It rides on chrome big spoke wire wheels with spinner caps and wide white sidewall tires, big brakes and more. The V8 fires up easily and has a great exhaust note out the rear dual exhaust system. They sit in a clean, painted, and detailed engine compartment that looks like it was back in 1964. Out Tbird came with the powerful 390 cubic-inch V8 is with the four-barrel carburetor, correct gold painted Thunderbird embossed valve covers and air cleaner assembly, windshield washer bag, and all other factory correct parts on the engine. The Thunderbird created a market niche that eventually became known as the personal luxury car. The Ford Thunderbird is a rear wheel drive automobile which was manufactured by Ford in the United States over eleven model generations from 1955 through 2005. We navigate the confusing landscape of wholesale, salvage and consumer markets to sell the vehicles in the best venue to the most appropriate buyer base.We have a like new luxurious white 1964 Thunderbird here at Skyway Classics that has an offsetting gorgeous red bucket seat interior as well as a 300 horsepower 390 cu in FE V8 engine paired with a 3-speed automatic transmission. To learn more or to learn more, visit Car Donation Wizard or call us at 87.Īdvanced Remarketing Services offers innovative solutions to some of the remarketing industry’s toughest questions. Your vehicle donation can help LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS or any other charity of your choice. Today, this ’64 Thunderbird became part of the car donation wizard program and is slated to help save the lives of mistreated and abused animals around the world. It’s got a 390 cubic inch, 4V, V-8 engine and was the 139,991 car ordered for production. 2 Modifications continued until sales started to fall in 1981…which some will proclaim was the beginning of the end for the Ford Thunderbird who could never really recapture the market strength it once boasted.Īccording to its VIN (Vehicle Identification Number), this particular Ford is a 1964 convertible that came off the line in Wixom, Michigan. In response to small trunk space concerns from owners, Ford introduced the “deep well” trunk in this year’s model creating more room than ever before. Only 92,465 units of the ‘64 model were produced 1 and it was the only model to have the word “Thunderbird’ on the front hood instead of the image of the Thunderbird. Something Special: Ford manufactured over 4.4 million T-birds over the span of 50 years beginning in 1955. So, while the T-bird was “shiny and pretty” to me as a child,…now I “get it”, Dad. Now an adult with a small child of my own, I know how much blood, sweat and tears (and money) go into making “the impossible”, possible. By the time it was stolen from us in the middle of the night, dad had it just shy of completely restored. It needed lots of work, but that’s why he bought it. My Dad had a T-bird when I was just a kid. It’s made even sweeter because proceeds are supporting animal welfare organization, LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS. That makes me super excited about the ’64 convertible Thunderbird we received as a car donation – pictured above with Kelly, Melanie and Kayla. There is something about this automobile that melts my heart. Unless, of course, we’re talking about the Ford Thunderbird. And, while I deeply appreciate the passion some people have for all things auto, to me a car is a car. I’m not someone who stops in their tracks when a certain vehicle drives by, or knows the differences between a 19 model of ANY car.
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