It produces 340 HP and an impressive 430 lbs. Its M-Code 390 CID engine boasted high-compression (10.5:1) and three Holley two-barrel carburetors.
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This cars in one of only 37 Thunderbird Sport Roadsters built in 1963 with the formidable M-Code engine and one of fewer than 25 believed to exist today.Īccording to Ford factory records, this rare Thunderbird was built on October 5, 1962, and shipped to Twin County Motor Co. The Sport Roadster package included a passenger grab bar, unique side badges, and stunning 48-spoke Kelsey Hayes wire wheels. Kaufman returned with the stunning Sports Roadster, which built upon Thunderbird’s sweeping lines with a unique fiberglass tonneau cover extending from the trunk to behind the front seats, effectively transforming the four-passenger Thunderbird to a two-seater. Division Chief Lee lacocca tapped designer Bud Kaufman to develop a solution. While sales were strong through the late 1950s and early 1960s, purists besieged Ford with demands for the return of a two-place Thunderbird. The 1961-63 Thunderbird in considered by many to ne the most beautiful Thunderbird ever built, largely due to aerospace on the Alex Tremulis design.
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Live rear axle with semi-elliptical leaf springsĪACA National Fall Meet, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 2011 (National first place Junior) One of only 37 M-Code 1963 Sports Roadstersīuild with nearly every available factory optionĮxceptional restoration by noted model expert Jim Wulfģ-Speed Cruise-O-Matic automatic transmissionĤ-wheel power-assisted hydraulic drum brakes