Those Thunderbolts were hard to beat back in the 60s
@joelanovara58089 ай бұрын
Will agree with you, amazing machines !
@timr3190811 ай бұрын
I was always told the thunderbolt was the fastest production car in the world
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
Think at the time is was..👍
@briancharters87207 ай бұрын
AC Cobra I would think…if not in 64 by 67…0 to 100 and back to zero was a standing record for production cars until Porsche 911 and matched it about 32=years later. Ford thunder and lightning…GT 40’s…Boss 429’s…. Daytonas…. Just the BEST
@glengabruch46646 ай бұрын
Gas Rhonda would have agreed.👍
@bookertee30579 ай бұрын
I only saw one Thunderbolt in my lifetime. It was solid black with all chrome and trim painted gold. It was bad just sitting at the traffic light.
These were some of the badest cars every made from the factory 👍🏆🔥
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
And with that one of the best !!
@jeffrobodine18509 ай бұрын
That's a fact no doubt about it 💯💯👍👍😎
@SOHC427 Жыл бұрын
You roll this out anywhere, and not a single person would pay a second glance at any newer car...this is style, baby....what they lost in 1973, never to return......style
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
I will agree with you at 100%, these were the real cars !
@lionelwells56186 ай бұрын
One of the BEST looking cars that Ford made.
@user-ce1pm6yr9q9 ай бұрын
One showed up at the Carlsbad Drag Strip. Qualified 1 st run. Had six races, never lost 1.
@joelanovara58089 ай бұрын
Dam right King Kong of the drags !!! KOOL !
@user-ce1pm6yr9q9 ай бұрын
Had a custom license plate. "Chev Gobblr"@@joelanovara5808
@ericheine241410 ай бұрын
I like it because it's a basic machine. Thanks for sharing your car
@joelanovara580810 ай бұрын
Will agree at 110%... Simple and effective no bullshit gadgets ! ✌✌
@zangzang126810 ай бұрын
Magnificent! Thanks for the burnout too.
@joelanovara580810 ай бұрын
Thank's 😁
@richardisner367111 ай бұрын
The beast that decimated all
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
I will agree with you there at 100% 👍
@cleemccarthy1022Ай бұрын
I was sixteen years old and didn't have two nickels . Thesewere the stuff of dreams 😮 my paycheck never caught up with there cost....
@joelanovara5808Ай бұрын
Yes although the 60's these top end factory race cars were not cheap at all...!!
@stevethomas760 Жыл бұрын
I watched a Thunderbolt video, a interview of a well known driver mentioned how hard this beast was to control. Talked about bracing against the door waiting for all hell to break loose. Certainly a car that did not want to be tamed.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
Some of the most fierce machines ever built this belongs to a friend of mine..👍
@stevethomas760 Жыл бұрын
@@joelanovara5808 Excellent. It would take some serious gonads to drive a car like this. Watched a mini doc on top fuel. The crew chief, "I wouldn't get out of an electric chair to drive this". Not for the faint of heart
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
They sure knew how to build cars back in the 60's...with power and style...I could care less about anything past 1972 😂
@stevethomas760 Жыл бұрын
@@joelanovara5808 Not even a Matador?
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
No not even 😂
@jerryjustice8803 Жыл бұрын
My kind of car. The 427 was and is a great engine.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
I''ll agree at 100% 😃
@dannycalley7777 Жыл бұрын
JJ ............it won more Nascar Cup championships then any big block chevy power
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
One of the great ones for sure !! Massive engine stuffed into a shoe box !! 👍
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
@@dannycalley7777 MOPAR also.
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
@@dannycalley7777 NOT in a Fairlane Thunderbolt. Full size Fords, yes. JJ dumped Chevy after 1963 because of constant engine failures. No such problems with the Fords.
@randycoursey7230 Жыл бұрын
The FE-427, the most versatile engine in the '60s. From LeMans to Road track Racing, to nascar, to drag racing. And these Thunderbolts could crack 9 seconds in the quarter mile.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
I will agree with you.. The real car years...😁 the 60's !
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
Randy Coursey, stock from the factory, they ran low 11's when new. More exist today than Ford ever built.
@randycoursey7230 Жыл бұрын
@@sergeantmasson3669 I've watched Thunderbolts right here on KZbin that crack the 9.2 mark. There's a world record holder here.
@randycoursey7230 Жыл бұрын
@@joelanovara5808 That's when there was actual factory involvement.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
Yes the real performance years..😁😄
@jesse758 ай бұрын
I thought there was something wrong with my engine until I listened to this one. I adjusted the valves over and over 5 times. Still rattles like hell. Must be okay.
