'Selling that car was the thrill of my life’ says Barrasso ‘but it turned out to be an unhappy experience for Elvis'. 'I'll take it', Elvis replied, and drove the Tbird home right then and there, sending someone later to collect his Cadillac. As I was showing him the breakaway steering wheel, he asked how much? The wire wheels caught his eye immediately. Buying and Selling The 196466 Thunderbird is the ugly duckling of the family Brandan Gillogly 08 February 2019 Share Ford’s Thunderbird was late to battle Corvette for American two-seat supremacy when it arrived in 1955, but it brought plenty of horsepower and it had style. The picture above is from a 1990s recreation of the design based on a 1962 Mercury Monterey. The base 289 with a two-barrel carb made 210 hp, but for a mere 22, a four-barrel carb could be optioned, increasing output to 225 hp. 'One Sunday, I left a brochure, and the next day he drove down in his Cadillac and asked to see the car, which was on the showroom floor. The 1958 Ford X2000 concept car is another fantastic futuristic car design of the past.
With power steering and brakes, automatic trans and a 390 cubic inch V8, the Tbird was too big and heavy for a sports car, but it was about the most glamorous set of wheels made in America circa 1962.īarrasso called into Graceland to tell Elvis about the amazing car.
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The car came with chrome wire wheels and a fiberglass tonneau cover with integral headrests that hid the rear seats so that it resembled a two-seater. Classics on Autotrader has listings for new and used 1958 Ford Thunderbird Classics for sale near you. A childhood friend of Elvis, Ernie Barrasso was working at a Memphis Ford dealership in the early ‘60s when a new, limited edition Thunderbird was delivered.
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