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Reply #45
Ahh, the old Slegehammer. A real beast back in the day, and stayed on top for 25 years, and it even had a radio..lol.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

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Reply #46
Quote from: ZondaC12;427884
Anyone know what the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette got up to? Site says no sale, and you have to be a member of Mecum InfoNet to see what the high bid was. WHOA dude I don't need to know THAT badly....hahaha



No sale @ $600,000...



 

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Reply #49

in school i rode the buss and saw this same bird but a hard top sitting in a yard and was often moved as the owner cut grass in his yard.
it sat beside a 65 fast back stang.

i checked back in on them after coming home on leave after boot camp, and A + C school.  this was in early 87.  He told me he would sell both to me for 2500.
quick math told me yet again nice things are out of reach for me for a very long time , as an E1, my income was then only 218$ every two weeks.

i often look back on that day a realize how great of a deal this was even back then.

To be honest, i believe that is the greatest year bird / body ever done... ever to date~!

the later 60's models almost came around for me but i stood beside a 68 a short while ago and realized they boxed up the body too much for my taste.

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Reply #50
just noticed,, the rear wheels are missing the fender well covers,, think they pop on the outside,, covers half the wheel

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Reply #51
Quote from: jcassity;427954
just noticed,, the rear wheels are missing the fender well covers,, think they pop on the outside,, covers half the wheel

Yeah those Birds need the fender skirts to have a "finished" look...

My engine guy just did a complete rebuild on a '62 T-Bird 390  back in Oct... Wound up using a '64 block as orig was busted from freezing..

Also have a video of it running on the stand but was taken with my old camera, isn't exactly broadcast quality...


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Reply #52
I see a lot of history in that photo along with some good stories waiting to be told.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #53
Quote from: V8Demon;427961
I see a lot of history in that photo along with some good stories waiting to be told.

He He, you must mean this guy???

'65 Shelby GT 350R model.... Clone...

Bruce and his sons built it in the late '80s to run SCCA events and auto cross... Still it's probably 98% correct... Now sports a roudy 12.5:1 comp 302 that replaced the "scattered" Hi Po 289 that let go probably 10 years ago...

The blue one is a real '66 Shelby street model with R model front fascia added... The green convert is a '68 GT 350 and the red one in the distance is a '66 GT350H, one of 50 Hertz Rent A Racers built in red...


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Reply #54
Quote from: jcassity;427954
just noticed,, the rear wheels are missing the fender well covers,, think they pop on the outside,, covers half the wheel

Since that car has the true factory wire wheels the fender skirts won't fit. Thunderbirds from this era with factory wire wheels came without fender skirts. Re-pop wire wheels will fit behind the fender skirts. I agree these Thunderbirds look best with the fender skirts in place.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.