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| 1963 Thunderbird Roadster |
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A picture of our 1963 Thunderbird Roadster in Joshua Tree National Park and on Rodeo Drive (see below). The 340 horsepower, Silver Mink Roadster with wire spoke wheels gets a blazing 13.6 miles to the gallon. Ah, what luxury, air conditioning, power windows, power seat, power steering and power brakes. A real "Cruiser" which allows, with the top down, a panoramic view of a spectacular natural environment. Even at $3.00 a gallon one can afford to take it out of the garage once a week for a "top down" cruise in the National Park. The picture on the above left was an international award winner in the Legendary Ford Magazine. The picture on the upper right was the feature on the rear cover of the VTCI (Vintage Thunderbird Club International) March/April 2003 Thunderbird Scoop Publication. This Thunderbird came off the assembly line on October 26th, 1962, less than a month and a half (September 10, 1962 the first 1963 Roadster was produced) after introduction of the 1963 Thunderbird Roadster. |
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| 1963 Thunderbird Sport Roadster |
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1963 Thunderbird Sport Roadster
One of only 455 Sport Roadsters to roll off the Wixom Assembly line for the model year 1963.
This car was born on October 19th, 1962 with a Corinthian White Coat.
Other events that happened on this memorable day are:
On October 19th, 1812, Napoleon's retreat from Russia begins;
On October 19th, 1881, U.S. President James A Garfield, dies of gunshot wound;
On October 19th, 1900, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid pull off their first robbery together;
On October 19th, 1933, David McCallum is born;
On October 19th, 1943, Mama Cass Elliot is born;
On October 19th, 1949, Twiggy is born;
On October 19th, 1959, Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland;
On October 19th, 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis ensues;
The color was changed to the more desireable Silver Mink during a complete rotisserie restoration during the winter of 2004/2005. The entire restoration is chronicled on my website at www.tbirdsquare.com, please be sure to visit.
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| 1963 Thunderbird ITALIEN |
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1963 Thunderbird ITALIEN
Fastback Thunderbird Concept Car designed by Ford Styling and Built by Dearborn Steel Tubing, The same folks that built the Ford Thunderbolts!
This Fastback Styling Study toured america in 1963 as part of the Ford Custom Car Caravan. After a sucessful season of the nations largest Auto and Custom car shows it appeared in the 1964 New York World Fairs Cavalcade of Custom Cars, after which it was sold (or given) to Dale Robertson who played "Jim Hardie" on the TV Western "Tales of Wells Fargo".
The ITALIEN was purchased recently by Tom Maruska (me) in Duluth Minnesota and you can read all about it and see many pictures at www.tbirdsquare.com.
This wonderful piece of automobile history will be completely restored and began around June 2006 and will be chronicled on my website. Be sure to check in frequently for updates.
The Italien was recently registered at the Thunderbird Registry (www.tbirdregistry.com) as Registry Number 30090. |
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