1964 Ford 427 Thunderbolt

[@johnwilkerson2195]

Those Thunderbolts were hard to beat back in the 60s

[@joelanovara5808]

Will agree with you, amazing machines !

[@timr31908]

I was always told the thunderbolt was the fastest production car in the world

[@joelanovara5808]

Think at the time is was..👍

[@briancharters8720]

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

[@glengabruch4664]

Gas Rhonda would have agreed.👍

[@markreisen7038]

And Hubert Platt and the list goes on. Ford's first purpose built factory drag car and possibly the 1st true Muscle car.

[@James-j4l2y]

One showed up at the Carlsbad Drag Strip. Qualified 1 st run. Had six races, never lost 1.

[@joelanovara5808]

Dam right King Kong of the drags !!! KOOL !

[@James-j4l2y]

Had a custom license plate. "Chev Gobblr"@@joelanovara5808

[@rodkemp1136]

These were some of the badest cars every made from the factory 👍🏆🔥

[@joelanovara5808]

And with that one of the best !!

[@jeffrobodine1850]

That's a fact no doubt about it 💯💯👍👍😎

[@markreisen7038]

Thunderbolt Fairlanes were and still are THE baddest, fastest and most coveted Ford's EVER built. Bar none.

[@zangzang1268]

Magnificent! Thanks for the burnout too.

[@joelanovara5808]

Thank's 😁

[@cleemccarthy1022]

I was sixteen years old and didn't have two nickels . Thesewere the stuff of dreams 😮 my paycheck never caught up with there cost....

[@joelanovara5808]

Yes although the 60's these top end factory race cars were not cheap at all...!!

[@markreisen7038]

​@@joelanovara5808if you were a Ford Factory racer back in 1964, you could have bought one of these Thunderbolt's from Ford for the lofty sum of $1.00 US. So for the rest of us who could buy one now would be well over $100K. Talk about inflation.

[@ericheine2414]

I like it because it's a basic machine. Thanks for sharing your car

[@joelanovara5808]

Will agree at 110%... Simple and effective no bullshit gadgets ! ✌✌

[@randycoursey7230]

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]

I will agree with you.. The real car years...😁 the 60's !

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Randy Coursey, stock from the factory, they ran low 11's when new. More exist today than Ford ever built.

[@randycoursey7230]

@@sergeantmasson3669 I've watched Thunderbolts right here on KZbin that crack the 9.2 mark. There's a world record holder here.

[@randycoursey7230]

@@joelanovara5808 That's when there was actual factory involvement.

[@joelanovara5808]

Yes the real performance years..😁😄

[@bookertee3057]

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.

[@joelanovara5808]

Truly Crazy Machines !!!! Nothing compares to Muscle Cars... Thank's !

[@markreisen7038]

As nice as this Tbolt is, sounds like a tribute car. The orignals were all Royal Maroon or Wimbledon White.

[@jesse75]

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.

[@joelanovara5808]

When the bitch blows up I'll fix it... till then I nail it..🤣😂

[@michaelwalsh98]

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.

[@jesse75]

@@michaelwalsh98 I have a utube video of the engine running. It's one noisy engine.

[@joelanovara5808]

A real mechanical monster !! 👍👍😁

[@jesse75]

​@@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.

[@stevethomas760]

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]

Some of the most fierce machines ever built this belongs to a friend of mine..👍

[@stevethomas760]

@@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]

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]

@@joelanovara5808 Not even a Matador?

[@joelanovara5808]

No not even 😂

[@jerryjustice8803]

My kind of car. The 427 was and is a great engine.

[@joelanovara5808]

I''ll agree at 100% 😃

[@dannycalley7777]

JJ ............it won more Nascar Cup championships then any big block chevy power

[@joelanovara5808]

One of the great ones for sure !! Massive engine stuffed into a shoe box !! 👍

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@dannycalley7777 MOPAR also.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@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.

[@richardisner3671]

The beast that decimated all

[@joelanovara5808]

I will agree with you there at 100% 👍

[@daveharris7734]

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]

@@joelanovara5808 No sh*t Sherlock. They rode and handled like crap.

