Price :
$39,000.00

1866 Ford Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

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Vehicle Description

1962 Ford Thunderbird

Exterior

A wonderfully painted roof in white with the soaring Thunderbird

emblems on the B pillars tops this beauty. Deep Rangoon Red paint

bathes the lower body with a deep end of the pool finish for the

straight panels, blingy chrome, good brite work, and correct

badging awaits its key being turned so it can stretch its legs on

some open highway. From its bullet nose to the thruster rear tail

lights straight steel with well minded gaps abound. Glass is all

good and fender skirts on back frame the standard Thunderbird wheel

covers with faux knockoff hubs which are wrapped in like new modern

radial medium white banded rubber. Certainly, one of the coolest

designs to fly out of Detroit, Michigan.

Interior

A retro style wrap around dual eyebrow dash with red padded vinyl,

is mixed with a wide curving horizontal ribbed aluminum panel, that

contains all the round chromed instruments and essential knobs and

controls. This curving also continues downward to the center

console, where the climate controls are located. This car is

equipped with A/C, and it blows cold. The aluminum continues back

and forms a cigarette station, and then turns to the red vinyl, and

creates a nice storage area and armrest. Red vinyl bolsters with

white tuck and roll insert covered bucket seats flank the console

and are in very good condition. A flip of the setbacks forward, one

finds a wonderful padded bench stretching from side to side

matching the buckets perfectly. We note the addition of lap belts

to keep everyone safe and secure. The headliner is also in good

condition. On the doors more horizontal ribbed aluminum flanked

above and below with red padded vinyl and chromed power toggles for

the glass. The original radio resides within dash central and has

both AM and FM capabilities.

Drivetrain

Under the hood the original 390ci V8 showing like new with

"THUNDERBIRD" emblazoned blue valve covers. On top is a single

4-barrel carburetor that feeds the engine that resides under the

non original open element chrome air cleaner. Behind is a 3-speed

Cruise-O-Matic automatic transmission, which the consignor states

is the original. A 3.00:1 Ford 9-inch rear axle is installed from

the factory. The engine bay is looking sporty and highly detailed

right down to the FoMoCo orangish-red wiper washer bag. Snazzy!

Undercarriage

All black metal with almost no surface rust can be seen on the

parts underneath; all remaining solid. Unibody seam looks very

healthy, as do the floor pans. Independent coil springs for the

front ride provide, and leaf springs for the back along with power

drum brakes all around all good. Dual exhaust with Flowmaster

mufflers snakes its way rearward from the blue painted mill and

appears in like new condition. Our consignor states that the

brakes, shocks and front suspension are all new.

Drive-Ability

A turn of the key and it comes to life instantly. Nice smooth

acceleration, and good bias free braking, along with some snappy

cornering and we have a winner. All functions were working

swimmingly.

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