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thanks Jim. BTW we stayed a week in Sierra Vista Sept 2014. Really like the area!
Can anyone tell me what this is from?
I am helping a friend who is clearing a building and will be selling some Sun test equipment. We would like to get an idea of a price to ask for...
Nice pics from Dearborn!! More is better!
Snyder's?
Well we had hoped to bring the Connor Ford T-bolt to the 50th but it is just not going to work out. Since it isn't coming public quite yet, here...
Neat that you mention the fetching of these cars in the snow. When I talked with Don Bowles last summer about the Connor Ford car he told me it...
The Connor Ford went 8.34 @ over 160 mph today ... sort of! Met Don Bowles at Joliet to talk with him about his days with the Thunderbolt and...
The Connor Ford Thunderbolt is not missing anymore. Not that it ever was to the people that have owned the car for 43 years. It is in pretty...
The march-april issue of Fairlaner (Fairlane Club iof America club magazine) has the complete list. It is put together by some well known to the...
Wished I would have known that sooner. i just traveled within a couple hours of there and could have altered the trip. Are the cars where one...
Rats! Yes will be there Saturday. I really need to get a look at one.
Anyone know if there is a Thunderbolt at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn?
I have some questions on the .....update....questions have been answered.
Okay understand the cloverleaf hood now, thanks. Anyone on the flange fenders versus what the other is?
Can someone explain a couple things for me? What is the cloverleaf hood? What is meant when one reads "flange fender" in relation to the...
I am needing to sell my 55 project. Near Peoria IL. Details can be seen on craigs list with pics. Asking $2500 and entertain some trades.
Frame is solid and I have 100% of all trim and many duplicate pieces. I was going to late model the drive train but have since bought back a car I...
Anyone got some drawings for the 1955 frame? want to compare to a couple late models to see about dropping the body on one.
Thanks Mark but I have a 2 dr hardtop not a crown.
I got the fin trim from a fellow for my 55 Ford 2dr hardtop. But they are too short. I got mine measured at pretty close to 56.25 inches. The too...
Call the number listed for questions. I am just helping a guy out whose father collected and has passed.
I remember a couple other interesting pieces he had. The chrome bands for continental tire carrier and I saw one if not two of the tire mounts...
A fellow I met has a few parts that his dad (he passed on) had collected. The things I know for sure he has is a 56 dash, some headlight shrouds,...
As for your "old" comment, don't know about you but as I pile on some years, my definition of old changes! Kind of like when my grandmother told...
http://www.ripoffreport.com/car-parts-accessories/chromabonito/chromabonito-chrome-paid-with-b4796.htm for example?
Jim you seem very much like myself and my family. We have no pets. We have furry family members. I understand your loss Jim. Take care, time heals...
You don't have to go to solid square stock iron on these. 1/4 wall square tube stock is more than adequate and is thicker that much of the stock...
Why won't the 88400 work on the 351W? Too close to floor because of the higher block? I see now it is a shorty header. Guess those won't hit the...
I have seen some discussion that K frame rot is common in 55 and 56 fords. I have a 55 I am parting out. What am I looking for to see if it has a...
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