Obviously, this one will need the usual injection of money and effort before it is back on the road. Once again, a better description by the owner would help a lot. Pinetree Green Metallic was a special order color, but it was a much darker shade of green. However, in the picture below, we see what looks to be a different green in a few areas. This color, which I think everyone other than the Ford Marketing Department would call turquoise, was often paired with an interior of the same color except for white inserts in the seats. From the look of the interior, the car came from the factory with Thunderbird Blue paint. Supposedly, everything is there and ready to be put back together, and that the car comes with both the hard and soft tops. The question is whether the car was being restored in 1968, or if the restoration attempt was more current. It appears that this car was undergoing restoration when something happened. He also claims that the car has no rust, and that they have re-done the brakes and got the 292 cubic inch V-8 engine running. The owner states that the car has just 41,000 miles, and that it has been stored since 1968. This Thunderbird, as you can see, needs some work. I couldn’t afford it then (or now), but you all know how we want to keep track of cars like this. I always dreamed of purchasing it, but I lost track of her and the car before I graduated high school. Even then, it was a special car, and she got countless offers to buy it. I also remember the smooth ride over the brick streets in her neighborhood. Pennington’s Thunderbird had a black interior with white seat inserts, and I distinctly remember the porthole top. Of course, there were no seat belts to be found. Can you imagine three kids and a fairly skinny teacher crammed in that space? Now, factor in that I was a fat kid, and one of the other kids was pretty tall for his age. If I wasn’t hip deep in a restoration right now, this one would be mine. While the bidding hasn’t hit the reserve yet, the high bid as of this writing is just $4,951. This 1955 Thunderbird, found in Bunnell, Florida and being sold on EBay, makes me want to go to the bank to get rejected tomorrow. So, as you can imagine, I have always wanted one for myself. While that would never happen in today’s litigious society, it really made a lasting impression on me. She crammed all of us in the car and drove us back to her house. Her, myself, and two other kids got to go swimming at her home on a lake as a reward for doing well on spelling tests. It was her daily driver, and, to a young car nut like me, it was the coolest thing. Pennington, had a Goldenrod Yellow 1955 Thunderbird. I have always had a soft spot for 1955-1957 Thunderbirds.
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