Stephen and Shilo Tanner of Nova Scotia Canada own the March 2017 Classic Car of the Month. This 1968 Thunderbird which was originally sold out of Halifax Nova Scotia. It boasts a 429-4bb, 400 HP. It spent its first years with the original owner and later was given to his son who stored it for close to 30 years. After buying the car Steve spent close to 3 weeks cleaning over 30 years of tar undercoating from in around the engine bay area and fenders and then had the valve covers chromed along with a couple other items to spruce it up. Since then the car has been stripped down to bare metal and painted a Tangerine Orange with metal flake and some Candy to give it an incredible depth and an equally incredible shine was performed by Pierre LeBlanc out of Shediac New Brunswick. She is still sporting the original Gater Vinyl roof, engine and interior. The Wheel/Tire package consists of 17×8 American Racing Rims in front and 17×10 at the rear and is dressed with Pozenza tires, 245.45.17 front and 275.40.17’s on the rear.
It is said headers cannot be put on 67, 68 and 69 T-Birds because of clearance however they found a way despite a tight fit. Along with headers, there was an X pipe and 2 1/2″ system installed by Adam Fleet who was one of the best in his field and whom recently has sadly passed away.
Shilo, Stephen’s wife, is a “Car Gal” in and of herself. She never lets the Bird go on display with dirt on the rims. She and Stephen love to travel the beautiful Canadian countryside to car shows throughout their area. This Thunderbird catches the eyes of everyone when showed. Pictures speak a thousand words. Chip Foose, the beautiful Courtney Hansen and look for Stephen and Shilo’s T-Bird on an upcoming episode of My Classic Car with Dennis Gage. We very much appreciate Stephen and Shilo for letting Myklassic display their Beautiful Thunderbird. Every vehicle, whether restored, original or custom has its own character and this Bird radiates with character.
This 5th generation 1968 Ford Thunderbird Coupe is powered by a Rare “N-Code” Thunderjet 429 cubic-inch V8 engine and mated to a C-6 automatic transmission and 9″ Posi rearend with 350 gears. It has the factory console, flip steering wheel, power steering,and power brakes. There are sequential turn signals which is a unique feature to the Ford Motor Company and only appeared for a few years on select automobiles.
The N code is a very rare and important option and offered for only half of the model year in 1968.
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