Featured on AutoHunter, the web public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 58,874-mile 1962 Ford Thunderbird hardtop powered by the Thunder hen 390 Excessive Efficiency V8, as designated by the “M” within the VIN. It’s reputed that out of 145 M-code Thunderbirds in-built 1962, with a mere 25 being hardtops like this car. Options embrace Swing-Away steering wheel, energy home windows and different equipment, air con, and chrome Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels. Many new elements have been put in together with the tires, brakes, gas pump, gas strains, brake booster, spark plugs, and wires. Painted crimson with off-white leather-based inside, this 1962 Thunderbird will include receipts and a transparent title.

This Rangoon Purple (code J) Thunderbird hardtop continues to put on its manufacturing unit chrome and stainless trim, emblems, handles, headlights, grille, and bumpers. The vendor states a beauty piece on the backside of the antenna is lacking and there are spots of rust on the again wheel effectively.

A set of 14-inch chrome 48-spoke Kelsey-Hayes chrome wire wheels with tri-bar heart caps are wrapped in 215/75/14 Hankook Kinergy ST whitewall tires.

The inside is furnished with Gentle Pearl Beige (code 84) leather-based inside with entrance bucket seats. This Thunderbird options the well-known Swing-Away steering wheel, and energy home windows, door locks, and driver’s seat.

The gold padded dashboard homes a 120-mph speedometer, clock, and gas/temperature gauge. The odometer reveals 58,874, which the vendor states is correct.

The engine is a uncommon 340-horsepower 390cid V8 with a trio of Holley two-barrel carburetors complemented by chrome valve covers and a finned open-element air cleaner. The engine bay options energy steering and brakes, SelectAire Conditioner, and mechanical radiator fan.

Based on the vendor, this M-code 1962 Ford Thunderbird was bought new by Aurelbelle Shaffer, who was the spouse of the Raymond Shaffer, the previous president of Greyhound. Aurelbelle drove this Thunderbird as her second automotive, all the time conserving it parked underneath a carport in Scottsdale. In 1992, the automotive was positioned in an Arizona storage facility till it was moved to Georgia in 2010.

The public sale for this M-code 1962 Ford Thunderbird hardtop ends on Friday, August 11, 2023, at 12:45 p.m. (PDT)

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