Our 1957 Ford Thunderbird

Jockeydoc · Apr 9, 2021

cliffcostello said:
AWESOME!!!! Make sure you post some pics of it!!!!

Thanks Cliff...trying to upload a picture of the Peacock blue Bird with it's 81yr old owner I saw on Wednesday.... still learning the process on this site..so might take me a while !!
It was a refurbished interim but I was a bit worried about it's ability to run (the car as well as the owner!).

biddle · Apr 9, 2021

Jockeydoc said:
Thanks Cliff...trying to upload a picture....
still learning the process on this site..so might take me a while !!

Make sure you check out the website video tutorials sent in your welcome message and on our YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtw03lljrSZ5y8vLxHHSLzw?sub_confirmation=1

Jockeydoc · Apr 9, 2021

cliffcostello said:
AWESOME!!!! Make sure you post some pics of it!!!!

Thanks Cliff...trying to upload a picot of the Peacock blue Bird with it's 81yr old owner I saw on Wednesday.... still learning the process on this site..so might take me a while !!
It was a refurbished interim but I was a bit worried about it's ability to run (the car as well as the owner!)

biddle said:
Make sure you check out the website video tutorials sent in your welcome message and on our YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtw03lljrSZ5y8vLxHHSLzw?sub_confirmation=1

Thanks I did have a look at one on tube... but got a bit lost ....I'll ask one of my sons to give me a tutorial !! Gosh... you are up early...
Cheers
Philip

Jockeydoc · Apr 9, 2021

@biddle just watched the link....Thnaks
PP

cliffcostello · Apr 9, 2021

Jockeydoc said:
Thanks Cliff...trying to upload a picture of the Peacock blue Bird with it's 81yr old owner I saw on Wednesday.... still learning the process on this site..so might take me a while !!
It was a refurbished interim but I was a bit worried about it's ability to run (the car as well as the owner!).

Hey Philip, we bought our 57 from an 84 year old gentleman, who lived near us. He had a collection of over 15 cars in his three garage buildings, including 5 Thunderbirds. He had just sold a Coral 56, and had this 57 available for sale. I had heard about it at a cruise in I was at with my 1970 Chevy El Camino SS. I called him the next day, went at lunch time to look at it, brought my wife over that evening to look at it, and bought it. He owned it since 2006, but barely put 1,000 miles on it ... it needed so many repairs and upgrades to get it roadworthy again. The body and interior were in beautiful condition. He also had a Starmist Blue 57 (also with a continental kit) ... but wouldn't sell that one. Three weeks after we bought our TBird, he passed away. I had enjoyed getting to know him over the course of about a month for us to complete our transaction and afterwards. Enjoy your new 56!!!! Looking forward to seeing the pics. Cliff

Jockeydoc · Apr 9, 2021

Jockeydoc said:
Thanks Cliff...trying to upload a picture of the Peacock blue Bird with it's 81yr old owner I saw on Wednesday.... still learning the process on this site..so might take me a while !!
It was a refurbished interim but I was a bit worried about it's ability to run (the car as well as the owner!).

cliffcostello · Apr 9, 2021

Jockeydoc said:

Sweet picture!!! My uncle had a brand new Raven Black 56 when I was very young, and remember riding in it with him and my dad ... that is when my love of TBirds started. It took me about 60 years to finally own one of my own!!! Congrats on your beautiful new Bird!!!

Jjs3 · Apr 9, 2021

cliffcostello said:
Awesome!! We just sold our White 2003 Thunderbird to my sister-in-law and brother-in-law to buy our 57 TBird. We loved the 2003 .. only had 28k miles on it ... black and red interior!! What color is yours? BTW, I'm 67 year old in constant state of mid life crisis ... been going on for 30 years!! LOL

Mountain shadow gray. 53,000 miles. Bought it for $14,200. Looking forward to putting the top down.

cliffcostello · Apr 9, 2021

Jjs3 said:
Mountain shadow gray. 53,000 miles. Bought it for $14,200. Looking forward to putting the top down.

You will enjoy it top down. Think my wife really misses the 2003 .. she felt much more comfortable driving it than the 57. But she likes the 57 for being the show car.

Our 1957 Ford Thunderbird

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