2/28/2024 0 Comments 1960 thunderbird mecumLot # S142 1955 Ford Thunderbird Convertible S/N P5FH100157 Turquoise, Turquoise hardtop/Turquoise, Green vinyl White vinyl top Estimate $100,000 – $135,000 Recent restoration, 2+ condition Hammered Sold at $69,000 plus commission of 10.00% Final Price $75,900. Oh, if you go back to Part I I’ve cleaned up the No Sale data presentation. These reports are sorted by Marque, Model, Year and Body Style which results in a better grouping of similar cars. There’s one presentation change from Part I. The appetite for ’57 T-birds was over-saturated at this year’s Spring Classic. Sometimes – as in this case – it doesn’t. Sometimes it works, drawing buyers of particular cars to a single sale where everything they could possibly want is on offer. The ennui was tangible in the auction room as the last of them crossed the block.īut, hey, if you don’t try you’ll never discover the appetite of bidders for similar cars in a single auction. It came up short and exhausted bidders’ tolerance with car after beautifully restored car crossing the block. Mecum’s experiment in loading the Spring Classic docket with Baby Birds, and particularly ‘57s, tested the market’s depth. The sell-through was disappointing, just 14 of the 24 57’s, 58.3%, well below the Spring Classic’s overall sell-through of 65.3%. Mecum loaded the Spring Classic with ’57 T-birds, 24 of them in all, not to mention ’55 and ’56 T-birds. 84.000 km.Let the introduction to Part I suffice, these are the rest of the cars, including the ’57 Ford F-birds.īut a comment is in order. This car has covered 52,228 miles (approx. The coupe counterpart was built in almost 81,000 units. Wit features such as the power front seats, power windows, power top, AC and heat is all fully functioning and the nostalgia is in full effect when sitting in a comfortable ride.įord has built 11,860 Thunderbird Convertibles in 1960. An additional continental package put on the rear of the vehicle really adds to the style and flash of this vehicle and holds the spare within a color matched cover housed within.įrom the interior you see a plush leather trim as it was originally built but with new material made to match as well. The car has everything from its original production broadcast tickets, letters written from one buyer to the next and original key.įrom the exterior of this vehicle you find many great features from the recently added Truespoke chrome wheels with American Classic tires to its fully functioning power top, this vehicle shows very well. Originally purchased in Washington, this 352 cubic inches 300-hp V8 Thunderbird Convertible was responsibly owned by three more people and shows its major reconditioning being performed by a previous owner of a Ford dealership in the mid-80s. 2,536 cars were produced with this option. The most significant change for 1960 was the addition of a manually-operated sunroof available on the coupe. The 430 cubic inches (7.0 liters) 350-hp V8 was again an option available only with automatic transmission. The Thunderbird script, unique to 1960, appeared on the door. Three taillights were used per side, instead of two, as in previous years. The grille pattern was duplicated behind the taillights. The grille was the same pattern of small squares used in 1957 and was located behind a large horizontal chrome bar. The 1960 Thunderbird used the same two body versions (2-door hardtop Coupe and 2-door soft top Convertible, both four seaters) as the previous two years, with minor design changes and with only trim updating. This trend of growing the size of the Thunderbird continued and the model became much larger for several generations until 1977 as the market had changed and demanded more of a smaller sized vehicle. By 1958 they had extended the model and added a second row of seats which became even more popular due to the convenience of space. The Thunderbird began production in 1955 and only started with two seats and with a convertible top.
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