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  • 1959 Ford Thunderbird

    Here In California, We're Crushin' Thunderbirds!

    By Murilee Martin, 3:00 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008, 1,843 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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    You guys who tear your hair out when you see a nice, easily restorable old car heading to The Crusher in this series... think you can work up any tears for this beyond-basket-case '59 T-Bird? I spotted it at the same East Bay wrecking yard that gave us the '69 Renault 16, and it looks like you might be hard-pressed to find many usable parts on it. Still, the engine is still there, and the front bumper looks like it might be salvageable.

    1959 Thunderbird Down On The Junkyard

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    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird
    • Junked 1959 Ford Thunderbird


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