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12/02/2016 10:08 pm
PICS,,,,No skirt removal here....
As some of you know, fender skirts are not my friend, and most models in my collection have had them removed. There are a few however, such as the 58 to 60 birds have skirts that are really part of the body.
This one almost got away. Its missing the Thunderbird script on the passenger side, and only procrastination saved it from being returned. I'm sure had I sent it back, it would not have been replaced. This issue, not even a limited edition sold out FAST!
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12/02/2016 10:13 pm
Lucky you!!!i wish I had bought one of these Birds
They look so classy in white
13/02/2016 5:13 am
DM did a great job on its T-Birds. Love 'em all. In my opinion, the 58-60 Birds are so much more beautiful than the BENT looking 61-63's.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
13/02/2016 5:16 am
PIC:I think less than 200 ever made it to the public. The color was not popular so DM didn't re-order them. I think it's a terrific model.
Regarding Skirts on Thunderbirds, they were standard equipment on all but the 1962 Sports Roadster and all 1966 models. The Sports roadster deleted them because of the Kelsey Hays Wheels --- the spinner did not clear the skirts so Ford simply eliminated them.
By 1966, they made them optional but most people ordered them because they were used to the look with the '64 -'65 models. If you didn't order the skirts, you got chrome trim for the wheel well. I own a convertible with no skirts.
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13/02/2016 7:52 am
Good thing as these cars were made to have skirts, except for the roadster. Love it in white.....
I recall many of the 1:1 Square Birds were done in white, back in the day.
John Bono
North Jersey
15/02/2016 4:41 am
The story on the white '59 Thunderbird....
When I was at DM, I worked with several gentlemen who were directing the marketing of the cars, (I was development). One of those guys had a great mind for coming up with cars that the collectors might find interesting. He needed to re-order the bronze '59 T-Bird which was low on inventory. There was a minimum order required and he was sure that he wouldn't need that many bronze cars. He split the order in half and told the factory to paint half of the cars bronze and the other half white, (which was the roof color on the bronze car.) He put the white cars in the catalog and they sold out. It wasn't that they were not popular...in fact white was the most popular color on full size '59 Thunderbirds. That was just done to fill in an order. I'm guessing about 300-400 cars are white. He did the same thing with the '57 Ford Skyliner and there were several hundred Dresden Blue samples made.