This is my Hot Rod, a 1960 T-Bird. I installed the optional 430 Lincoln engine, with a reground cam(Comp specs .550" lift, 230* duration), 427 Ford valves, ported, 780 Holley carb, electric fuel pump, "ABullet" grille, lakes pipes, de-chromed, and I converted it to a 3-speed toploader with a floor shifter.Not the '34 Ford 3-window I dream of, but close enough. Takes up all my time and money, and an excuse to have a cold beer at the end of the days work. Thanks to all of you, Henry
Here are some pictures of my 1960 T-Bird. still has the 3.10 gears used when it was an automatic transmission, so is no drag car. What they call a "work in progress"
Cool! Love the Lincoln motor and stick shift combo! Definitely deserves a better wheel/tire combo! Maybe some chrome reverse with spiders and 2 1/4" wws?
It has air shocks in the back so I can jack it up a little to clear my driveway. The car sits soo low stock!
I love it! And yeah, a 430 can really suck up money! Did you change the timing gears and the oil pump shaft with an FE billet one?
I just put a new timing chain, sprockets were good, and a HV oil pump for an FE.I put in the 427 Ford Mid Riser intake valves, 2.19". work nice. I want to drive it to the Hamb Drags in August, don't know if it will make the 350 miles or not.
The doors are 1959, spears on the side. Did you change the doors or were they that way when you bought the car? 1960 doors would take a lot of modification to install the spears. The 1960 doors just had a Thunderbird script. Movin/on
I totally disliked Square Birds when they first came out..... But as a kid I hated Liver and Onions too... However I now really like them..they are a great looking car !! And yours is a good example...and I really like that engine combo too.;.. (Oh, by the way I love Liver and Onions now too)
It has the original 60 doors, took lots of drilling to mount the 59 spears. I just like the 59 spears better.
The reason I said it would take a lot of work is that the spears on a 59 were recessed into the door in front of the "flair" for the sake of a better term. They fit smooth to the door. I removed the 59 doors on a 59 Squarebird to smooth the sides I also removed all other chrome trim. The 60 doors were the look I went after. The only chrome I left were the Thunderbird scripts on the 60 doors. Guess we all have varied tastes.
I did not know the spears were sunk into the doors, no wonder I could not get them to fit properly!! I have been thinking of taking them off and filling in the holes. But that is more work.
Even though I'm sure it's not, it certainly looks like a removable hardtop with that slight overhang above the windshield and the trim under the quarter windows. But the bottom of the rear window tells a different story. Too bad. That'd be too cool. I wonder if anyone's converted one and how hard it would be? The design of the headlights were always of interest to me. I find them very bird-of-prey looking with the "furrowed brows", like an eagle or a falcon. I wonder if it was intentional or just a coincidence. Perfect for a car of that name IMO. I always think of Elvira, too, when I see a square bird. That's always nice. I dig your car. Planning on some slots for the front?
Here's my '60 T-Bird with the factory sunroof. This was a one year only option. Rebuilt the stock motor for matching numbers and put wire wheels on it along with aftermarket AC. Great cruiser.
I actually had a pair of slots just like the rears on it now. they are 6" wide. I just need to get tires mounted on them. The rear slots are 8" wide, Firestone firehawks.
here are the slots I had on it a couple years ago. I still have them, just need to get some tires mounted.
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