but then Dove went out of business. They also made hi rise heads for the 427, also with optional raised exhausts. Some of them are out there too. Its a shame Dove went out of business, because the demand for their products was out there, but they had internal problems that couldn't be solved.
beautiful car!!! Can you tell me the size of your tires to help me with my 64 4-door fairlane?
Kickass!
Does this car see the track at nostalgia races or is this a clone just for Lawn Chairs at car shows
I wonder how effective the air intakes and plenum chamber actually were?
Buelligan88 With the dual quad Holley carburetors on low riser intake & heads, it needs all the air it can get. It is very thirsty. 😀 I installed individual air cleaners as I drive it on the road. For racing the original race T-Bolts had hi-riser intakes and heads, there were no cleaner I believe, just the huge open intakes to push down as much air as possible!
Thanks for watching my video!
Thanks for responding to my post.
Hey Buelligan, I talked to Phil Featherston when he was still racing his Tbolt.
He said he nocked about 3/4 of a second off his ET by removing his airbox. Now his car makes a lot of power, I wouldn't expect those kind of gains with a set up that made less power.
Thanks for the reply!
I watched a video of a guy still racing ss qith one of these and he sais he couldn't tell any difference with them on or off
They called it the widow maker for a reason....
Badass!
Car for sale: doesn't like to idle, prone to overheating at stoplights, hard to shift, takes 49 acres to come to complete stop, no power steering, no power brakes, no ac, but will do sub 10 second 1/4 mile passes!
REAL HOT ROD "FORD PERFORMANCE"
Jesus mother f@ckin christ I wish that video went for an hour. I love it.
427. Ford. Usa. 1
no burn out or heavy hit ill get my 428 66 comet out and show how
I got a 64 Fairlane for sale, not a K code but it's a hard top stick car.
Is it a side oiler?
Yes
Just perfect! It would have been perfect-er (yes, a play on words, not a misspelling) if you’d have laid some rubber, dammit!
Wood here, bigly👍
Are you still in touch with the current ouwner of this amazing car?
No I do not. The car was sold through a classic car dealer in Mooresville North Carolina.
Thanks, I saw it online when it was at Shelton Classics but couldn't buy it than, was hoping it might be available for sale again.
Would give my left arm and right leg for that.
Lousy audio, but awesome car
Min 1:30 now that's a cold air intake...
Where can i get that setup..? Lol
I dream...........................
Would look a whole lot better in my shed ! Dreams are cheap.
Lets put that motor in a 2000 lc sports car!
My true love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
Does any other countries turn cars into hotrods, rats, slammed lowriders?
I was born and raised in Switzerland, and I can say, cars like the Thunderbolt you won’t find over there. I could never even register or drive it over there. As regulations always were very strict, we had all original US muscle cars. I had big block US muscle cars and old Cadillacs when I was in my 20ies, but they all had to be very original. One of the reasons I came to the US in the 90ties. Growing up, Hot Rods we only seen in movies like American Graffiti and the big thing in Europe were always sport cars. One country in Europe however that had a lot looser regulations and allowed customizing car for decades was Sweden. It is being said that Sweden actually started the Rat Rod scene, as custom parts were hard to get.