We hooked up the trailer and made the drive up to Dearborn, Michigan. I called the company selling the car and wired them money without even seeing the car. It was being sold on consignment and ironically it was in Motor City once again. I didn’t listen, I searched the internet endlessly and finally found a white stock 1960 Thunderbird. They all said that was such an ugly model. When I started looking for a second-generation Thunderbird people thought I was crazy. How such a car is overlooked is beyond me. I had a few cars that I really wanted but being a ZZ Top fan I was exposed to Billy Gibbons 1959 Thunderbird “Mexican Blackbird”. After owning and tinkering with the car for several years I sold the car locally.Īt that point, I was on the hunt to buy the right car. I came to realize that in this scene it’s much better to buy a two-door car when it comes to customizing. It was a 4-door that was stock, except for the dual exhaust. I bought the car on the cheap, as I was new to the game. My dad and I drove to Motor City (Detroit) Michigan on a Saturday in November of 2007. My introduction into the hot rod custom car scene was with a 1949 shoebox about 13 years ago. FORD Classics - Fall 1960 Ford Thunderbird
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