Hot Rod Revue: ROCKETBIRD! '62 Ford Thunderbird Mild Custom

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Alistair's 1962 Thunderbird Custom

[@dougknight1720]

Awesome. I’m looking at getting one tomorrow. Great idea to remove all the trim. Looks so much cleaner

[@lylecrawford2794]

I love this car! The grill is so nicely done, the taillight design I've always liked, and the stance when dropped looks so good. Just a beautiful, understated car.

[@andrer.boucher1137]

💙🍁Love the car. Restored with passion. The colour is stunning. Enjoy it to the fullest and having your bride on board…priceless. Much respect …👍

[@ChrisHenniker]

This car is so elegant, as a custom should be.

[@janamundsen5658]

Fantastic good looking"bullet bird".Great video

[@wearenotalone7187]

BEAUTIFUL...I MEANT Gorgeous. live the paint job

[@newerafrican]

Great interpretation of a beautiful classic. Such a 60's design!

[@rager522]

Very well executed!!! Bravo! Congradulations great work enjoyed your vid

[@Unionvillehaunt]

Great eye you have, beautiful beautiful tbird!!

[@tjhaywood100]

That is a beautiful car! The '62 is my favorite bodystyle. I'd love to have one some day.

[@TheWoodfordreserve]

Cleanest resto-mod 62 T-Bird I've ever seen. Nice job man!

[@chadbrown2368]

I never though about bagging my 63 now I gotta shave it and bag it

[@KingAnime101]

Stuff likes this makes you really appreciate how we humans keep type of these cars around. :) props

[@aaronglew2635]

my dad has a 65 bird and we've met you a couple times and saw your car at some car shows in NZ

[@Fullthrottle440Garage]

wow! that thing is sharp!

[@TheDeebreakofdawn]

love it!!! one of the cleaniest on youtube.

[@ChrisHenniker]

I love it too. When I saw that paint job, I thought of the Hirohata Mercury. I'd like to see a Ford Corsair or Mk1 Escort done as a mild custom, especially with that paint scheme & those hubcaps.

[@paulhardman2515]

Gorgeous car! Love it!

[@wayneosmand7652]

VERY VERY TASTY! well executed.

[@gregstreeter8894]

That is a beautiful car. My favorite is the 66 t-bird.

[@akiamimasen8608]

Great Work *-* You Have A Car Of My Dreams

[@matrox]

My uncle bought one of those brand new.

[@brianmariscal4834]

Sweet ride I also have a 1963 thunderbird and have thought of doing it similar to this one except a diffrent color.

[@wayneosmand7652]

That's one damn nice car! Well done!

[@CorineRodenburg]

nice bild .i have a 63 in holland keep and drive safe

[@kevinmcmillin3037]

Sweet ride , to right mate

[@georgenettlesjr1466]

Wish you could show the rear control arms you added.

[@shawnarellano5730]

absolutely stunning!!! I'm looking to get me a 62 tomorrow I hope

[@pngman4635]

Shawn Arellano right now I am also looking at a 62 tbird. not much left of it, and it is $800

[@jameskloss3866]

Really cool, great job very clean, love the color combination. Cheers

[@Neidfrei]

stunning work!

[@svt7777]

Nicely done!

[@WOZCINEMA]

Perfect!

[@mr.gasser4521]

Very nice, Great job

[@freddiemac2847]

Very cool car, nice work!

[@JohnSmith-pt3rt]

4:55 dem sparks :) real nice car tho

[@BulletBird1962]

very nice bulletbird

[@leefisher.styrenemarine5566]

Love the car

[@IBOO57]

Great Car. Looks so Clean.

[@Explorersea]

awesome bird

[@konardkonrado7755]

just beautifull

[@woodyboy210]

Time to start my project car I'm purchasing one that has been in a bar they say it runs. Get it home put fresh gas and oil in then new plugs and plug wires clean it good only $500 its black on black.

[@jonwilson6077]

I did the same thing to an engine when I was 17

[@wayneosmand7652]

Nice job, bit of a bird man myself,

[@olllivier]

Superb!

[@robertdiamondoil2384]

What an awesome car

[@antoniorodriguezjr7789]

Very nice

[@luizcrsilveira7493]

Trabalho fantástico,

[@Narothama]

perfect!

[@kuwaitiazrg]

nice car and awesome rims

[@TheGreenmeeny]

Class

[@icantintyou]

baddass

[@oldblueshhrchannel1847]

I wonder , how does this T-Bird look today ?

[@alistairdavidson4652]

Great. The car was stripped to bare metal, epoxied and painted in two-pack. All trim holes were welded shut and metal finished. All chrome was redone to the highest qulaity. I sold it years ago, is kept in a climate controleld garage.

[@andrewbergeron3985]

had a Beautiful 61 bird stole from me in Vermont said it was in texas

[@FBombBaggers]

What hubcaps?

[@bicyclecrunch]

how did he bag it and do the other suspension areas he mentioned?

[@SK-rv6nl]

❤

[@fetishtranny]

where did you get the hub caps?

[@user-io3iq1ve3d]

Такой был у моего отца только цвет был красный .

[@markcarlson9914]

What’s cooler? 65 Riviera or these Awsome t-birds? Hard choices

[@jorgevasquez125007]

wha size wheel are you running

[@joewilder]

Would you tell how much it cost you to do this, minus the engine?

[@philtripe]

next time he should let Sharon show us the car, ill bet we could understand her, just like Ozzy Osbournes wife Sharon

[@alistairdavidson4652]

I cringed when I saw the video, only watched it once (: I wish a typed as fast as I talk.

