Doane Spencer Thunderbird


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By LON - 16 Years Ago
How much is this piece of history worth ???? 

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/ford/thunderbird/806628.htm

Maybe I should have posted it in classifieds ???

Regards Lon

By mctim64 - 16 Years Ago
LON (2/20/2009)

Maybe I should have posted it in classifieds ???

Regards Lon

Be careful what you say Lon.  Wink

By mctim64 - 16 Years Ago
Great story! I'd like to see the MGB and Tiger he made.  Smile
By bird55 - 16 Years Ago
I'm partial to it!? Seen it for years in the mags.

Guess I need to buid some history into mine.
By bird55 - 16 Years Ago
I read over the history and learned a couple interesting things about it I hadn't known before. I would like to see those heads and how they were done. It's pretty salty engineering on the Y with the cam / water intake and valve work.
By GREENBIRD56 - 16 Years Ago
The one write-up was pretty interesting.......plug the valve guides and "refit" the larger valves at a new spacing(!) and relieving the block (after lowering the top ring). The external water passsage set-up is definitely interesting....someone's thinking cap was set on "kill" for this toy....

Pretty foxy stuff for the average enthusiast.........and apparently way unexpected by the boys with the little plastic GM cars - I love it! 

By bird55 - 16 Years Ago
I enjoyed reading that Doane Spencer actually "prowled the streets using the the y block as a weapon" against corvettes.