@joelanovara58088 ай бұрын
When the bitch blows up I'll fix it... till then I nail it..🤣😂
@michaelwalsh986 ай бұрын
The early 427 FE motor all had solid lifters, so they all had some valve clearance noise, not sure if they came later with Hydraulic Lifters.
@jesse756 ай бұрын
@@michaelwalsh98 I have a utube video of the engine running. It's one noisy engine.
@joelanovara58086 ай бұрын
A real mechanical monster !! 👍👍😁
@jesse756 ай бұрын
@@joelanovara5808I had to listen to the engine again. These engines really rattle. You can hear my engine running on utube at : 427 FE with a new set of valve springs. I took the engine apart for the second time because I was worried about the noise. But everything is fine.
@larrygreen9100 Жыл бұрын
Only one word needed>>> NICE!!!!
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
Thank's Amazing Machine !
@daveharris7734 Жыл бұрын
The original is the best by far. I saved a bastard yesterday. It was pretty and went fast, but yours win hands down. A friend of my uncle was killed trying to avoid deer down here in south Texas in a Fairlane in the oil field in 64. He hit a low curb going about 100.
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
@@joelanovara5808 No sh*t Sherlock. They rode and handled like crap.
@timdafler322310 ай бұрын
Any factory drag car is badass
@joelanovara580810 ай бұрын
Another great response :) I Agree !
@bluesharp59 Жыл бұрын
Nice video and great car. Thumbs up also.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
Thank's rare to see builds like this... outstanding machine ! Cheers from Canada
@bluesharp59 Жыл бұрын
@@joelanovara5808 I agree and Cheers from USA also.
@danmcleod7365Ай бұрын
lovely-
@joelanovara5808Ай бұрын
Thank you 👍😁
@chadkent12416 ай бұрын
Gaspar Ronda took the title if i remember correctly
@64fairlane3056 ай бұрын
0:30 fail, when will they ever learn (compare to 0:22 )
@fredramos920611 ай бұрын
To this day, I still hate a non hydraulic cam noise corked up!,... Regards.
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
The real sound is when it's uncorked..😆
@donfrederick01964 Жыл бұрын
very cool i had 64 failane to but mine was a 289
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
Even the little 289 were hot little motors! 😁👍
@Pointman-yf6or Жыл бұрын
I think, for what it was, a 1964 falcon sprint. 289/4speed/377 rear gear. High 12s in 1/4 mile, was the quickest I ever owned. Had a lot faster cars, but that little black sucker, factory stock would run with anything out there that was comparable.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
All the companies back then had some potent small blocks and big blocks great American Cars !! 👍😁
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
@@joelanovara5808 Not fully true about the Chevturds.
@opera939 ай бұрын
Thanks, remember well ( I was Junior in HS, etc.) …. Anyways, seen a Ford **4SPEED again, in 1967, buying a “66 GALAXIE 500 XL/352/4 BBL/ Dual Exh/Burgandy”….a few improvements helped( brakes, tires/ Shocks).. odd that a lot if EV s ( Tesla plaid, Pininfarina) today are much faster, br@king, Cornering incomparable better.
@joelanovara58089 ай бұрын
Cool, they were truly amazing cars back then ! Cheers :)
@jamesdamron206510 ай бұрын
Nice
@joelanovara580810 ай бұрын
Thank you ! 👍
@Wildkat-111 ай бұрын
Wasn't this the engine that Ford agreed to only install in the Cobra's & GT40's starting in 1965...?
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
Seams they squeezed them in a few Thunderbolts !!😁
@davescott6869 ай бұрын
@@joelanovara5808And Galaxies.
@chadkent12416 ай бұрын
427 high-riser was the engine of choice for the strip and the medium-riser was the choice in most anything else equipped with the 427.
@tubbers2011 ай бұрын
Where's Lightfoot? I My like is # 427.
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
Best number on the planet.. Both for Chevy and Ford !
