The V8 fires easily and settles into a distant burble, never intrusive, as should be exepected for a luxury sedan.
Mechanically the car is in excellent condition. During this time she reached the finals of the Classic American Car of the Year in 1993 and later that year had the engine re-built by Holbay Engineering in Ipswich. Still in stunning condition the Thunderbird has featured in a number of Classic Car periodicals, the book ‘Ford T-Bird' and been seen at various shows it was again sold in 1991 having now covered 45, 000 miles to the Treasurer of the Association of American Car Clubs UK. Move forward to 1990 and the T-Bird finally left the Hoffmans and also the USA and was imported into the UK. Giving her a fresh re-paint she was entered in the Vintage Thunderbird Club of America Concours Awards in 1982, now showing 40, 461 miles on the clock, and scored 287 points out of 300, and the following year coming first in class with 288/ 300 points. Reading further on into 2” History folder it is great to see the car was obviously loved and cosseted by her owners as in 1969, with 36, 000miles on the clock the T-Bird was put into storage and remained there until 1980 when the owners, Howard and Edna Hoffman, now resurrected the Thunderbird. With a purchase price of $5010 less dealer discount, a sizeable amount of money for a car back in 1960 there is no surprise to see the owner needed finance and the history folder even contains a letter from the bank thanking the owners for the final instalment in Jan 1964.
The ‘original’ hand written order sheet, dated 19th November 1960 shows the car was specified with the following options.įord Thunderbird Hardtop with 352 cu/ in V8 Motor.Īdriatic Green with matching two-tone green interior. San Diego dealership as a husbands Christmas gift to his wife. Offered for sale an exceptional matching numbers 1960 Ford Thunderbird with superbly well documented history.Īdvertised in 1960 as the ‘Worlds Most Wanted Car’, this Thunderbird was ordered new through the Pearson Ford Co.
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