This fin is angled perfectly to the outside is above the triple round taillights, wrapped below by the big 59's chromed bumper which rises to meet the ovals that house the round taillights, and we will throw in 2 small dagmars that frame the center license plate holder. Mid door is a wide trim spear with a script written Thunderbird badge in its center. On the doors begins the arrow styled bump-out which will eventually grow to become the rear fin. On the hood a small faux hood scoop harkens back to the baby birds and fronts some very clear front wrap around glass swept clean by stainless wipers. A single gunsight oval adorns the tops of the front fenders which frame wide whites wrapping steel wheels and their turbine style wheel covers, all in sexy polished chrome form. For this year, dual headlights are protected by an upper “visor” which float above the big open egg crate chromed smiling grille, all neatly inserted within the bumper. A few minor chips and drips are throughout, but you'll need to have a keen vision to spot them. This beauty with straight rust free panels minding their gaps very well, is all bathed in the factory sprayed Diamond Blue. This was the best selling 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.

Oh and it has a mere 41K+ miles!! A rare bird indeed.

It is also completely and utterly original. This car was owned by the purchaser in 1959 until 2018, and resided in rust free California.

This particular car is a rare stock shift on column, with pull lever overdrive, which represents less than 1 percent of the cars produced in 1959. Yes, it's part of the general habit we all have of delving into jargon, which acts as a conversational shorthand, (which is good), but also makes it harder for newbies to understand what the heck everyone is talking about, (which is bad).įor consignment, we give you the second gen bird formally known as the square bird. Keeping them straight, though, isn't that hard because the collective Thunderbird enthusiast community has given each one a nickname. Ford's Thunderbird spans 11 generations and several thematic and mechanical variations.

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