NMNA 65 T-bird $2k

NOT A TA said:

OK Frenchy, YOU do it.

I'll stick with my opinion "It won't be very easy to make a COMPETITIVE challenge car out of it".

You're probably right, because it's wide and long which means it has to travel a lot further to get around the cones.  
That's the conclusion I arrived at when I considered bringing down my XJS.  
But is Winning what the challenge is all about?  It appears to me a lot of guys do it just for the fun of doing it.  Am I wrong?  

In reply to frenchyd :

Nope...hence the Gastropod class this year.

FB says "No longer available - sold or expired".

In reply to 914Driver :

Good, I didn’t need the temptation. 

I’ve always liked these old T-birds, but a lot of people that buy them end up not liking them.  I think it’s a case of incorrect impression.  They are not sporty at all.  .  

I think a 351 Windsor and an AOD with whatever performance mods could be done on the cheap makes more sense than a 460 and whatever trans you would want to bring with it. Early 90's truck would be a nice donor.

I think a 390 with a stick is just fun, screw trophies.

I'm just glad it wasn't a BulletBird, or I would have been very tempted.

pres589 (djronnebaum) said:

I think a 351 Windsor and an AOD with whatever performance mods could be done on the cheap makes more sense than a 460 and whatever trans you would want to bring with it. Early 90's truck would be a nice donor.

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914Driver said:

I think a 390 with a stick is just fun, screw trophies.

and i've been thinking way too much about how combining these is exactly what i always said i wanted to drive, because "life is too short to drive boring cars."

i'd do the latest Windsor in the largest displacement, EFI of course, with a 5-speed stick and a mid-3's posi.

but then i think about occupant safety and stay in the late-model stuff for daily use.

You're the guy that bought it?  If the paint was uglier, I would do a Bill Stroppe tribute Bird.

BTW:  Show on velociity,  "Handbuilt Hot Rods";  is the head handbuilder Steve Stroppe related?

In reply to AngryCorvair :

EDIT:  Disregard.