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1976 Ford Thunderbird “T-bird”
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“T-bird”1976 Ford Thunderbird

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The story

Bought by Ron Y. from Sebringville Motors near Stratford, Ontario in August 1976. Driven to 41000 miles before it was transferred to his son Dean of Guelph, Ontario in 1998 who drove it to around 53000 miles when it was purchased by Jeff S. in the fall of 2005. Jeff only clocked 1500 miles on the car in his ownership before I bought it in May 2008 at 54800 miles.

I have a spare motor and am doing the following build over summer '09:
0.030" over
KB hyper. flat-top pistons
FRPP rods (CJ)
stock crank
Lunati 61602 cam, 262/268 @0.50", .540/552, power range 1400-5800
Lunati 65014 lifter/spring/lock kit
D3VE heads ported per Scott's guide at reincarnation-automotive.com, 3-angle valve job
2.19" intake/1.725" exhaust valves
Headers by Hooker or Mad Dog, 1.75 primaries into 3" collector
3" stainless exhaust with Magnaflow mufflers

According to the builds documented on 460ford.com this should be good for around 450hp and 550lbft. — Ryan Power

Photos

1976 Ford Thunderbird - The Thunderbird on September 27, 2008. Running better at this point but still with the junk Motorcraft carb.

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