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Title: Thunderbird memories....
Post by: cougarman on July 21, 2009, 12:52:29 PM
Here is one 'Bird that puts the "Thunder"In Thunderbird. :burnout::burnout: (If only I could get it out of the building).
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Post by: cougarman on July 21, 2009, 12:54:33 PM
More pics....
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Post by: 50tbrd88 on July 21, 2009, 02:02:26 PM
friggin' awesomness right there!!
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Post by: vinnietbird on July 21, 2009, 02:48:43 PM
Wow !!! The door gaps are so close and tight you can't even see them.LOL.Cool car.I remember watching "Wild Bill' race back in high school.I also remember the number "9" on the roof applied backwards to resemble an "e".
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Post by: dominator on July 21, 2009, 03:02:19 PM
Svo 351 with 625hp under that hood,nice.
Still kind of heavy at 3500lbs though,hmm.
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Post by: Thunder Chicken on July 21, 2009, 05:54:47 PM
I'd imagine much of that weight would be safety equipment.
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Post by: 20th anny 5.o on July 21, 2009, 05:56:38 PM
Ok i feel retarded asking but what in the world is an SVO V8?
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Post by: cougarman on July 21, 2009, 06:10:03 PM
Quote from: vinnietbird;283096
I also remember the number "9" on the roof applied backwards to resemble an "e".


That was on his '85 Thunderbird, at Darlington raceway when he won the winston million. :D
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Post by: Black88LS on July 22, 2009, 05:27:03 AM
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Ok i feel retarded asking but what in the world is an SVO V8?


before it was SVT, it was SVO
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Post by: 83-88T-Bird Guy on July 22, 2009, 07:24:54 AM
Awesome Bill from Dawsonville !Nice pics.


I would love to have a replica of one of those.

I saw this on racingjunk: Ex Terry Labonte car:

http://www.racingjunk.com/category/77/NASCAR_ARCA_ASA_HOOTERS/post/1566473/1988-11-BUDWEISER-THUNDERBIRD.html
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Post by: 5.0 tbird on July 22, 2009, 11:03:18 AM
Ahh the good ole days before restrictor plates and restricted everything else. :hick:
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Post by: TurboCoupe50 on July 22, 2009, 11:05:41 AM
That's the car in the Henry Ford Museum... Saw it a few years ago and it is AWESOME...

In may of '86 Bill qualified a four eye at 212.239 mph, which I believe is the second fastest in NASCAR...
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Post by: cougarman on July 22, 2009, 11:13:11 AM
Yep, went back there, just to get pics of this car :bowdown:. Didn't have a camera the first time, doh!:hick:


Quote from: TurboCoupe50;283284
That's the car in the Henry Ford Museum... Saw it a few years ago and it is AWESOME...

In may of '86 Bill qualified a four eye at 212.239, which I believe is the second fastest in NASCAR...
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Post by: 20th anny 5.o on July 22, 2009, 03:38:53 PM
Quote from: Black88LS;283234
before it was SVT, it was SVO


Ah thank you for clearing that up.
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