Look into the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II as swell, the Talladega's stablemate. A fine looking pair of cars for sure.

Well, clean it up and sell it for 4 million dollars.

4 mill, I wish........@@Thesaurcery4U2C

Which one do you think was faster

Although only one car ever went down the Ford production line as a Phase IV, there were another three being modified for racing by the official factory team

Me first lol

Should have run a 4.11 rear gear, it would have held on to the end.

Fords 1st hot rod was flathead!

You're talking about the 1957 Fairlane 500. My Grandmother had one of those. Really. My Grandmother was really something. : )

Right! And you could get the Paxton in the '57 Thunderbird as well.

@@UberLummox Paxton supercharger was an option for any '57 Ford car with a 312 V8 engine.

@@oldmanfromoc7684Hot rod and muscle car are two different vehicles. No Ford factory ever produced a "hot rod."

Actually false fastest 4 door production car was a European car named Revolto or something. Had a chevy engine and 14 mile was 13.6 seconds.

Hmmm not sure bout that one mate their was a Mercedes 4 door that was close never heard of what your talking about

@@nedkelly9688 Isa Rivolto. Italian car with a Chevrolet engine.

Actually, Ford sells MOST of it's vehicles outside of the U.S.

The Fastest 4door Sedan on the Planet ..made in Australia

In America?

@@YS-fr6nu Yep. At the same plant as the Torino. It was sort of a curtain call for the Falcon and, with the 429, it went out with a bang.

A Falcon with a 429??? Wow. That'd be something. Ahhh. Looked at it and it's the Torino. They diddled around with the 70.5.

@@charliebay9441 Yes and no. The 70 1/2 Falcon is the same as a base model Torino with even less base equipment from the start and nowhere does the paperwork on one mention Torino until you get in to the parts and service manuals. HOWEVER, the base el-strippo car could be equipped with any options on the Torino menu, and a few smart people ordered a Falcon "Cobra" and screwed with street racers, sanctioning bodies, and insu8rance companies and all while saving some money up front too.

Looks like anything outside the US is of no importance

Sure you did

If you think I'm lyin', ask me any question about my Talledega!@@tyzon00800

I’ve been an absolute Ford nut for over 35 years, from falcons to the model b, mustang to Galaxie, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a “351 cobra”. What do you think that is?

@@MrJett1971 351 Cobra was based off the Windsor of I remember correctly. Modified specifically for the race circuit. The Torino GT Convertible only had 200 originally manufactured to qualify. Only one is known left in the MVD database as still registered. There was a company that did take the Torino and modify it into a convertible, but the limited run from Ford I believe was for NASCAR as the pace car or it might have been for the road course circuit I don't remember. I was only a very young kid when my dad owned his up until about 1990. If I remember, the 351 Cobra had about 500hp conservatively with a 10:1 ratio. But in true Windsor fashion, it ran hot if you didn't have the correct thermostat.

Oh yes have mercury comet, 66 factory 352 2dr, Torino Gt twister 70 1/2. Clevland 351 plus a stroked 351:427/ 70 cougar 351 windsor elimanator/looking to buy back my old 70 mercury marauder but it needs a motor first things first,, gonna have to build a double garage now my under house garage is stuffed with my machines -transes need azephyr geared T-10 top loaders/ have working fmx’s too,, small& large cases also not c-6s but have 3 also

@indykartsindoorgokarting6711, three were built and only one survived. They were built by Ford Australia as special Falcon models for Rally racing and were not factory production cars.

Because this video is Ford America cars, not Australian.

@@sergeantmasson3669 touring car racing not rally racing

This is another usa centric upload.. don’t worry about it!!

There is one that is calypso green white trim with a Sido number factory correct and production owned by a dentist in Sydney NSW and there was six cars built and raced only one was rallied all others were done for Bathurst and I have numerous photos etc

It wasn't as aroe as the 69 ,but it sure looks like it would cheat the wind ,it needed a rear spoiler at big speed there wasn't much down force on the rear end ,growing up my dad drove a 70 grabber blue 429/4 speed torino cobra very fast for a 4.000 pound plus car

@@darrellsomers5427 Not being an expert but still knowing enough from paying attention to other people, I noticed he lack of a spoiler and thought it odd. Your comment clicked it over for me and I realized that the lack of downforce was what I was thinking. Thank you for the comment. It helped clear up that missing thought....

Keep bugging him

@@YS-fr6nu Oh I don't want it. I'm not a Thunderbird guy. The car belonged to his dad who just passed away and they have many fond memories in the car together. He will keep it till he dies then his son will get it.

It had to be sold 😢😢😢

Anything built be Ford has to be good .end of stofy

A hopped up 302ci v8 works well with a stick. Had 1 in 76 model If I can remember.

