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will


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If we only knew then what we know now

 

 



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will wrote:

If we only knew then what we know now

 

 

  Just have to get my "Time Machine" fixed then I can go back to order one of those bad boys....lol.......good one John.



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Love those FORDS   



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These cars had one purpose: Absolutely terrorize dragstrips all over North America. While on assignment for 'Legendary Ford Magazine',  I was fortunate enough to be in Norwalk Ohio when they had the largest gathering of these beasts that I've ever seen in person. Included were appearances by Dick Brannan with the 1st T-Bolt, the last T-Bolt built and famed driver Phil Bonner with the T-Bolt he drove and the Warbucks Falcon, among others!

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The photoshoot was capped off with a quick snort down the strip, two by two....the sound was something else!:

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See the rest here: http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/vehicles/37973

 

 



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I swear I should have been born in the early fifties. The muscle car era was a time I wish I was around for.

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Sweet stuff!! Thanks for the great pics!!

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When I was 18 in 72' I bought a 66' Ford 7litre 429v4 white leather, bronze with white top for $400 was in mint shape 46k, man if I had it now.

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Great pictures Steve. Most 63 Fairlane cars have now been cloned to look like a Thunderbolt. The original ones are now almost priceless. If we had only known!
Thanks for sharing your story and pictures.

John


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el toro wrote:

When I was 18 in 72' I bought a 66' Ford 7litre 429v4 white leather, bronze with white top for $400 was in mint shape 46k, man if I had it now.

 I have a friend with a 66 7 litre 4 speed convertible. Considering how much it weighs, that thing is scary fast. Fred



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will wrote:

Great pictures Steve. Most 63 Fairlane cars have now been cloned to look like a Thunderbolt. The original ones are now almost priceless. If we had only known!
Thanks for sharing your story and pictures.

John

 Thanks John, there is a key element missing in theses pics unfortunately....SOUND! This event won't be leaving my memory banks anytime soon because of it.

"If only we knew" Indeed!



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I'm not the big Ford guy but you can't deny how cool they look ! I live about 40 miles from Norwalk, Fordy Acres. How do you like Summit Motorsports Park ? In 2010, I was out of work and I worked the starting line, track drew and tech inspection for most of the season.

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The track was awesome! I heard they dumped 7 million into it in around '08 and it looked great! I was covering the all Ford show there in '09 and had a press pass that allowed me to go where ever, when ever I wanted - I got some great shots while hanging over the wall: Will throw a few on here tomorrow as I can't do that from the computer at workno



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Lookin forward to the pics 40, sounds great!

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bfalfa55 wrote:

I'm not the big Ford guy but you can't deny how cool they look ! I live about 40 miles from Norwalk, Fordy Acres. How do you like Summit Motorsports Park ? In 2010, I was out of work and I worked the starting line, track drew and tech inspection for most of the season.

 A few shots from this fine facility :

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A very enjoyable and memorable experience!



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Wow, great pics 40 , much appreciated!!

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bfalfa55 wrote:

I'm not the big Ford guy but you can't deny how cool they look ! I live about 40 miles from Norwalk, Fordy Acres. How do you like Summit Motorsports Park ? In 2010, I was out of work and I worked the starting line, track drew and tech inspection for most of the season.

 Awesome track Norwalk, I was there in 2011 for the Pinks All Out event.  The pics I posted earlier of my friends Henry J were taken in the pits at Norwalk.

Has to be the best track I've been at.

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Here's Rich Christensen doing what he does (did).

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And another acquaintance, a track regular and Ohio resident also Lonnie Smith.

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Sorry, didn't mean to sidetrack the thread, good memories I felt like sharing.

Back to Hemi Darts or ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



-- Edited by Gazoo on Friday 6th of December 2013 11:30:03 PM

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The reason none of us ran out and bought Thunderbolt Fairlanes or ZL1 Camaros, was price. An all out race car then, as now, was simply too expensive for the average person. You were buying an all out race car in the Thunderbolt and the ZL1 option more than doubled the price of the Camaro. The ZL1 wasn't exactly a user friendly street car either with its 12.5-1 compression and radical cam. To be sure, they would be the ultimate cars to have in a collection but today you wouldn't be driving them on the street much if at all.

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