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Gonna Fly Now

Sometimes, something simply makes so much sense that you wonder why it hasn’t been done before. Dropping a cammer Cobra mill into a late Thunderbird seems like a no-brainer, especially considering the overwhelming availability of both. But who really does more

1956 Thunderbird

When are three birds in the hand worth one on the track? Ernie Phillips knows the answer to that riddle. It all started when a friend asked him if he was interested in a trio of very rough, two-seat Thunderbirds that had been in storage in Pennsylvania for ove more

Bird of Paradise

No question about it, the “Phoenix Phactor” is upon is. First was Jerry Faas’s ’55, then Boyd’s ’54, and now Chris Dixon’s ’56. The message is clear: Fifties-built, two-seater ’Birds and ’Vettes are rising from more

Tom Wilkinson's ’62 Thunderbird

This story began in the July ’90 Dare To Be Different issue of Hot Rod magazine with an illustration of a mild custom ’63 Thunderbird by our pal Thom “The Pen Man” Taylor. Tom Wilkinson, who owns Wilkinson’s Body Shop in Sylvania, more