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Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird

e21meister Guest	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbirde21meister @GUEST
	Aug 10, 2011 16:27:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	ZZ Top and the automobile. Like bacon & eggs and Laurel & Hardy, seemingly a match made in heaven. Here is legendary 'Top lead guitarist Billy Gibbon's latest ride, a vintage '58 Thunderbird nicknamed "The Mexican Blackbird" (after a '75 ZZ Top song of the same name), built for him by another legend, Pete Chapouris' SO-CAL Speed Shop. Enjoy And Get It On, here.


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thebaron Europe Over the river, heading out of town Posts: 1,659	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird thebaron @thebaron
	Aug 10, 2011 17:08:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Fluugiggity - Black and Gold - Too Classy
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qwerty Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,417 Club RR Member Number: 52	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird qwerty @qwerty Club Retro Rides Member 52
	Aug 10, 2011 17:08:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Mmmm that is lovely! Only thing I would change would be to swap the interior so it was gold in the centre and black on the bolsters
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,538	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird Seth @seth
	Aug 10, 2011 17:20:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I could live with that.
	Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.

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octagonalpaul Posted a lot The ground is the limit Posts: 2,528	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird octagonalpaul @octagonalpaul
	Aug 10, 2011 17:34:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That just oozes coolness, much like ZZ Top. A most fine vehicle.
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mdh Posted a lot Posts: 3,865	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird mdh @mdh
	Aug 10, 2011 18:10:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Rockin tune, but not so sure about that car :-(
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cairyhunt Posted a lot Posts: 3,404	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird cairyhunt @cairyhunt
	Aug 10, 2011 18:11:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM that's perfect!
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mauricewalsh Part of things bmw316i ,transit, 2barkas b1000, reiger scirocco storm Posts: 217	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird mauricewalsh @mauricewalsh
	Aug 10, 2011 18:14:08 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	is this the car he had built for his girlfriend/wife
	be a survivor not a victim

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dbizzle Posted hell of a lot Posts: 9,328	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird dbizzle @dbizzle
	Aug 10, 2011 18:20:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 10, 2011 17:20:02 GMT Seth said: I could live with that. Yeah, s'alright.


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VIP South East Posts: 8,293	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird VIP @vip
	Aug 10, 2011 18:33:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	An almost identical [but different coloured] twin to Larry Watson's T-Bird! I think I prefer the Gold and Black combo though.


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retrowagen1234 Guest	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbirdretrowagen1234 @GUEST
	Aug 10, 2011 20:03:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	absolutely perfect.


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micrat South East Building a Kanjo styled Cinquecento :) Posts: 1,176	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird micrat @micrat
	Aug 10, 2011 20:44:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	id settle for that beard! car is good though


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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,985	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird bmcnut @bmcnut
	Aug 10, 2011 21:58:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	10/10. Good hat too.


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Dez Club Retro Rides Member And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up. Posts: 11,790 Club RR Member Number: 34	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird Dez @dez Club Retro Rides Member 34
	Aug 10, 2011 22:26:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	when i grow up i want to be just like billy gibbons. one day ile be able to grow facial hair like that. this and the watson 'bird his and hers. black and gold for manlyness(think superkings, JPS, and smokey and the bandit firebirds), with girly white and purple for the missus. sweet. looks period perfect though. like its out of a little book circa 1960. i love what hasnt been done as much as what has- like the starter selenoid, wiringm battery, colostomy bag screenwash etc. still all visible but perfectly detailed. hardly suprising for a chapouris build though.
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30psi Posted a lot Posts: 1,024	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird 30psi @30psi
	Aug 10, 2011 23:24:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yeah seen this car before. There's a cool vid of BG talking about it on youtube somewhere. He has many other cool cars though, I've got his RocknRoll gearhead book. I'm a fan btw, so I like the subtle use of 'Enjoy and Get It On' in the first post. It's a ZZ Top song from the Tejas album, from '76. Most people know ZZ Top for their fame from '83 onwards, but the truth is there best period was up to '78. As for the car above, I found one of the youtube vids: And the other
	Last Edit: Aug 10, 2011 23:25:58 GMT by 30psi 1962 Ford Thunderbird 6.4L 1981 Datsun Bluebird SSS CA18DET 1981 Datsun Bluebird SSS SR20DE

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AtomicRooster Posted a lot Posts: 2,107	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird AtomicRooster @downandout
	Aug 11, 2011 0:12:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Billy gibbons has always had good taste. The video for gimme all your lovin' proves this!
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Corbs Part of things Posts: 270	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird Corbs @corbs
	Aug 11, 2011 11:36:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Phwoar
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fatbaldbloke Part of things Posts: 596	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird fatbaldbloke @fatbaldbloke
	Aug 11, 2011 12:37:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I was liking it until I saw the purple version. i'll take that one please.


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e21meister Guest	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbirde21meister @GUEST
	Aug 11, 2011 17:40:16 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 10, 2011 23:24:58 GMT 30psi said: I'm a fan btw, so I like the subtle use of 'Enjoy and Get It On' in the first post. It's a ZZ Top song from the Tejas album, from '76. Most people know ZZ Top for their fame from '83 onwards, but the truth is there best period was up to '78. Glad someone got the reference. Their early stuff is, as Donald 'Duck' Dunn would say, 'powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline', however I'm partial to Degüello and Afterburner as well. just to keep it vaguely car-related (Bearfoot monster truck & Eliminator '33 content): #reminisces about first time playing air guitar to Sleeping Bag#
	Last Edit: Aug 11, 2011 23:01:15 GMT by e21meister

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30psi Posted a lot Posts: 1,024	Billy Gibbon's Mexican Blackbird 30psi @30psi
	Aug 11, 2011 17:51:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yeah Deguello's a good one, that was '78 Of course his '33 is the most famous of his collection
	Last Edit: Aug 11, 2011 17:52:02 GMT by 30psi 1962 Ford Thunderbird 6.4L 1981 Datsun Bluebird SSS CA18DET 1981 Datsun Bluebird SSS SR20DE

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