1962 Ford Thunderbird

This was filmed Saturday June 5, 2010 at the Fleetwood Country Cruize in London, Ontario

Here is a show room perfect example of a 1962 Ford Thunderbird, the styling of this Thunderbird would have to be my second favorite generation of the Thunderbird, of course my favorite Thunderbird generation was the '55-'57, but this '62 sure has some nice lines and style, and the rocket exhaust taillights are a nice design touch that was common place on Ford's of the time, but the 390 under the hood would sure get this T-bird moving pretty good, and i would say the '61-'63 Thunderbird generation succeed more in being a Sleek performance luxury vehicle than the '58-'60 Thunderbird's did, and i would say the '61-'63's sure had some great sleek styling to them and that gave them some grace, after this point the Thunderbird would grow larger and become more luxury orientated,

also on a special note, take notice of the front California license plate, not sure the significance of this, but maybe the owner or the car are originally from California, but the rear plate identifies this car as a Ontario owned and operated vehicle, so i would think that maybe the car came from California, also did you notice the steering wheel looked kinda bent? well that's the swing away feature, it allows the driver to enter and exit the drivers seat more easily,

overall a great example, and for some reason these cars look really great in white, anyways i hope you enjoyed this video,

if you want more info on these cars please follow the links below,

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1961-1963-ford-thunderbird.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird_%28third_generation%29

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[yooperd]

The streamlining in these cars is awesome. What's cool about the '60s t-birds is the 427 SOHC they put in a few for drag racing, 600+ hp right from the factory.

[BRENTHENRY1989]

@yooperd

i like these '61-'63 Thunderbird's second to the '55-'57 T-birds, then the '64-'66 T-birds would be third to me, but i agree this generation sure had some great styling lines, and the rear end didn't disappoint either, i feel the '61-'63 captured more Thunderbird styling then the '58-'60 Thunderbird's did, for one the taillights seem to take a page from where the '57 Thunderbird left off, and went back with the twin round taillights, overall great cars, would enjoy owning one for sure

[4x44runner]

@ Brent that would of been a nice project to hot rod!

[BRENTHENRY1989]

@4x44runner

correct, i even had plans to make it a SR71 Black Bird themed Thunderbird, give it a nice flat black paint job, and give it some Black Bird jet decals to add to the theme, give it a real stealth look, ah well, if i ever get the chance at another nice one, and i have some money laying around, i just might build it yet!

[4x44runner]

I love all years of thunderbirds I have a thunderbird hat that says on the back since 1955

[BRENTHENRY1989]

@4x44runner of course, i love all years of Thunderbird's, but we all have our favorites, i even like the often neglected '77-'79 Thunderbirds, i had a chance at a mint '77 Thunderbird with the 351m, i wish i would have got it,

[monarch1957]

Hey Brent: That car reminds me of my aunts 63 Tbird same color but a little differnt on the sides as hers has the 3 hash marks on the doors. The swing away wheel was the forerunner of the tilt wheel on later cars. It first came out in 61 and stayed till 66. The 67's finally had the first tilt wheel but 65 Mercs came with it as an option which mine has.

[BRENTHENRY1989]

@DanielJaegerFilms i forgot to mention this car has the tilt away steering wheel, as it looks bent in the video if you look, that was a swing away feature to allow the driver to enter and exit the drivers seat more easily,

and i am glad your sister is in love with these cars! :) i can see why! and i am glad you liked the video Daniel,

[DanielJaegerFilms]

Great video, my sister is in love with these cars!