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Ford Talladega Signature Car; Bill France prototype

Bill France Signature Ford TalladegaIn 1969 Bill France was NASCAR and Ford was after the Manufacturers’ Championship. They had been working all winter on a super speedway killer car, one that would be aerodynamic and dominate the high banks of Daytona and the new Talladega track. NineĀ  Ford Talladega prototypes were built to test the cars potential. It was a home run so Ford decided to go into production and eventually built approximately 750 production Talladegas.

However, those prototypes were never intended for sale to the public and usually all were destroyed, used as show cars, or used for safety test crashes. This car was special. Ford presented this car to Bill France.

France took the car and put it on display during Speed Weeks at Daytona and had every driver from the Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona and the motor cycle races autograph the car!

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Richard

I grew up and lived in Iowa for a good portion of my life before moving to Southern California. After 20+ years we now live outside Nashville Tennessee. I have been into cars since I was old enough to remember. I don't have a brand loyalty although I do prefer American Muscle especially the 1969/1970 NASCAR Aero Cars. (Check out our other web site at www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com site) As long as it has four wheels and an engine I get excited. Few men are lucky enough to be able to share their passion for cars with the woman they love. Fortunately, my wife, Katriana, is also a gear head and many of our activities revolve around the cars. We have a small collection that includes at least one car from each of the Big Three. It includes a Best of Show winner, a survivor, a driver with lots of patina and several others. Katrina prefers all original cars while I like to modify them so we have a few of each. When we aren't playing with cars we are out working with or showing our miniature donkeys. You can see more about that part of our lives at http://www.LegendaryFarms.com.

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