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cobrajeff Senior Club Cobra Member Registered: December 1999 Location: Edgewater Posts: 1,304	The factory-prepared 1957 Ford Thunderbird known as the "Battle Bird". Features a fuel-injected 312.
	· Date: Sun August 24, 2003 · Views: 1553 · Tags: 1 · Filesize: 54.3kb · Dimensions: 640 x 480 ·
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jrussell

Senior Club Cobra Member

Registered: November 1999
Location: Dallas
Posts: 1,160

Fri May 7, 2004 9:14am

Rating: 10

Jeff,
Thanks for posting this picture! I have never seem/heard of this car before! Do you know if it was ever campaigned, and if so, how did it do?
John Russell

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cobrajeff

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Registered: December 1999
Location: Edgewater
Posts: 1,304

Tue May 11, 2004 3:50pm

John -

There were two of these built in 1957. This is the only one surviving - the other was "lost" or destroyed.

The car was for sale just a couple years ago after the owner, Bo Cheadle, passed away. Don't know who owns it now, I believe the asking price was around $200k.

The cars were run at Daytona, where they ran 160+ mph, solidly trouncing the "Brand X" sports car by 30 mph.

See the My Classic Car "Legendary Fords" video for a short test. Or check out:
http://www.myclassiccar.com/CoolCars...rd/index.shtml

regards,

Jeff

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BigGuy

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Registered: December 2003
Location: Cleveland area, OH
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Registered: August 2009
Location: Adelaide
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