Rear shocks twisting frame?

[PlayingWithTBI]

My first car was a 64 Thunderbird 390 ThunderJet. Incredible interior!

I bought a 66 with the 428 in it back in 74 for $400, it even had power wing vents. Wish I'd kept it.

 

[Caman96]

I bought a 66 with the 428 in it back in 74 for $400, it even had power wing vents. Wish I'd kept it.

Me too! My brother owed me $60 bucks, he didn’t have it, so he gave me the keys. That was in 79.

 

[Donald Mitchell]

Dad bought me a 68 with the 429 for 600.00. He did it to get me off a motorcycle.

 

[Caman96]

Another good motor^^^

 

[Schurkey]

As much as I am not a Ford fan, I have always appreciated the so-called Bullet Birds, and Flair Birds. (Enthusiasts split them into two groups, I have no idea why. It's all the same body style to me.) The 67 re-design is not bad. When that body style ended, so did my interest in Thunderbuzzards.

 

[RichLo]

I didnt know there were this many 60's TBird fans on here, lol.

I shared this in another thread when I first got it but here is my 68 with the 429

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[Canadian Rust Bucket]

That's a clean bird! Mine's not quite as nice but it's got the 428 so it's got a little bit of get up and go.

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[xXxPARAGONxXx]

That goes against everything I've read in chassis manuals etc. It might not make a tremendous difference on a pick up but I've seen my fair share of rear end collisions on pick-ups and almost always one or both upper bedside corners smack the cab corners below the rear window in a collision. Flexi-flyers.

Do you think that's what happened to the truck I bought?

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[Schurkey]

Is there matching damage on the bed?

Any chance the damage to the back of the cab is from a topper?

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

Is there matching damage on the bed?

Any chance the damage to the back of the cab is from a topper?

The middle of the front of the bed is bowed out (towards the front of the truck) ever so slightly. It's hard to tell in the pic. The tailgate has a lot of denting, but can't be certain of the cause.

What I also noticed when I removed the carpeting in the cab is that there has been panel welding to the passenger rear corner of the cab. Not sure exactly what was replaced — I am not a body man — but something was replaced, and it involved cutting out and welding in a new panel [section].