Nice chrome trimmings hold the buckets firmly in place, and we note the driver's seat is power. The dual bomber styled buckets for the front seats are covered in green vinyl and have chrome trimmings which like the passenger chair, is a low back stylized bomber bucket with tuck and roll and smooth green vinyl centers running through them and stitched in winged badges. This car has the unique side to side moveable steering wheel although it sticks and does not move. Inside affords a look into the future, (from 1964 eyes), with sleek lines and well thought usage of ribbed vinyl, solid smooth panels, and a mix of plenty of shiny polished aluminum panels for the doors. Standard T bird wheel covers available for the day with faux knockoff hubs are wrapped in thin white wall tires all around. Bringing up the rear just below the thin designed rear quarters and trunk lid, is the rear bumper with dual horizontal rectangles housing tail lights with more bird badges in the centers of the taillights. A scooped hood, and chrome trimmings for the glass on the greenhouse, and large “B” pillar on the landau vinyl black top, complete with landau bars frame the rear of the roofline. Panels are straight, and have nicely managed gaps throughout. These are like mini awnings for the door handles and fender skirts on the rear quarters. In lieu of any side trimmings this car has machined “skeg” lines extending through the doors into the rear fenders. The grille and bumper setup has a few smudges on it, but remains shiny. It takes on an almost mad look with the lines of the hood like scowling eyebrows. Dual different size headlights reside within their own coves framed by the hood and lower bumper. White like the driven snow, drapes the still straight steel panels throughout.
Some overall dirt, smudges and a few scratches and dings, but it's all there, turn the key and enjoy this classic original car. A 300hp 390ci V8, and an all new brake and exhaust system, and survivor in many ways. This car has 42,102 original miles, (according to the consigner), and a coat of white resprayed paint with a beautifully designed interior dripping of mid century modern. It's all grown up and has found its niche and from past sales Ford knew now what customers wanted. In house, for consignment, is this 4th generation T bird from Ford known as the “flair bird”. The Bullet Bird's unloved recessed headlights, tail fins, and dog-dish taillights all got the ax. Since the “banana-nose” design of the Bullet Birds hadn't gone over well, Bill Boyer and his team revisited some earlier styling themes for its 1964 successor. By the time the fourth-generation Ford Thunderbird appeared in 1964, the Thunderbird design studio had a firm grasp of what their customers liked and didn't like.
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