![]() ![]() The Riviera snuck past the Thunderbird in 1969, only to be slammed back in its place in 1970. In 1967, the Thunderbird beat the Riviera and Toronado combined it even finished ahead of the lower-priced Pontiac Grand Prix every year from 1964 to 1968. In the 1960s, the Ford Thunderbird ruled the full-size, personal-luxury segment, consistently outselling the Buick Riviera, Oldsmobile Toronado, and Cadillac Eldorado. The 1967 Ford Thunderbird was dominant in theįull-size luxury market. If GM's cars were big, the 1967-1971 Ford Thunderbird would be, too. NOW GEORGE WANTS IT IN FRONT OF HIS SHOP WITH ALL HIS CARS & MAKES SURE I TAKE IT TO ALL THE EVENTS IN THE AREA.Anxious to preserve the Thunderbird's popularity, Ford planners warily eyed General Motors's moves in the personal-luxury market. ![]() SO FAR IT HAS WON 1st PLACE IN 3 BIG CAR SHOWS, "BEST KUSTOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION" IT'S NOT BEING BUILT TO COMPETE BUT TO DRIVE AND ENJOY, TO LEAVE SOME OF MY HARD WORK TO MY SON WHEN HE IS OLD ENOUGH. IT'S ABOUT 95% FINISHED WITH A PROJECTED END IN 6 MORE MONTHS. SO EVERY FEW MONTHS I GET MORE AND MORE THINGS DONE TO IT. NEXT IT WAS REGISTERED AND I STARTED DRIVING IT.THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE WEST COAST IS THAT YOU CAN DRIVE IT ALL YEAR LONG WHILE YOUR BUILDING IT. IT WILL NEVER SEE THE ROAD.HE THEN WROTE A DATE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR OCT/2010, IF AND WHEN IT EVER GETS RUNNING.ĪLMOST 4 YEARS LATER I COME DRIVING AROUND THE FRONT OF THE BARRIS SHOP AND JUST ABOUT HAD TO GET SMELLING SALT TO SNAP EVERYONE BACK TO THIER FEET FROM DISBELIEF THAT THIS CAR WOULD ACTUALLY RUN UNDER IT'S OWN POWER. GEORGE TURNED AROUND AT ME AND SAID, (BEING THAT HE HAD KNOWN THE CAR SOME 30 YEARS BEFORE) IF I KNEW THIS WAS THE CAR YOU WANTED TO BUILD I WOULD HAVE CHOKED YOU. THE WHOLE PLACE EMPTIED OUT AND CAME AND LOOKED AT THIS MESS I JUST TOWED IN. NOTHING BUT A PEICE OF SCRAPE METAL WITH A SMALL BIT OF RUST.WHEN I FLAT BEDDED THIS BACK INTO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO GEORGE BARRIS' SHOP IN NO.HOLLYWOOD CA. THIS THING WAS AN EMPTY SHELL WITH NOT ONE GOOD WINDOW IN IT, OR 1 STRAIGHT BODY PANEL, NO INTERIOR,DRIVE TRAIN,ETC ETC. WITH THE HELP OF MIKE FENNEL I FOUND THE CAR AGAIN IN THE MOHAVE DESERT.IT TOOK ME ABOUT 5 YEARS TO FIND THE OWNER AND PURCHASE IT.I PAID ALOT OF MONEY TO PURCHASE WHAT HAD BECOME A COFFIN FOR DEAD ANIMALS,A TARGET FOR A SHOOTING GALLERY AND A PLANTER FOR DESERT WILD FLOWERS. THEN THE CAR HAD TO BE MOVED, IT DISAPPEARED AGAIN. FINALLY 1 DAY IN 1996 I WAS AT A FRIENDS PLACE IN THE DESERT I WAS WALKING AROUND IN THE BACK OF HIS PLACE AND I SAW THE FRONT CORNER OF THE CAR OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE, I KNEW WHAT IT WAS IN THE BACK WITH A LOT OF OLD WRECKED CARS AND PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED CARS. ![]() I HEARD THAT HE SOLD IT AND THEN IT DISAPPEARED SHORTLY AFTER. THE WILDEST TBIRD I HAD EVER SEEN, I ONLY SAW THE CAR A FEW TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS CAR, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. THIS TBIRD WAGON WAS BUILT BY A FRIEND OF MINE. SUISIDE DOORS, A 1967 OLDSMOBILE VISTA CRUISER STATION WAGN ROOF GRAFTED ON IT CHOPPED 4 " 1969 GRAND PRIX PUSH/PULL DOOR HANDLES. ![]()
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