Featured on AutoHunter, the web public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 1957 Ford Thunderbird 3-Pace.

This coming week, a vacation meal centered round turkey will happen in properties and eating places across the nation. Within the meantime, let’s admire a special form of chicken – a Thunderbird. This Colonial White convertible is likely to be on the vacation want record of your or of somebody you already know. The public sale ends Tuesday, so when you’re the fortunate winner (and occur to be wherever close to Moultonborough, New Hampshire), you would possibly be capable to drive it to household dinner this Thursday. You’ll be the discuss of household dinner for positive.

The primary-generation Thunderbird – lauded for pioneering the “private luxurious automobile” section – acquired some essential updates for its third mannequin yr in 1957: The nostril was reworked to include a bigger grille, and the tailfins had been equally augmented out again. This mannequin yr marked the final for a two-seat Thunderbird, and manufacturing totals got here out to 21,380 items.

There’s a lot to like about immediately’s featured three-speed Thunderbird. Regardless of having undergone restoration about three a long time in the past within the Nineties, it nonetheless exhibits remarkably effectively within the public sale’s picture gallery. The physique (which was beforehand coated in Thunderbird Bronze) was resprayed in Colonial White to match the hardtop and supply a monochromatic look. In fact, the automobile nonetheless comes with its commonplace, manually-retractable mushy high for max versatility.

The guts of this ‘chicken is a numbers-matching 292cid V8 that’s backed by a three-speed guide transmission. The vendor has supplied an extended record of mechanical enhancements which have taken place throughout the final yr or two. Included within the service areas had been the battery, alternator, steering field, bulbs, seals, gas pump, suspension, and exhaust system. Based mostly on all this, there will not be a lot left to do with this automobile apart from drive it and luxuriate in it.

The vendor asserts that the indicated 34,160 miles are true and precise. Whereas validating that assertion turns into difficult and even inconceivable, the itemizing states that an affidavit of possession from the unique proprietor will accompany the automobile, so greater than seemingly that particular person will help piece collectively the wanted backstory on this nicely-preserved and restored early Thunderbird.

We expect it’s best to add this ‘chicken to your meal planning for the week.

The public sale for this 1957 Ford Thunderbird 3-Pace ends Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 12:15 p.m. (MST)

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