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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:17 pm    Post subject: Thunderbird dirt car Reply with quote
I finished up this one for a local racer.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you say "Thunderbird"? Sure looks like a Monte Carlo to me... :\
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You callin' me a liar? Laughing The car builder and I were laughing about this at the track tonight. Our track allows fabricated bodies and the roofs are pretty close between the tbird and the monte carlo. Wheelbase is the same so about the only difference is the nose and tail pieces. I made new ones to match the ones on the real car. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! thumbsup

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LOL...sorry, Gator. No, I wasn't callin' you a liar; I just stated that it looked more like a Monte Carlo to me. It's one of them there "squarebirds", ain't it (late '70s - early '80s)?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing It's supposed to represent a "square bird" body style. When they ran it for the first time last season it even had a Monte Carlo after market nose on it with an added grill to make it look more like a T-Bird. This year they used the aftermarket Caprice nose and tail pieces. The actual car is Ford engine and chassis with the strut front end though. The body templates used to make the body was the car builder's usual Monte Carlo patterns. It does look an awful lot like a Monte Carlo. Laughing

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Man Gator....you nailed that car to the "T". Great job...as usual. Yea...and it does look kinda like a M.C.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Best lookin Ford Street Stocker Ive seen in years! thumbsup
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