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1955 Ford Thunderbird

At first glance this ’55 Ford Thunderbird, T-bird, or ’Bird appears to be stock, save the wheels. Yet upon closer examination you begin to see there is more than meets the eye. Stan Cox of Texas, along with the staff at Cotati’s Speed Shop out of Santa Rosa, California, joined efforts and came away with this tastefully modified and highly potent T-bird.

A little more on the backstory on how Stan came away with this T-bird: “I always wanted a ’55-57 T-bird. I have been looking for a few years and never thought of a restomod. Barrett-Jackson was a bucket list thing of mine and with some friends we began about eight years

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