[@christianbenn6908]

Looks similar to a 62 buick skylark.

[@branon6565]

Only much better, and it's not a junk GM product....

[@aliali0202]

OMG.

[@WOZCINEMA]

What kind of rims are on you'r Bird??? I dig em!

[@alistairdavidson4652]

Wow, nine years, sorry, I never checked this video on You Tube. They're 15" steel Falcon (Australian) with 1953 Oldsmobile caps and custom spun and chromed centre bullets. The bullets thread on and secure the caps to the rims.

[@glennredwine289]

overall nice, but too low, needs fender skirts might need a 5.0L coyote engine.

[@alistairdavidson4652]

It's bagged so fully aired up its ride height is higher than factory. Put skirts on, didn't like it. A Coyote would be so wrong for the style of this car.

[@dob20506]

very zaebisь

[@travisregnart]

What rims are those?

[@jericonavas6369]

they're hubcaps not rims

[@travisregnart]

Jerico Navas what kind of hub caps?

[@robchastain4180]

@@travisregnart Wheels and tyres: 15″ steel falcon rims. Coker American Classic wide whites, 205/50×15. ’53 Oldsmobile caps, with bullets spun by Phil Hutty.

[@ihave35cents95]

Looks very similar to the polara hubcaps which I always liked.

[@AngelSanchez-xv9pp]

If you have a KZbin channel at least be courteous enough to correspond back to the people who appreciate and ask questions in regards to this vehicle and channel. I myself would like to know where that front grill on the T-Bird came from. Please correspond, Thank you.

[@hotrodrevue]

It's custom made. Cheers.

[@AngelSanchez-xv9pp]

@@hotrodrevue much appreciated. 👍

[@ihave35cents95]

I saw one online with a DeSoto girl which looked awesome in place of the mesh

[@alistairdavidson4652]

The video is about my car, I didn't make this video or post it, so I never really thought to check the comments. I made this grille using chrome shower curtain rails, hand bent over a customwood jig. The chrome didn't last, so I made another using stainless tube, which I polished.

[@nigelphillip2584]

Where can I find them wheels

[@robchastain4180]

Wheels and tyres: 15″ steel falcon rims. Coker American Classic wide whites, 205/50×15. ’53 Oldsmobile caps, with bullets spun by Phil Hutty.

[@plottwist1733]

Why can't they build cars that look this good today? We need to go back. Just look at the Holden Efijy. It's a shame that car never went into production. There has been "retro inspired" cars over the years, but they all look like shit compared to the cars they're based off.

[@lawrencehang7749]

What type of muffler?

[@alistairdavidson4652]

Flowmaster, to suit second gen Pontiac Firebird. Single muffler, two in, two out. Sorry, never read the comments, was my car but didnlt make the video.

[@geoffreydavisiii7678]

3rd Gens "New Frontier"'Birds

[@msstowe37]

I'm in Minnesota USA and bought a 62 last fall. couple questions...do your front airbags have a shock as well? i'm thinking of doing the air-ride thing but worried about wheel hop at higher speed. also where did you get those hubcaps and what are they called....they look sweet. remind me of a Roulette wheel. The suede and flake look great together. i was looking at paint ideas and google searched 62 bird pics and yours is by far my favorite.

[@robchastain4180]

Wheels and tyres: 15″ steel falcon rims. Coker American Classic wide whites, 205/50×15. ’53 Oldsmobile caps, with bullets spun by Phil Hutty.

[@dagrind8710]

What the paint color ?

[@alistairdavidson4652]

It's a Lechler two-pack epoxy that dries to a kind of satin sheen - not flat, not shiny. Had it tinted similar to the Hirohata Merc green. Roof is a Subaru metallic green with Roth Bongwater (I think, it was a while ago) Flake, four coots of clear on the roof only.

[@joernone]

Nice car, but could barely understand what the guy was saying.

[@alistairdavidson4652]

I can't understand what I'm saying too. I watched this once and cringed, did not want to be interviewed. A mix of New Zealand and British accents doesn't help.

[@sullinsjason80]

Ive got a 62 thunderbird love her but i have to sell her i really hate to do it ive got bout 14000 in her and got to sell her for 10,000 to fix my house that burnt i hate it

[@robchastain4180]

I just purchased a 61- I would move into my car before selling such a beauty. Sorry for your loss

[@sullinsjason80]

If it was just me i would move into my car but the 5 of us its kinda to tight lol

[@markiskool]

Bedebedebebee. Do you speak the queen's english?

[@johnnyboy1586]

I am from NZ and I understand him just,his diction it quite bad and he talks to fast

[@alistairdavidson4652]

I write better than I speak, Mark.

[@alistairdavidson4652]

@@johnnyboy1586 yeah I know. I was nervous as all hell, didn't want Cal to film me but he inisisted. I've only watched this once, makes me cringe. An American film wanted to interview me for a documentary a few years back. I was at a major event with a mate who knows me and our magazines' history well. So he did the interview for me, making out he was me, whilst I hid in the corner. It was hilarious.

[@markiskool]

@@alistairdavidson4652 sorry, got my eye on the same car. I wish I could understand you. No offense meant.

[@glen6945]

thats a girl magnet

[@eliqarayev7919]

gjk

[@balestinian]

The music really ruined this video, I just wanna hear the car 🚗 #freepalestine

[@zzzut]

How to ruin a perfect car.