![]() ![]() It has upgraded Holley 4-barrel carb with electric choke. It fits nice, the knobs and trim are real nice.ĮNGINE COMPARTMENT: 312-245 hp motor runs smooth. Factory options include power seat and windows. It was upgraded with a smaller steering wheel which makes it much easier to get in and out. It has full set of factory gauges including tachometer. The seat was reupholstered, door panels were replaced. The carpet was replaced and has reproduction floor mats. INTERIOR: Very attractive all white interior- code XK. The rims are painted body color and the hubcaps are excellent. Jambs are painted real nice and are detailed. All of the chrome sparkles including the bumpers, emblems, door handles etc. The paint is very glossy with a smooth finish. The paint code is ZE which indicates Coral Sand body with a Colonial White removable hardtop. The body is straight, I did not find any rust or bubbles. The gaps are square and flush, the doors never fit this good when they were new. It was 1957 so of course it has tailfins!ĮXTERIOR: The body is really exceptional. ![]() These sporty 2 seaters feature a functional hood scoop and dual exhaust exiting through the bumper. Very desirable power steering and power brakes upgraded with disc. Rare and gorgeous factory color combination: Coral Sand with all white interior. Such is the price of Pro Street glory.Gorgeous and rare factory colors! ps, pdb, p seat, pw. Matt is certain that the restoration of the car cost far more than the initial price to construct it. “Just one of the car’s twin aluminum radiators cost over $1,000. ![]() “The time required was extensive and the cost astronomical,” continues Tubbed Magazine. Matt and Debbie totally rebuilt the car before returning to the 2014 Street Machine Nationals in DuQuoin, Illinois. Parts and pieces had been randomly pilfered over time and the once-award winning retina-searing pink paint was a distant memory covering sheet metal in various stages of disrepair.” “The car had been on display for a number of years in–of all places–a guy’s living room. “After a nationwide search, the Hays found what remained of their once-show-stopping Ford in an obscure corner of Western Pennsylvania,” reports the awesomely titled Tubbed Magazine. In 2014, they set out to find their old T-Bird. Their Thunderbird won nearly all the awards, grabbed so much magazine ink, and was immortalized by Revell. Like any cool car of the day, it ran SuperTrapp mufflers. Induction was via not one but two front-mounted superchargers. Then, in 1988, they slammed it out of the park with a 1988 supercharged, day-glo pink Thunderbird. It even had that pulse thing down the side. Their 1984 Cutlass Ciera, winner of the 1986 Street Machine Nationals, ticked all the boxes.īug catcher poking through the hood and wheelies bars out back? Totally. Matt and Debbie Hay were legends in the scene. Bonus points for neon colors, unusual body styles and that pulse thing running down the side of the body. The basic formula: apply extreme drag cues to a street machine, meaning the standard equipment included part of the engine poking through the hood, giant meats out back and skinnies up front. So what if we lived under a 55 mph national speed limit, pro street was big in the ’80s–well, at least that’s what the hot rod magazines constantly told us. ![]()
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