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Bad Byrd

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The Bad Byrd Project
« on: December 30, 2013, 01:13:23 AM »
So this car isnt my traditional build, I am more of a glorified car builder.................not so much of a driver type builder, this is my first real attempt at every day driver vs a higher end car or bike as I will show in some piks below of the stuff I normally build.

The car is a 1961 Ford Thunderbird coupe, the engine is a bored and stroke cross bolt 406 to give me 445 CI. Trans is a Built C6 with a 9" ford and a set of 3.50-1 gears. The goal here is to build a nice cruiser with a little pop to it.............pretty tough to build one of these old motors to really create a lot of HP on pump gas. I will be hopeful to even get as much HP as the wife Sb Chevy I had built for her 32. That car is 405 RWHP and the car weighs 2150 with 32 gallons of fuel and her in it. That thing Rips!!! LOL







Now on to the Bad Byrd

This is what it looked like when I bought it!





This is some of the work I have done so far.







































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jmcgalaxie

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Re: The Bad Byrd Project
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2013, 03:32:35 AM »
Fantastic work !
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Re: The Bad Byrd Project
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2013, 08:01:58 AM »
Looking good!
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Re: The Bad Byrd Project
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 12:21:00 PM »
Awesome work!  That is one cool Thunderbird...
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Re: The Bad Byrd Project
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 01:09:17 PM »
Could you explain where you mount the fan that is on the photos, on a fender ? and for what is the purpose
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Re: The Bad Byrd Project
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2013, 01:23:24 PM »
jmcgalaxie

The Fans are used as a dual purpose

Both Fans are pulling outside air, under these is a trans cooler and an oil cooler!
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