I am all about the oddball body style. You don’t have to stray far from traditional favorites to find a brand new flavor that can work even better than the common one…or, at least, you’ll make your own way with a car that isn’t commonly seen. You’ll see Camaros and Mustangs all day long at the track, but you will remember the fast El Camino, the brutal VW Bug nobody saw coming, or the wheel-standing, rear-drive converted Dodge Daytona. And sometimes, standing out is all you need to get your name going. You might be a decent racer, but do you want your Mustang to drown in the sea of Mustangs? Why would you do that, when there’s at least six other Fox body alternatives that offer up similar results?

Case in point: Cliff Connolly’s 1988 Ford Thunderbird. Wearing Turbo Coupe trim, including the grille-less nose and those triple-bullet hole taillights, and a searing coat of paint…what is that, teal, mint green or just bright blue with a sunset altering the color?…there’s no mistaking the car. None. The likelihood that there’s a second Fox Thunderbird ready to line up in the beams is minimal, and if there somehow was, it’s borderline impossible that it’s anywhere as eye-popping as this tribute to the time of Ocean Pacific shirts, slap bracelets and aerosol hair styles!