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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 12:04 PM
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Well, my other project is my 61 T-bird.



It was a gift from my father. Someone had shoehorned a 460 into it. It ran fine, it just leaked everything. I should have just left well enough alone, but I decided I wanted to put a 390 back in it. I pulled and sold the 460. I picked up a 390 I started building. I also acquired a 3 deuce intake for it.



Progress was slow-going enough, and then I bought the truck. The 48 gets all the attention. I don't know if I'll ever get the Thunderbird back on the road.

My wife and I just started an 18 year project. Hopefully he turns out better than my vehicle projects.

 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JPMallory
Well, my other project is my 61 T-bird.



It was a gift from my father. Someone had shoehorned a 460 into it. It ran fine, it just leaked everything. I should have just left well enough alone, but I decided I wanted to put a 390 back in it. I pulled and sold the 460. I picked up a 390 I started building. I also acquired a 3 deuce intake for it.



Progress was slow-going enough, and then I bought the truck. The 48 gets all the attention. I don't know if I'll ever get the Thunderbird back on the road.

My wife and I just started an 18 year project. Hopefully he turns out better than my vehicle projects.

Wow very neat! Congratulations!
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 02:31 PM
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Great looking project oh the car and truck look good too ! Get the bird done in the next 16 years and I'm sure he will be happy to drive it to the junior prom.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JPMallory
Well, my other project is my 61 T-bird.



It was a gift from my father. Someone had shoehorned a 460 into it. It ran fine, it just leaked everything. I should have just left well enough alone, but I decided I wanted to put a 390 back in it. I pulled and sold the 460. I picked up a 390 I started building. I also acquired a 3 deuce intake for it.



Progress was slow-going enough, and then I bought the truck. The 48 gets all the attention. I don't know if I'll ever get the Thunderbird back on the road.

My wife and I just started an 18 year project. Hopefully he turns out better than my vehicle projects.

He's a happy little guy , must know the T bird is waiting for him...
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 05:11 PM
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He's a happy little guy , must know the T bird is waiting for him...
Probably a good idea to give him the Tbird. I tried to explain to him how to double clutch the truck, and I think I scared him. He just stared at me wide-eyed and then crapped his pants.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 05:22 PM
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If he would have said " Got it pops" you would have been the one with dirty pants!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 06:10 AM
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Probably a good idea to give him the Tbird. I tried to explain to him how to double clutch the truck, and I think I scared him. He just stared at me wide-eyed and then crapped his pants.
This got my morning off to a great start!
The clock is now ticking on the T-bird.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 09:25 PM
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Ed I will be in Galena tomorrow if I have time I will look up the garage.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 09:32 AM
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Ed I will be in Galena tomorrow if I have time I will look up the garage.
Please try to as you will see it is just a plain box right now and will change drastically in the next two years.

Also, check out the murals on the north wall.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 11:00 PM
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im not gonna drag out pictures of everything, but theres the 66 LTD, the lowered 95 F150 2wd "silver", my 92 F150 4x4 "shorty" (my first truck, my avatar) my 1991 F350 4x4 flatbed "Brutus", my 91 F150 4x4 "brick", my 92F250 lowered 2wd "Farm truck", my 93 F350 4 door 2wd dually "Big Red dually" , my 77, 78, and 79 T birds, my 1952 Massey Harris, 2 Honda motorcycle, 2 Yamaha motorcycles, and "The Deluxe" which started life very differently. but is now becoming a 1950 Ford truck.

I also collect vintage video games, my primary focus being Nintendo games. i have over 700 different titles ( almost a full set) of NES, i do have a full set of N64 games, and overall, i have over 6000 games.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2016 | 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bootlegger's Deluxe
im not gonna drag out pictures of everything, but theres the 66 LTD, the lowered 95 F150 2wd "silver", my 92 F150 4x4 "shorty" (my first truck, my avatar) my 1991 F350 4x4 flatbed "Brutus", my 91 F150 4x4 "brick", my 92F250 lowered 2wd "Farm truck", my 93 F350 4 door 2wd dually "Big Red dually" , my 77, 78, and 79 T birds, my 1952 Massey Harris, 2 Honda motorcycle, 2 Yamaha motorcycles, and "The Deluxe" which started life very differently. but is now becoming a 1950 Ford truck.

I also collect vintage video games, my primary focus being Nintendo games. i have over 700 different titles ( almost a full set) of NES, i do have a full set of N64 games, and overall, i have over 6000 games.
Pictures or its just not true !
 
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Originally Posted by 49f3dls
Pictures or its just not true !
I wont toss up pics of everything, but here are some that are easy to come across

Heres my Massey
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Brutus on the left, Brick on the right

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2 of the 4 bikes. the blue one was my pops old bike
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thats what 700 or so NES games look like
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me and my silver truck on power tour 2016
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I have a lot of "fiddles" but nowadays, I'm fussy and prefer to build my own.
 
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Originally Posted by artscott61
Ed I will be in Galena tomorrow if I have time I will look up the garage.
Did you get a chance to make it out to Galena?
 
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Laurie just bought a 1954 AMI F-80 Jukebox from a family friend. We want to get this working as soon as possible.




Had to put my 1962 Harley XLCH Sportster on the back burner do to I lost the use of my shop and had to take this to one of our storage units.




The 1995 Tahoe (bought this for my daughter's first vehicle) in the background. She got T-boned at the rear tire that needs to be repaired, also need to replace the whole interior and re-spray the body (factory primer failing.


Wish I could have more cars and trucks, but HOA and the mighty buck stops that... Congrats to those that can!
 
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