Wednesday, December 31, 2014

1957 Ford Thunderbird F-Code

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When Ford introduced the new Thunderbird to the world in 1955, company press releases positioned it as a “high performance personal car…a result of public demand for a distinctly different American made vehicle combining all-weather passenger car comfort, convenience and safety with top maneuverability.” But Ford was already planning an assault on the Thunderbird’s main target, Chevrolet’s Corvette. Hinting at the horsepower wars to come, both cars went from strength to strength. In 1957 Ford countered the new Corvette 283/283 HP fuel-injected small-block with a supercharged version of the Thunderbird 312 CI V-8. Dubbed the “F-code,” the supercharged 312 engine featured a single four-barrel carburetor directly force-fed by a Paxton-built McCulloch centrifugal supercharger and was rated at 300 HP.

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8 comments:

  1. Great car. Happy New Year Brock! May 2015 be the year of the rise of Dixie!

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    1. Thank you, Sir and the same to you and to Dixie! Speaking of Dixie, she's in the kitchen making cornbread. :)

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    2. Yum nothing like crispy cornbread straight from the skillet

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  2. A true classic. ESTIMATE: $175,000 - $225,000 says everything.

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  3. HAPPY NEW YEAR BROCK!! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊

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    1. Thank you and the same to you, Sir! Let us hope we make some progress against the collectivists this year or better yet, crush them! :)

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