The high performance version of the Maverick in the United States was the Maverick Grabber. they were usually noticeable by their dual functional hood scoops. and their rear deck lid spoiler, and alloy wheels. and their special graphics. and they said Grabber in the bulges in the hood where the hood scoops are. they were equipped with a high output 302ci engine with a four barrel carburetor, and a four speed. they were pretty fast and were AWESOME drag cars. they were somewhat rare but not super rare.

@@user-dp8gb9zu8v they are the baby Mustang and I would have loved to have seen some at drag events but literally never have seen one?

I'm a pretty hardcore Mustang guy, and I'm actually surprised that I didn't know that they offered at 351 in the fox body? Are you 100% sure on that? I know the ssr/cop coupes had a few tweaks unavailable to the public but thought they were essentially a 'strippo' coupe?

@@lancemannion4113 i cant remember where i seen the information but a 351 was an option just one that was only offered for service personal and only if they requested it it think from memory less then 1000 were made

That’s not right. We built a few over here (Australia) and they are all in the Shelby Registry.

@@edthomas8486 WRONG, Carroll Shelby built only two Super Snake cars. Only one still exists today.

LOL, BB Chevies not even in the same category? You’re right about that one, they were a few steps above both of them, LOL The only 429 worth it’s salt was the Boss, and then it needed a lot of modifications to make it run right, junior. The earlier 427 FE motors were beasts, even the 406, 405 HP motors topped the 429’s

@@Musclecar1972 well, the 545 stroker, was a 460, I have in my truck now makes close to 700 horse, over 800 torque, but I've got a little bit of cash into that one. Might get that from a modern Hemi, but I don't think Chevy has much that gets close. I could be wrong, but nobody catches up to tell me different.

Pontiac had some decent stuff in the early 60's, and the super dutys held there own, but the Olds were a joke, only good thing they had was the rear ends from the mid 50's

@@oldfordcarsandtrucks Those are some tall numbers, without a dyno sheet, kinda hard to wrap my mind around it, not saying it’s impossible, but kinda unlikely, as for 700 hp, have you ever looked at how easy it is to get to that number with very little work to a BB Chevy? I’m an Olds guy personally, but have had many of all the brands, Chevy is the easiest and cheapest to get big numbers from, just my experience. Not crapping on your parade, I figure if you stroked out one of those, you’ve got somy big money involved. Just saying, of the big three, Chevy is the easiest and cheapest, and can build huge numbers way beyond what you’re stating, for much less money, and the stock BB motors of the past we’re knocking on those numbers if the truth be told L-88, ZL-1 those ring a bell? Ford, or Mopar didn’t really have an answer for them in the late 60’s, without a ton of mods. Ty Boss 429, was a monster in its own rite, but needed a bunch of mods to compete, out of the crate, for street performance I would stick with the 427 FE, nice motor, very strong, didn’t take a lot to make it humm.

@@oldfordcarsandtrucks Well I guess you’re partially right, the olds head’s don’t breathe worth a damn, but they make torque like nobody’s business, try that big ford against a 66 w-30 442 sometime, or if you like a little small block W-31 LOL 😂 I owned a 63 Super Duty, was a nice car, also owned a 62 galaxy 2 door post car, 406, 405 hp, 4 speed, 4:11 rear, had a 455 HO TA brand new, it was a turd, have a 72 W-30 right now, I ordered brand new, fast? No, but quick, In it’s current state, fast, yes, not stock anymore, but still a numbers matching car, lol The 429-460 Fords were and are not good performance motors, maybe you built yourself a torque motor, that’s about it, they don’t rev any better than an olds, and in stock trim don’t match the torque either, Olds make an easy 500 ft lbs from the factory, personally, I like all the old stuff, not going to get into it with another motor head, we need to stick together, before the battery boys come knocking! LOL 😂 👍👌

What about the KR500 ?

The Jaguar e type did

​@@JohnSmith-rw8uhE type is correct, even the dash layout was copied

You would be surprised, my father had two Thunderbird's a1963 and a 1964. the 63 Tbird had the 406ci FE engine with tock cast iron headers. and the 64 Tbird had the 390ci FE engine. and for big heavy cars they were relatively fast and they handled really well. they didn't launch off the line as good as smaller lighter cars. but they made up for it at higher speeds and they had long legs. they could do over 150 MPH without much of a struggle. my father wasn't much of a Ford person even though he owned several Ford's over his lifetime. he was trained for six years by Chevrolet after he got out of the Korean war. and was a transmission specialist for GM. and he was pretty impressed with those Thunderbird's. a person wouldn't consider them muscle car's. but they could definitely get away with calling them high performance luxury cars.

Who cares, maybe people don't like the brand you have.

But that is not the hydraulic cam Tbird engine !

Go buy it.

t6he widow owner wont sell .. it has been sitting since 1986 when hubby died .. i know the car and her well ..@@efandmk3382

​@@efandmk3382the guy who owns is probably one of those "gonna build it one of these days" guy. And it will sit and rot away

Mercury badges

@@daddio7249 Yep....."That's All Folks" ;-)