While sales were strong through the late 1950s and early 1960s, purists besieged Ford with demands for the return of a two-place Thunderbird. The 1961-63 Thunderbird in considered by many to ne the most beautiful Thunderbird ever built, largely due to aerospace on the Alex Tremulis design. AACA National Awards Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 2015 (Outstanding Postwar Car Award).AACA Grand National Lebanon Tennesse, June 2014 (Senior Grand Natinoal).Vintage Thunderbird Club International, New Orleans, Lousiana, May 2014 (First Place Senior, Best of Show).Vintage Thunderbird Club International, Houston, Texas, September 2013 (First Place Senior, Wixom Authenticity Award).AACA Annual Grand National, Moline, Illinois, June 2013 (First Grand National, Preservation Award).AACA National Fall Meet, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 2012 (National First Place Senior).Vintage Thunderbird Club International, Charleston, South Carolina, September 2012 (First Place Primary).International Thunderbird Club, Wilminton, Delaware, June 2012 (First Place Formal).Live rear axle with semi-elliptical leaf springsĪACA National Fall Meet, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 2011 (National first place Junior) One of only 37 M-Code 1963 Sports Roadstersīuild with nearly every available factory optionĮxceptional restoration by noted model expert Jim Wulfģ-Speed Cruise-O-Matic automatic transmissionĤ-wheel power-assisted hydraulic drum brakes

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