1955 Ford Thunderbird
Car History
A first-year 1955 Ford Thunderbird remains one of the most
collectable '50s cars, featured in the iconic American Graffiti
movie showing the lovely removeable hard top, side port-hole
windows and the sleek luxury style that still provokes strong
nostalgia making people smile today as they did fifty years
ago.
Adventure Classics has a beautiful jet Black Thunderbird with a V8
engine, great color combo of black exterior and black/white
interior, and has become very desirable because of the originality
as well as has gone through a frame on restoration.
Engine & Drivetrain
Under the hood is the Thunderbird Special 292 cubic inch V8 engine.
It has the correct painted factory red engine block and intake,
Thunderbird's special valve covers, all other factory engine
components, pie dish air topper with correct diaphragm surrounding
half of it, four-barrel carburetor, dual exhaust, and special
Vintage Air Conditioning.
The V8 is backed with an automatic transmission and underneath is
clean, painted, and detailed as up above. It runs and drives
exceptionally well.
Interior
The main reason the Thunderbird sold more cars than the Corvette
can be found inside. The Corvette remained a true sports car but
the Thunderbird was luxurious with a wide variety of power options
such as the two-tone Black/White rare option Power Seat, bright
machine-interior trim that stretches across the dash and door
panels, clock and tachometer, large factory black steering wheel,
Vintage Air Conditioning, black carpet, and it all looks as it did
coming right out of the showroom back in 955.
Hit the open road with the Black canvas top down or up either
way!
Exterior
There are no other 1955 Thunderbirds that are more desirable than
this first-ever black on black/white T-Bird with the black
convertible top.
The chrome really sets the Thunderbird apart as does the wraparound
front and rear bumper, wide mesh grille, subtle hood scoop, and the
twin tailpipes integrated through the rear bumper guards.
The chrome wire wheels and spinner hubcaps look period correct as
do the wide whitewall tires. The black wheel well fender flares
give it the final correct look also!
Conclusion
This stunning 1955 Ford Thunderbird that we have here at Adventure
Classics is professionally restored. That was actually Henry Ford's
answer to the Chevrolet Corvette, and who would have imagined such
success of the Thunderbird?.
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(727) 580-9919 or (727) 688-1148
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