1957 Ford Thunderbird

VIN: C7FH318214

$21,600

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    Barrett-Jackson

  • Location

    West Palm Beach, FL; US

  • Event date

    Apr 3 - Apr 7, 2005

  • Lot

    643

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    C7FH318214

  • Body style

    Convertible

  • Odometer

    7636 m

  • Interior Color

    Black, White

  • Exterior Color

    White, Black vinyl porthole hardtop

  • Generation

    1955-1957 Ford Thunderbird

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

292 206hp, 4 speed (yes, four speed, not overdrive), wire wheel covers, wide whitewalls, pushbutton radio. Voted the most despicable, repulsive, sad and pathetic car of the 2005 B J WPB auction. Smoked so badly they held it outside the building until its time actually on the block and even then killed all the cockroaches in the place. Too bad it didnt kill itself. Rust flakes lying on the carpet, partial soft top frame, rusty chrome trim, dirty interior. Completed sculpted from Bondo with gentle waves in the sides that had the topography of a snowy pasture. Scrofulous is too good a word for this piece of dreck.

Market commentary

This slug should have had salt sprinkled on it at check in and been turned away to shrivel up in the back corner of the parking lot. Its not beyond saving, but close, and the buyer here is so far underwater that even the next dotcom bonanza cant save him. The car card said its in mostly good condition which, like the demise of small and medium at the coffee shop, is a new definition of good. Parking it on the street with the keys in the ignition and hoping someone steals it wont work, because even the engine and drivetrain on this Bird are so pathetic theres no money in parting it out.

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