Random car pictures

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A friend emailed me today about this Boeing turbine powered 55 T-Bird...

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/that-time-ford-built-a-boeing-turbine-powered-thunderbird-189800.html

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In SoCal.  Near Downtown LA. 

What year was the pix?  1979-80?   I literally would want nothing in that lot. Sad.

Kooky animated TV ad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYYn4trsGiw

I believe those to be '79 models, thanks for the link to that ad 

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Any one know more about the lady or the car ? Might have been here before ?

Tammy Sanders, '70 Mustang, Summit Point, mid '70s


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Actually, that is Joyce Sanders. The car was a 70 Mach 1 that she, her husband Calvin and Calvin Jr built in their backyard in Chesapeake VA with help from a bunch of local autocross and SCCA folks. At one point it had a Boss 302 engine, later a built up 289 (parts of the Boss 302 ended up in my 70 Boss 302). She and Calvin Jr ran it in SCCA GT-1 until the mid-80s, then autocrossed it until the early 90s. She sold it to a vintage racer in FL around 1995. She and Calvin Jr also autocrossed her 68 GT350 convertible from the mid 70s until around 2005 or 06 (she also drove that car in the SAAC-31 open track at VIR in 06).

Dave

Dave, thanks for the correction on the name, changed it in my o.p., also the added history on the car.

Mike

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A friend emailed me today about this Boeing turbine powered 55 T-Bird...

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/that-time-ford-built-a-boeing-turbine-powered-thunderbird-189800.html

Superb

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Back then

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............Boeing turbine powered 55 T-Bird...

     Gee, a similar to that exhaust plumbing effort would make my GAA engine conversion in my '55 T-Bird easier; but even without an engineering degree I figured that such would be............. 'undesirable'!   

     Scott.

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............Boeing turbine powered 55 T-Bird...

     Gee, a similar to that exhaust plumbing effort would make my GAA engine conversion in my '55 T-Bird easier; but even without an engineering degree I figured that such would be............. 'undesirable'!   

     Scott.

See those all the time on Honda's around here.   

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1966 Mustang convertible, I believe this is a Ford image ?

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Pfieffer, Cougar Eliminator, don't know who the guy is ?

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Looks like Don Nicholson

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Pete, I believe your right, that's Dyno Don. Wasn't he a Chevy guy till '63 when the General got out of racing, and Ford picked him

up ?

Mike

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Shelby soap ! (1946)  just what you need after those hot on track sessions 

Mike

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Bellisima

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'68 GT350 'vert pace car, downtown Watkins Glen, don't know what year or the event, looks summer by peoples dress, vintage event is September, tends to be cooler.

Mike

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F250, upper New York  state, is that an exhaust  or a howitzer