[@timdafler3223]

Any factory drag car is badass

[@joelanovara5808]

Another great response :) I Agree !

[@chadkent1241]

Gaspar Ronda took the title if i remember correctly

[@roguebossa]

Like the best car ever

[@joelanovara5808]

Agree at 110 % 😁👍

[@bluetaz434]

a beauty

[@joelanovara5808]

Thank you ! 😁😁

[@64fairlane305]

0:30 fail, when will they ever learn (compare to 0:22 )

[@larrygreen9100]

Only one word needed>>> NICE!!!!

[@joelanovara5808]

Thank's Amazing Machine !

[@bluesharp59]

Nice video and great car. Thumbs up also.

[@joelanovara5808]

Thank's rare to see builds like this... outstanding machine ! Cheers from Canada

[@bluesharp59]

@@joelanovara5808 I agree and Cheers from USA also.

[@fredramos9206]

To this day, I still hate a non hydraulic cam noise corked up!,... Regards.

[@joelanovara5808]

The real sound is when it's uncorked..😆

[@opera93]

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.

[@joelanovara5808]

Cool, they were truly amazing cars back then ! Cheers :)

[@Wildkat-1]

Wasn't this the engine that Ford agreed to only install in the Cobra's & GT40's starting in 1965...?

[@joelanovara5808]

Seams they squeezed them in a few Thunderbolts !!😁

[@davescott686]

​@@joelanovara5808And Galaxies.

[@chadkent1241]

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.

[@markhale8084]

Thunderbolts had high rise center oilers, Comp and S/C 427 Cobras had medium rise side oilers. 427 street Cobras initially had low rise center oilers, then 428 PIs, then medium rise side oilers. GT40MkII had medium rise side oilers and GTMkIV had tunnel port side oilers.

[@donfrederick01964]

very cool i had 64 failane to but mine was a 289

[@joelanovara5808]

Even the little 289 were hot little motors! 😁👍

[@Pointman-yf6or]

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]

All the companies back then had some potent small blocks and big blocks great American Cars !! 👍😁

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@joelanovara5808 Not fully true about the Chevturds.

[@markreisen7038]

My mom had a 1963 Fairlane tudor post with a 260 that went south. My dad found a 289 Mustang motor that really woke up the animal in that Fairlane. That was one fast little Ford.

[@danmcleod7365]

lovely-

[@joelanovara5808]

Thank you 👍😁

[@jamesdamron2065]

Nice

[@joelanovara5808]

Thank you ! 👍

[@tubbers20]

Where's Lightfoot? I My like is # 427.

[@joelanovara5808]

Best number on the planet.. Both for Chevy and Ford !

[@petergauthier5074]

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]

Nothing more than a valve adjustment...but you know cam specs from a video hahaha

[@carpballet]

Ya. I’m guessing they mixed up and put my 2010 Hyundai Elantra cam in.

[@joelanovara5808]

No that would mean it would not have even started... hahahah 🤣😂

[@badron9245]

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]

All been retuned 👍😁

[@MrTommyboy357]

Idles a little high and looks like she's running fat

[@joelanovara5808]

Not to worry she is now all tuned up..👍👍

[@nrakma]

Ford went all out with the Thunderbolt, but it was no match for the Mopars.

[@joelanovara5808]

There were both on top of there game 👍

[@Frank289100]

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.

[@chadkent1241]

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.

[@Frank289100]

@@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.

[@eddiejames9863]

It should have been called the 426 THUNDERBOLT. If you are a true Ford fan, you know why I said this.

[@joelanovara5808]

I enjoy all of them but am a Chevy Fan...Your the master...

[@sergeantmasson3669]

eddie james, Ford NEVER produced a 426 engine. Stock, from the factory, they were 425.68 CID, NOT 426 CID.

[@eddiejames9863]

@@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]

@@eddiejames9863 You implied 426 CID which is incorrect.

[@eddiejames9863]

@@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.