3/14/2023 0 Comments 58 thunderbirdThe car is equipped with Master Guide power steering and Swift Sure power-assisted drum brakes. Additional equipment includes a non-functional hood scoop, quad headlights and taillights, rear fender skirts, and chrome bumpers and trim.ġ4″ steel wheels wear Ford-branded wheel covers and are mounted with BFGoodrich Silvertown tires. The car underwent a refurbishment in 2019 that included a repaint in its factory Gulfstream Blue with a white hardtop (ME). ![]() This Thunderbird is now offered in California with a copy of the factory service policy, an owner’s handbook, shop manuals, model literature, and a clean Washington title in the seller’s name. Equipment includes air conditioning, a replacement stereo, a power driver’s seat, a dual exhaust system, power steering and brakes, and quad headlights and taillights. The car is finished in Gulfstream Blue with a white roof over a matching two-tone interior and is powered by a 352ci V8 paired with a three-speed automatic transmission. Honeycomb grill and tail-light surrounds were exclusive to the '58s.This 1958 Ford Thunderbird hardtop was delivered new to Hysen-Johnson Ford in San Luis Obispo, California in August 1958 and received a refurbishment before being acquired by the seller in 2019. SquarebirdĬonvertibles looked good from any angle. Another '58 laps Ford's test track at full tilt. Five vertical grilles on the lower door-panel"bombs" identify a '58 in profile. Noted period auto journalist Joe Wherry compares the heights of a standard '58 Ford, a new '58 Thunderbird and '57 version. The one at top left is close to eventual production version, but carries the porthole from earlier two-seat 'Birds. Cutouts for different greenhouse designs could be overlaid on this illustrated styling study. The wording was skewed during the copy process.ġ. ![]() Now I will post the picture, though it is not of the best quality, and the wording as to what it said next to the picture. This was only an overlay drawing and there is no indication that any were actually produced. Ray, I have checked some of the books I have and found that the Auto Editors for Consumer Guide published a book Called “Thunderbird Chronicle” in which appears an overlay drawing of the 1958 T-Bird Top that includes “Opera Windows”. Here is proof that Ford did consider manufacturing the '58 with the Opera Windows in it. He will send more and I will post them when I get them. Little did I know that it used to live in San Antonio! It is interesting that both Marco's Tbird and Anders came out of Texas! Here are the two pictures he sent me so far. There REALLY is a '58 Tbird with Opera windows in it, as I had heard not to long after I joined Squarebirds. Now it lives with Marco in The Netherlands. Then another owner (the one I talked with) had it repainted because he liked the present paint and interior scheme better. Since that posting, I was able to find out for Marco that a previous owner had the Opera windows installed, either at a local Ford dealer, or by an auto shop. (Not show-quality, but then you've an idea of the car)" So far my little story, some pictures are coming up soon I promise! I wonder who did that to the car and in what year it was done. ![]() Far from original I know, but it looks as if they could be there from the assembly line. Most particular are the "retro" earlybird portholes in the c-post of the car. What also maybe can help is that I have the license plate that reads: (TEXAS 58) AN 9711. (before I could contact him unfortunately) That's my knowledge in brief about the history of the car so far. The last owner, from San Antonio, passed away I know from searching the internet. ![]() It was shipped in 1997 to Europe from Dallas, but the car came from San Antonio according to the "Texas Certificate of Title" I have with it. It's repainted in the USA (don't know what year) in two-tone Red/White with a red and white interior before I bought the car in 1998. It was originally Winterset White with a Blue vinyl and nylon interior package. "My T-Bird is a 1958 Hardtop with the VIN number: H8YH100939 Wait until you see the two pictures I will post below!! I cant wait to see what Anders has to say! Marco has it registered in the Tbird Registry as #4628. Here is what Marco has to say about his Tbird. It just so happens that it comes from San Antonio!! I have been able to get in contact with a previous owner about it. I have been helping him trace some information on his '58 Tbird. I have been in correspondence with new member Marco aka Dutchbird.
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