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Fantastic condition 1955 Ford Thunderbird, restored to concours condition quite a few years ago it is still in pristine condition. It is just as good underneath as on top.<br />
It has a black canvas soft top roof and an original hardtop. Fitted with many original options including: electric windows, electric seats, power steering and power assisted brakes.<br />
Come with a very large folder with history and receipts from the restoration. Won awards in the U.S.<br />
It spent all its U.S. life in California, apparently it was owned by the Howard Hughes estate.<br />
I drove it down to Goodwood revival where is was selected for best in show, see pic. It was great fun to drive with plenty of power.<br />
Not is a rush to sell but trying to reduce my collection.<br />
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Unlike many American cars it is not a big car, it is about as long as a Ford Focus and narrower.<br />
Length‎: ‎175.3 in (4,453 mm) (1955); Width‎: ‎70.3 in (1,786 mm)<br />
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Some Wikip facts:<br />
It was a two-seat design available with a detachable glass-fibre hard top and a folding fabric top. Production of the Thunderbird began later on in 1954 on September 9 with the car beginning sales as a 1955 model on October 22, 1954. Though sharing some design characteristics with other Fords of the time, such as single, circular headlamps and tail lamps and modest tailfins, the Thunderbird was sleeker and more athletic in shape, and had features like a hood scoop and a 150 mph (240 km/h) speedometer hinting a higher performance nature that other Fords didn"t possess. Mechanically though, the Thunderbird could trace its roots to other mainstream Fords. The Thunderbird"s 102.0 inches (2,591 mm) wheelbase frame was mostly a shortened version of that used in other Fords while the car"s standard 292 cu in (4.8 L) Y-block V8.<br />
The Thunderbird sold exceptionally well in its first year. In fact, the Thunderbird outsold the Corvette by more than 23-to-one for 1955 with 16,155 Thunderbirds sold against 700 Corvettes.<br />
The 292 inł (4,778 cc) Y-Block was also introduced in 1955. The 292 shared the 3.3 in (83.82 mm) stroke of the 272 but with a larger 3.75 in (95.25 mm) bore. It was used in the Ford Thunderbird, Mercury, and some high-end Ford cars. The Ford version was the P-code "Thunderbird V8", which for cars equipped with a manual transmission had a compression ratio of 8.1:1 and was rated at 193 bhp (144 kW) at 4,400 rpm and with 280 lb ft (380 Nm) at 2,600 rpm. Cars equipped with an automatic transmission had a slightly higher compression ratio of 8.5:1 with a quoted 198 bhp (148 kW) at 4,400 rpm and 286 lb ft (388 Nm) at 2,500 rpm<br />
Date written: 11-Sep-2018
Price: <td><strong>£46000 Or near offer
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