Car show across the street had a special car today!

[Archae]

Lovely...

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[WHITT]

1. Sweet

Looks to be a '57, as the earlier ones had larger eyebrows over the headlights.

[brush]

2. And '57s have the porthole.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Is That The Removable Hardtop?

Pretty sure those were available 1955-1957 (at least).
I heard that taking the top on & off was a pain in the neck.

[Archae]

5. Pretty sure it is.

And I'll bet that taking that top off and on was a real PITA.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. A Guy I Used To Play Golf With...

...(he moved when he retired) had a car with a removable hard top. I'm forgetting which car. (I'm thinking Porsche, since he rebuilt a few old ones.)
He had a power winch on his garage ceiling so he could lift it to back out of the garage.
IIRC, it required a special tool as well.
It was definitely not a "press this button" thing.
Not sure if the T-Bird was easier, harder, or the same.

[Worried2020]

4. I worked on one back in the 80s

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3i2 4bbl was lazy - fixed some vacuum lines, and ran like snot!

It was a beauty - looked like this








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[bluedigger]

6. I want to see the Cuda.

[Archae]

9. Little fuzzy here, which one is that?

Is this the Barracuda?

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[bluedigger]

10. Yeah, that one.

I was hoping it was vintage.

[mitch96]

7. I could only tell them by the exhaust tips.. '56 was angled, 55 straight.. A neighbor down the

street was a hot rodder. He totally RUINED a '57 to make it a dragster.. 390 with headers, cam and two Holly 4 bbls... Ran like shit... Now when we took a 289 and stuck it into a Austin Healy 100/6 (ah la cobra) now THAT flew... That was fun...
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[niyad]

11. "And she'll have fun, fun, fun, til her daddy takes theT-bird away. . ."

[gordianot]

12. I had a White 57 T Bird sold it for a $2000.00 profit.

Then American Graffiti came out and T Birds especially white ones went sky high and mine was gone. Wonderful car but very thirsty for a 22 year old to provide for, and I could not afford the insurance

[Ohio Joe]

13. Nice...

I still have my '02 and drive it as my regular vehicle every day.