Ripe to your viewing on ClassicCars TV is an Fascinating Finds video of a 1963 Ford Thunderbird Sports activities Roadster with the “M-code” 390. There’s rather a lot to distill right here so, in case you don’t know T-birds, class is in session.

The Sports activities Roadster was launched in 1962, a $651 possibility bundle accessible solely on the convertible. Gear included fancy Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels (which negated skirts as an possibility), fiberglass tonneau cowl, color-keyed passenger help bar, and particular emblems. For these pining for the return of the two-seater Thunderbird, they obtained their want. For 1962, 1,427 had been constructed, with a further 455 constructed for 1963.

Throughout these two years, two engines had been supplied on the Thunderbird (apart of a low-compression 390 for some export markets). The usual engine was a 300-horsepower 390cid, however an possibility with a trio of Holley two-barrel carburetors and 340 horsepower was accessible (although unrelated to that accessible for the Galaxie, which used a special consumption). The engine code within the VIN was “M”, therefore the identify we use at this time.

Be part of “Jalopy Jeff” Sutton as he offers a walk-around of a 1963 Thunderbird Sports activities Roadster that bought for $181,000 on the 2023 Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas public sale. Out of the 455 constructed, this one in all 37 with the M-code 390.