427 Ford T-Bolt

[GetsumJ]

IHRA Record holder for many years

[dallascbys12]

nice cam :)

[raginroadrunner]

64 Galaxies did NOT have the same engine...the Galaxies were low risers, and featured a cast iron crank, with badly flowing heads and the camshafts sucked along with a rocker arm assembly that looked like something out of a John Deere tractor....the T bolts had high riser engines , steel cranks and bad heads...the 427 had a great bottom end but the rest of the engine was junk...how do I know this..."I was there and had three of them...that's how...

[winged70bbody2]

@raginroadrunner ..yet your name is roadrunner..lovin it sir!

[64fairlane305]

@qazeaz  11.40`s? Thunderbolts ran pure +600hp racing-enegines, fastest quartermile: \watch?v=uzkEviShBUw

[raginroadrunner]

@qazeaz .In 1964 whe these cars came out, NHRA limited them to "7" wide street slicks which had two groves running around the tire about 3/16ths of an inch in width. Tires back them were awful compared to today. 7" slicks would not come close to holding these engines. I had two of them and YES..I was there.

[68bobba]

@qazeaz weren,t they a factory drag ,like the Hemi darts and Cudas?...fastest from the factory?...try the 68 Hemi dart....10.5 s over 1/4 mile

[84Bronco351]

more t-bolts should be in video games for kids like me

[spartus09]

I love it. Looks like your grandmother's car but has a beast under the hood.

[ShadenGheist]

God I hate that! If you're going to show a Drag Race, show the whole thing! Geez, it's only 10 seconds or so. LOL

[haak60]

dearborn steel and tube did the modifications

[raginroadrunner]

@haak60 ...we had a 67 from the same outfit....high riser, steel crank side oiler....great car...ran 10 flats in Nebraska and Eastern Colorado....went in the military and never saw the car again until 18 years later ,setting in a back yard somewhere in Denver completely stripped...original owners both dead by this time and nothing more was known..

[Wildkkat1]

what does it turn?

[amgreene69]

drooling could only describe it!

[club4ghz]

thats my dranma car xd

[club4ghz]

gm..

[ex1le444]

wicked!!!

[crownv80]

Ford only used 2 door post , no hardtops . the post car was a little more rigid & it needed to be with that monster motor . those are unibody ; no real frame .they built very few of these cars ; a lot of clones out there .

[390galaxie]

@crownv80 Only 100 made. About the first 49 or 50 were 4 speeds with white paint. After the first 50, they included automatics and maroon paint.

[crownv80]

@390galaxie ; YEA I read all the stats when i was about 17 ; did not remember them so i did not put any down . I have seen i real t bolt when i was 21 or 22 . love the real ones & clones ! CAR IN VIDEO IS VERY NICE !

[390galaxie]

@crownv80 Correction... The first 49 or 50 were white or maroon, the second half were only white... I was a little confused there. Just LOVE these cars though. Nothing more bad ass!!

[dodgemaxwedge]

@390galaxie I was @ the tracks back in 1964 in michigan. Ford also produced a few Black Thunderbolts. My folks ran Mopar and one of their friends had a Black 427 Thunderbolt. All in all, the 426, 427 and the 409 and the 421's were the ones to watch. Love the Detroit Iron from back in the day, great stuff.

[critchley3819]

mate its good to know there is somebody else that has done there homework on these T/Bolts two door sedans where often the lightest as well another piece of American auto histoy

[oldmusher]

The first year they built 51. 50 "post" sedans and ONE hard-top. I forget now just who had to have a hard top, but it was the last one built. After the cage, crossmember for the 4 ft long ladder bars and other bracing was in, RIDGID was the thing. Hard-top or post.

[crownv80]

@oldmusher ; I just read an article they anly built thunderbolts out of 1964 model fairlane 2 door post , 100 of them , . nothing about any hardtops . this was from ford . the post body makes it more ridgid than a hardtop no matter what else you do . they were not designed for hiway use !

[raginroadrunner]

@crownv80 ..correct...the hardtops buckled under acceleration..I have a 67 2 door post....some of the guys fashioned a seat belt or a piece of rope boltedt to the left door upper hinge area, to hook their left arm through to hold onto during the launch... these cars were vicious and yet never won may national events.....the cylinder heads were badly designed and the big hemi's would get them on the top end..

[sandgawd1]

Hi Dan, your car look good. Keep the rubber side down.

Ernie Algorri

[fmslhj]

They used 2 dr, sedans for T-Bolts

[critchley3819]

mate im Aussie and Im a 50s 60s Ford nutcase the reason they where 2dr sedans is they where the lightest and most ridged you probably know this but Ford did not fit the big block they had it done by a fabricration company

[smettas]

who won the race?t-bolt or the blue one?

[dano64bolt]

It was qualifying but I did if it matters !

[Elin48]

Makes sense...should always do it as if it matters, because it always does.

[Eddiemotor]

is it 2 door sedan they build the Thunderbolts from or Ht, Coupe´or what kind of roof did they use to make the thunderbolts from?