Equipment
312ci/270hp with dual quads, automatic, power brakes, chrome wire wheels, whitewall tires, Town and Country radio, fender skirts, porthole hardtop, soft top.
Condition
Good paint, but there are many rock ships on the nose. Good exterior brightwork but the grille surround and rear window trim are out of alignment. Neat and tidy engine compartment. Very good interior but there are a few paint chips on the steering wheel, and light waviness on the passenger's side of the dashboard. Not represented as matching numbers. An older but still very good restoration.
Market commentary
This car sold at Mecum Indy in 2013 for $75,970 and here at B-J in 2015 for $88,000. The difference in results isn't so much down to a deterioration of the car's condition or to any great change in the first gen T-Bird market as it is down to bidder tastes. There is no set discount for this car's presumably replacement block, so in a no reserve auction setting like this it is up to the bidders to determine what that discount should be. For reference, a factory E-Code car in this condition would command close to six figures making this a sound and opportunistic buy.