This fin, angled perfectly to the outside, is above the triple round taillights, wrapped below by the chrome bumper and floating in a field of square chromed eggcrate. On the doors begins the arrow styled bump-out which will eventually grow to become the rear fin. This fronts some very clean front wrap around glass swept clean by stainless wipers.

On the hood a small scoop is in the center and is a homage to the first-generation Thunderbirds. A single gunsight oval adorns the tops off the front fenders which frame wide white wrapped steel wheels and their turbine style wheel covers, all in sexy polished chrome form. Now dual headlights are protected by an upper “visor” and float above the big open egg crate chromed smiling grille, all neatly inserted within the bumper. This beauty with straight rust-free panels minding their gaps very well, is all bathed in a respray of Raven Black that is looking very special. This was the bestselling Thunderbird by far, and everyone was complaining about the back seat, but it did not matter. Stylish yet contemporary, it would fit into any driveway today and look nearly modern.

You'll hear and see the word original a lot in the following description, so don't ignore it, as I'm trying to be, well….original! It has had a respray of the original Raven Black paint, and the interior is just immaculate, the engine was gone over, the radio repaired, and the brakes relined along with the car being regularly inspected for any mechanical faults. Our consignor's husband was the only driver during his tenure of ownership and he always kept the square flyer safely tucked away in his garage. This one has been under the care of our consignor's husband since his purchase at a Carlisle event in 2013 until his passing last year. It is all immaterial because it misses the point: Despite its deviation from the original concept, the first four-seat Thunderbird was simply a masterpiece of design.įor consignment, the timeless design of the 1960 Squarebird, deviating from the original concept with a back seat…Gadzooks and stone the crows! Yes, it has a back bench in addition to those front buckets. Lay aside everything you've heard in condemnation of the four-seat 1960 Ford Thunderbird - all that stuff about forsaking the sports car, substituting glitz for function, adding the hated back seat.

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