Ford Thunderbird, 1957
Ford Thunderbird I
Ford Thunderbird I•
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Chassis No.: D7FH299030
Auction: Fran and Ron Green's Verde Classics Museum Collection 2013
Auction date: February 23, 2013
Lot No.: S21
$46,200 | Sold
- Fender skirts
- Chrome wire wheels
- Wide whitewall tires
- White hardtop
- New Tan top
- 312 CI engine
- Automatic transmission
- Holley 4-barrel carburetor
- Power steering
- Padded dash
- Power seat
- Tan soft top
- New interior and embroidered headliner on hardtop
By 1957 the Ford Thunderbird was in the last year of its original two-seat body style and was already one of the most popular Ford models in the company’s long history. Contemporary advertising touted the car as "a pick me up that never lets you down", and collectors will certainly experience a lift when they see this stunning example replete in Thunderbird Bronze Iridescent with a new matching Bronze interior, Tan soft top and White hard top with embroidered headliner.
This is a highly optioned example of the last of the so-called Baby Birds, powered by the now standard-equipment 312 CI Thunderbird Special engine, rated at 215 HP with a single Holley 4-barrel carburetor and here presented with the Thunderbird engine dress kit. In addition to power steering and a Ford-O-Matic transmission, this fine ’57 is equipped with fender skirts, elegant chrome wire wheels with wide whitewall tires, power windows and seat, padded dashboard and a push-button radio.
