"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/10/2014 at 16:23 • Filed to: Craigslist, Ford, Ford Thunderbird, Tunderbird, Tips
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/10/2014 at 16:23 • Filed to: Craigslist, Ford, Ford Thunderbird, Tunderbird, Tips | 2
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The tenth-generation Ford Thunderbird, built on the MN12 platform, was the ideal car for the discerning motorist who wanted Mustang performance with the kind of rear suspension Thomas Jefferson advocated for in 1776. Far more grand tourer than sports car, birds of this feather made at most 210 horsepower and weighed all of 3,500 pounds. Still, the car more than adequately played the personal luxury car role, but even its greatest proponents found it lacking in one way: it didn't have the face of a 1950 Ford.
That's apparently the story told to one Detroit Lakes, Minnesota resident, and really, who is anyone to doubt them? Inspired by the tale, the owner spent, nay, invested $25,000 into making this 1997 Ford Thunderbird reach its most perfect form. But luckily for you, the seller invested that $25,000 for future generations, and will part with this masterpiece for only $15,500.
The listing does not state if this car boasts a 3.8L Essex V6 or a 4.6L Modular V8, but with this much style, does it matter? Vehicles this beautiful, especially custom vehicles, were meant to be ogled at low speeds, not missed as mere blurs on the expressway. That's why this Thunderbird is tastefully yet confidently adorned with red pinstriping that oh-so glimmers atop the black paint.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> For Sweden
09/10/2014 at 16:27 |
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I know I've seen worse things...I just know it but right now I can't recall them.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> For Sweden
09/10/2014 at 16:28 |
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Pardon me, do you have something to bite handy? Thanks.
*has seizure*
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/10/2014 at 16:42 |
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The rear-engined 454 E-type, perhaps?
Or perhaps the "International TruckCar"?
RazoE
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/10/2014 at 16:49 |
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Why?!? THE QUESTION IS WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS?!?
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> RazoE
09/10/2014 at 16:55 |
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Meth, some very flexible car titles, a *weird* junkyard, unemployment, and meth.
pitstop_pitowski
> For Sweden
09/10/2014 at 17:53 |
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My eyes!
ranwhenparked
> For Sweden
09/10/2014 at 20:52 |
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These things are just awful, and they seem to be pretty popular since they keep on turning up. Curvy 1940s/50s lines matched up to blockier '90s styling creates quite a culture clash.
Pixel
> For Sweden
09/11/2014 at 10:14 |
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That's an Easy Rod kit, so the whole one of a kind thing is BS. Also if you spent $25K to get to that you are certifiably insane.
Check out the Easy Rod website, which is one of the worst I've seen in years:
http://www.uniquecustomcruisers.com/49Fordreplica.…