1955 57 thunderbird for sale12/30/2023 ![]() The ones that I've used with success are Prestige Thunderbird (Santa Fe Springs, CA), CASCO (Ohio), Concours Auto Parts (Nevada), and National Parts Depot. Of course you can also get NOS parts off of eBay. ![]() If you choose to restore it differently there are other combinations, but in all cases the body and hardtop should match.Īs for the quality of parts, the major T-Bird suppliers get the parts from the same sources and all are of good quality, some even better than the original. If it has the softtop that should also be black nylon. If it has the hardtop it would also be painted black. You are correct that it was a black car with black and white trim. The body code is 40A (correct for 1955 or 1956 T-Birds) and the VIN number is P5FH243884 (all '55 T-Birds start with P5FH). I have a couple of corrections on the numbers that you posted. It sounds like you have a good car to restore. The same can't be said of the new one Ford brought out in 2002. One thing that helps is that it is almost impossible to take a bad picture of one. They are popping up in ads all the time, so someone thinks they have a timeless quality about them. There are 3 (including mine) within a one mile radius of my house. I have no way to confirm the numbers I mention, but it seems like new ones come out of the woodwork all the time. They made 53,000 of them originally and I'll bet half of them still exist and a third of them are in drivable condition. You are right about the availability of cars. It seems like when I am driving most people are just in a hurry to get where they want to go and couldn't care less about any sort of interesting car, T-Birds included. ![]() I don't get as many admiring waves while driving as I did when I bought the car in 1996. I drive in plenty of parades and get a lot of nice compliments on the car. Here they never met a foreign car they didn't like. I live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. I would also say that it has to do with where you live. I think the general public still likes them a lot, anytime mine's on the road or stopped it's getting glances and/or comments.they are fun.ĭave, I agree with your assessment of things. They are fairly common, as are Mustangs, so they're somewhat of a "commodity" in that you can shop for color and options you want, and probably find it. Personally, I like the 56 best, and I've owned on or more examples from each model over the years. A lot of people like the styling of the 57 over the two other years. Then, in 57, the styling changed quite a bit, and the car more mirrored the other 57 models from Ford. Then, a slightly larger engine, a 312 instead of a 292, not a huge deal though. Second, they realized there was virtually no trunk space with a trunk spare, so they went to the continental kit, which, while a pain in the arse to take apart if you have a flat, at least gives trunk space (I have a small modern inflatable in my trunk too). One, a baby 'bird gets hot inside, and there's little ventilation, so they added the vents on the side of the cowl. For the 56 year, they realized a few things. The 1955 is nice, the 1956 is a little nicer.
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