a German rip off of the 50s T Bird, by Auto Union

https://silodrome.com/auto-union-1000-sp-car/

The design of the 61 T bird, by Bud Kaufman and Ken Nelson

 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2025/12/thunderbird-sports-roadster.html
https://www.deansgarage.com/1961-thunderbird-sports-roadster/

American Dog was a canceled CGI animated film written and directed by Chris Sanders

Disney interfered in the movie, and Sanders dropped it. Disney remade it into Bolt! 

In the original concept, the dog would run into a giant, radioactive rabbit (named Mr. Buttons in the filename of a piece of concept art) and a cat with an eyepatch (named Spig in a piece of concept art) who had access to a classic car. He would con them into helping him get back home all the while learning how to interact with normal people and live without being served on hand and foot. John Travolta, Thomas Haden Chruch, and Mario Cantone were rumored to be the voices for the trio. According to animator Daniel Chong, the cat and rabbit would have lived in a gas station where they kept retirement savings in a giant dinosaur statue.

Yes, this is Ogo, from Kisakaloo. Not many know him, just us lucky few. Well, if you love Stitch, that is

I think this is only the 2nd time I've ever come across a Calliope! Probably no one under 40 even knows what those were

https://lostmediawiki.com/American_Dog_(partially_found_original_version_of_%22Bolt%22_Disney_animated_film;_2007-2008)#google_vignette

not bad at all... custom T Bird heading to Mecum auction

 

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1151495/1963-ford-thunderbird-custom-roadster/

not even in the top 3 best looking Thunderbirds, but, it's a very unusual and interesting 67 coming to auction. It was special built at Dearborn Steel Tubing Co

this T-Bird is extra special because it was one of just five ordered by retailer Abercrombie & Fitch from Dearborn Steel Tubing Company back in 1967.

 Those five models were used as store display pieces in the company’s sporting goods locations in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, and Palm Beach.

4 were made with 428s, one with a 390, and they all got a telephone with deck lid antenna, a Philco television, and a Rover ice detector

I've never heard of a Rover ice detector (term used by the auction house), from what I can dig up online, that is the Icelert freeze-warning system

The system operated from an 85- to 130-volt AC power source and functions within a temperature range of -55 to +160 degrees Fahrenheit. The control center included an amplifier, freezing temperature reference, relative humidity reference, comparators, and a relay that operated the warning sign.

There was an amber light on the instrument panel as part of the Icelert system, which monitors the outside temperature via a bumper-mounted sensor; the light flashed to warn of near-freezing temperatures and glowed continually if the temperature dropped below 32°F/0°C. 

The Icelert system was standard on U.S. cars and was optional but rarely ordered in other markets

https://fordauthority.com/2025/07/1967-ford-thunderbird-displayed-at-abercrombie-and-fitch-store-heading-to-auction/

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1147894/1967-ford-thunderbird-apollo-landau-coupe/?aa_id=691311-0

https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/final-parking-space/final-parking-space-1967-rover-2000-tc

https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/rover-p6-2000-2200-3500/

wheelstander T bird

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10232290046947041&set=pcb.2008141503053619

I just learned of Kenny Scharf's Karbombz series, and he just collaborated with Hot Wheels! Hot Wheels expects to induct the Thunderbird art car into its Garage of Legends

 

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/immigration-karbombz/kenny-scharf

https://worleygig.com/2024/08/01/kenny-scharf-art-car-ford-bronco-edition

Kenny Scharf has been putting his signature works on modes of transportation for years, dating all the way back to his days tagging New York City subway cars in the early-’80s

https://www.designboom.com/art/kenny-scharf-karbombz-art-car-full-scale-toy-hot-wheels-06-04-2025/
https://hypebeast.com/2025/6/kenny-scharf-hot-wheels-zooom-karbombz-edition-release
https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/art-in-motion-kenny-scharf-gives-new-life-to-old-rides
https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/kenny-scharf-art-car-los-angeles-18617735.php

https://fordauthority.com/2025/06/kenny-scharfs-1967-ford-thunderbird-gets-premium-diecast-model

update Oct 4th 2025, I came across the Scharf T Bird at the Hot Wheels Tour stop in El Segundo

some people in Winslow Arizona think this is a good thing. I disagree. This is how a good looking last deign of the Thunderbird gets turned into a monstrosity

 

the Battlebird... because about 70 years ago, guys used to be able to do fun stuff, without blank check sponsors, with lots of skilled mechanics without a lot of rules and lawyers

 https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/holman-moody-the-history.571847/

T bird, spotted in rush hour traffic yesterday on the 52