@MrTommyboy357 Жыл бұрын
Idles a little high and looks like she's running fat
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
Not to worry she is now all tuned up..👍👍
@petergauthier5074 Жыл бұрын
Nice car- the engine in that car is hurt you can hear the dead cylinders and that is not the correct cam in it
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
Nothing more than a valve adjustment...but you know cam specs from a video hahaha
@carpballet Жыл бұрын
Ya. I’m guessing they mixed up and put my 2010 Hyundai Elantra cam in.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
No that would mean it would not have even started... hahahah 🤣😂
@badron9245 Жыл бұрын
Have to agree with Pete, engine sounds like crap, more than a valve adjustment and my guess cam is not a Hi Riser, but hard to tell in the poor state of tune.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
All been retuned 👍😁
@eddiejames9863 Жыл бұрын
It should have been called the 426 THUNDERBOLT. If you are a true Ford fan, you know why I said this.
@joelanovara5808 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy all of them but am a Chevy Fan...Your the master...
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
eddie james, Ford NEVER produced a 426 engine. Stock, from the factory, they were 425.68 CID, NOT 426 CID.
@eddiejames9863 Жыл бұрын
@@sergeantmasson3669And what do you get when you round up 425.68? You get 426 which is exactly why I said Ford should have called it a 426
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
@@eddiejames9863 You implied 426 CID which is incorrect.
@eddiejames9863 Жыл бұрын
@@sergeantmasson3669 what I said is Ford should have called it a 426 I NEVER said it is a 426 but that is the number of cubic inches when rounded up.
@nrakma Жыл бұрын
Ford went all out with the Thunderbolt, but it was no match for the Mopars.
@joelanovara580811 ай бұрын
There were both on top of there game 👍
@Frank2891009 ай бұрын
THE FORD THUNDERBOLT LAID WASTE TO THE HEMI'S. THEY WERE 11-SECOND FLAT CARS AND THE HEMI WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREAKING OUT OF THE 12'S. THEN FORD PERSONALLY CAMPAIGN 11 WHITE AUTOMATIC THUNDERBOLTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COAST TO COAST. FORD RACED THEM IN MANY OTHER CLASSES INCLUDING THE A/FX THEY WERE INTENDED FOR. THE THUNDERBOLTS FORD PERSONAL RACED. WENT DEEP INTO THE 10-SECOND ZONE WITH 9 SECOND CAPABILITY. THEY MADE THE HEMI LOOK SO BAD, THAT CHRYSLER PROTESTED THE FORD THUNDERBOLT AND CLAIMED THEY DIDN'T COME DIRECTLY OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE. BECAUSE THEY WAS SENT TO HOLMAN & MOODY WHO INSTALLED THE DEARBORN TUBING FOR THE FRONT CHASSIS TO SUPPORT THE MIGHTY 427 HIGH RISER. THEN THE NHRA REFACTORED THE 427 HIGHRISER AT 550 HORSEPOWER AND OUTLAWED THE CAR. THEN THE NHRA RELEASED A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC WHICH SAID "WHAT WE DO NOT WANT IS A ONE WINNER, AND THIS IS WHAT FORD IS EASILY CAPABLE OF DOING." CHRYSLER WAS THE CRY BABY😢 AND HAD THE THUNDERBOLTS BANNED FROM RACING, THE SAME WAY THEY WERE CRY BABIES IN NASCAR AND HAD THE 427 SINGLE OVERHEAD CAM ENGINE BANNED. MY GOOD MAN LEARN YOUR HISTORY BEFORE BEING BRAINWASHED. THE 427 SOHC IN TOP FUEL WIPED THE STREETS WITH THE HEMI. THE MERCURY COMET TUBE CHASSIS FLIP FLOP FUNNY CARS WERE VIRTUALLY UNBEATABLE AND BEAT DOWN ON THE HEMIS REAL BAD. A 427 SOHC POWERED MICKEY THOMPSON MUSTANG WAS LITERALLY UNBEATABLE. THE HEMIS COULDN'T TOUCH IT. GAS RHONDA ANOTHER 427 SOHC POWERED MUSTANG BEATDOWN ON THE HEMI'S TOO. SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE.
@chadkent12416 ай бұрын
Not true at all. Not only could the T bolts match the Mopars, Ford took the Super Stock manufacturers title and Gas Ronda took top Stock honors for the year with the Thunderbolt.
@Frank2891006 ай бұрын
@@chadkent1241 CHRYSLER ALSO PROTESTED THE 427 HIGH RISER IN NASCAR AFTER THEY HAD IT BANNED FROM A/FX. THEY CLAIMED THE TEAR DROP HOOD WAS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE CAR. WHICH FORD USED TO CLEAR THE HIGH RISER HEADS. SO FORD HAD TO USE THE MEDIUM RISER WHICH CLEARED THE STOCK HOOD. THAT IS NONE SENSE AND NOTHING MORE THAN CHEATING.