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1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster (factory Car) on 2040-cars

US $40,000.00
Year:1962 Mileage:82000
Location:

Gilbert, Arizona, United States

Gilbert, Arizona, United States

 This is an original 1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster in very good condition.  All systems work beautifully, including the very complex top mechanism.  It has been cared for for about 9 years by this owner (me) and has spent more than 6 of those years in carefully temp and humidity controlled storage while I was living overseas.  It has been serviced to bring it to reliable and smooth operation and it is a joy to drive.  It is the ONE TRUE HEAD TURNER you will own, unless you happen to drive a Veyron to work.  The "Buy it Now" price on this car is a steal.  81K miles.  Rangoon Red with Black Interior.  390, 4bbl (caution, those M-code cars were recalled because they were hand grenades, and most of them today are aftermarket builds).  This is the REAL DEAL, factory correct in every known detail, and the VIN number, unlike all of the clones, proves its historic value.  2Y89Z151598.   Ford changed the VIN in 1962 so that the later runs of this car were marked with that VIN prefix to specifically identify the factory Sports Roadsters - any other T-Bird "roadster" need very careful investigation as most of them, including here on EBay are clone cars with after market tonneau covers.  This is one of only 1,427 built and no one knows how many are left today, but the general concensus is that there are less than 300 of them.  Elvis and Marilyn bought 'em (from Lee Iaccoca), now you can too.  This car has been well maintained, mechanically improved (correctly) and is ready to make all those heads turn your way.  The car is living in a temperature controlled garage in Arizona; it was a Texas car originally.  It has only known sunny days and dry roads.  I will miss this one!!!!

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