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This unique 1955 Thunderbird called “Ultrabird” was built using a 1999 Buick Park Avenue chassis and powertrain. This means under the hood sits a supercharged 3.8 L L67 V6 (3800 Series II) making around 240 hp (179 kW) and 280 lb-ft (380 Nm) of torque. Power is sent to the front wheels through a 4T65E-HD four-speed automatic transmission. It also affords the car a fully independent suspension with four-wheel disc brakes and traction control. The interior kept the Park Avenue steering wheel and gauge cluster. The 1955 Thunderbird body features metal and fiberglass panels with a custom stainless steel grill and 2004 Mustang front bumper. <\/p>\n

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This unique 1955 Thunderbird called “Ultrabird” was built using a 1999 Buick Park Avenue chassis and powertrain. This means under the hood sits a supercharged 3.8 L L67 V6 (3800 Series II) making around 240 hp (179 kW) and 280 lb-ft (380 Nm) of torque. Power is sent to the front wheels through a 4T65E-HD… Read More »Custom FWD 1955 Thunderbird with a Supercharged 3.8 L V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":95373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thunderbird"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53026,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53026","url_meta":{"origin":95368,"position":0},"title":"1955 Thunderbird with a Coyote V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1955 Thunderbird was built by Brand New Muscle Car in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 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