This one was done correctly and has really good panel gaps all round. I saw several examples that had been resprayed but hadn’t had the doorjambs repainted. It’s the original colour as stated on the VIN tag on the firewall I’ve been all over the car and that’s the colour even under the dashboard. I saw lots of red, blue or white Thunderbirds, but this Ford Gunmetal Gray is unusual and suits the car. As you get older you don’t want to get into tearing an old car apart. That was the appeal for me the car drove well and didn’t need restoring. “I also overhauled the suspension but otherwise it’s not needed anything. The Thunderbird was in excellent condition and all Brian has had to do since is replace a couple of deteriorated rubber seals. I’d love to find out more if anyone reading this knows Andy or recognises the car.” There was apparently a decent history file that the couple I bought the car from didn’t receive. It was then sold through Heritage Classics in Los Angeles to someone called Andy in the Hampshire area who imported it to the UK. In 2003 it was owned by a doctor of psychology in Beverly Hills and she was apparently married to a famous Hollywood actor / writer. Going solely by info posted on the Thunderbird Registry website, it was restored in 2002, although I don’t know to what extent the work was done – it may have merely been repainted. “I bought this 1957 in 2017, unfortunately there wasn’t much history with the car. It made me more determined to have the first and last Thunderbirds. While searching for a two-seater ‘Bird in 2012 I found a 2005 Anniversary Thunderbird in Belgium, I still own that car. I was in Chicago in 2005 and admiring the commemorative Thunderbirds launched to mark 50 years of the model. I liked the Pony cars I had a Firebird 400 then later a Mustang Cobra Jet, although then I got into English sports cars. Enjoy more Classic American reading in the monthly magazine.īrian’s first American car was a Plymouth Barracuda, “a 1967 or maybe ‘68, it was a convertible because I’ve always had convertibles.
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