Featured Project #4  

The Project

Project Name: Surf Bird
The Mission: To bring him back to the endless summer days of his youth surfing at the Jersey shore Richie Napp resurrects a 55 T-bird similar to the original owned by his father with a modern edge.
The Car:  1955 Ford Thunderbird

The Team

Owner: Richie Napp   Colts Neck, NJ
Designer:  Bob Carroll / Carroll’s Rod & Racecraft
Builder: Carroll’s Rod & Racecraft, Spotswood, NJ
Body: Sano’s Custom Paint Dayton, NJ
Interior: (To Be Determined)
The Build:  

Body

  • Stretched Wheel Base
  • Air Cleaner Integrated into Hood

Engine

  • Ford Racing Performance Parts
  • 460 CID 550 hp Pump Gas
  • Ford Super Cobra Aluminum Jet Heads
  • Demon Carburetion

Transmission

  • Level 10 Performance, Ford C6

Chassis

  • Stretched, Filled & Smoothed Ford Thunderbird

Rear

  • Currie 9 Inch Ford Housing
  • Currie 3.89 Gear Limited Slip 3rd Member
  • Currie 35 Spline Axles

Suspension

  • Air Ride Technologies Shock Wave Air Suspension

Brakes

  • Wilwood Dynalite 4 piston Caliper-cross drilled and slotted rotors

Interior 

( To Be added later)