*original* Limited Edition 1963 Ford Thunderbird Landau Principality Of Monaco on 2040-cars
Alexander, New York, United States
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I am selling my 1963 Ford Thunderbird which is a Limited Edition Thunderbird Landau called the "Principality of Monaco". Only 2,000 of these cars were produced and each one was individually numbered 1 through 2,000. Technically there were only 1,981 of this model available to the public since the first was retired upon the death of Princess Grace (Grace Kelly) and was put in Monaco's Royal Museum where is remains today, and cars 2 through 19 were sent to Ford District offices around the country for display and auto shows. Princess Grace of Monaco was consulted for the color scheme of the Limited Edition Landau, beige being her favorite color and was originally planned for the exterior paint it was decided on September 19th 1962 to go with Rose Beige Vinyl over Corinthian White. This car is number 807 and is all original, I am only the third owner of the car and it has spent the majority of its life in California and has never seen any salt. As a result it is in excellent shape and has no rust and is solid everywhere. The only location where there is a little bit of rust is below the rear window, but is easily fixable and is not major (pictured). Also on the driver side the rear quarter has a large dent but is not rotted through anywhere because of it, otherwise the body is very straight, the chrome trim piece that runs the length behind the door to the rear of the car is also bent, but I purchased a replacement which will come with the car. The interior as expected as being an original car is faded and needs work but for its age is in excellent condition and I did not find many broken pieces or trim pieces. Other than the rear seat having a split and the drivers cushion being worn away (resulting in cracking of the side trim panel on the lower seat) the interior is in good shape. The color combination on the Principality of Monaco edition was only available for this car which was a Corinthian White Paint (paint code M), Dark Rose Beige Vinyl roof (code E), Pearl White leather seats (trim code 83), Dark Rose Beige padded dash and carpet including carpeted door trim panel bottoms, Simulated Rosewood trim on console, instrument panel, door handles, rear quarter trim panels, and seat back emblem inserts. Other options and differences from the base models include the rear fender shields, white tilt-away steering wheel with unique insert, white background on S-bar inserts, numbered nameplate mounted on the console, monotone vinyl door and quarter trim panels, and it is supposed to have the wire-wheel hubcaps but I do not have them, I do have 3 other Thunderbird hubcaps (pictured) that will come with the car. Mechanically the car is in good shape and strong and the 330HP, 390 with 4 bbl carb (6.4 liter) runs smooth but could use a tune up (carb rebuild, plugs, wires, fresh gas, etc.). The brakes need some work as expected. The Shift O-Matic transmission shifts well and feels very strong. The exhaust is not rotted and is very quiet. It has 74,533 original miles, and was regularly serviced. It also has factory air (not functioning currently), power seats, power windows, and power steering as well as many other advanced options for the year. The tires are in decent shape and all hold air. Also coming with the car is the original owners manual, advertisement piece, wiring manual, shop manual, and other vintage Thunderbird magazines. The car comes with a good clean New York registration, VIN # 3Y872140419. The car was registered in 2012 as well. There are only 15 of these cars known to exist still today, I have heard this from a number of sources and other restoration companies. As you will see, they are not a common car to find and I have not seen others on Ebay.
The car is sold where is, as is. No refunds, and a non refundable deposit of $500.00 is due within 24 hours at the end of the auction. The remainder of the money is to be paid by cash, Paypal or money order within 7 days after the auction and the car needs to be picked up 14 days after the end of the auction. Registration and car will be released after all funds are cleared at my house. Shipping and delivery are your responsibility, again I am not responsible for shipment or delivery, please arrange this ahead of time. If you have any questions feel free to message me and please look at all pictures which show many views/angles of the vehicle to accurately show imperfections and condition. Please only bid if you are serious, canceling bids or accidentally placing bids on your end creates a large hassle with Ebay. Since I have the car advertised locally I reserve the right the end the auction early. Thank You for your time and please read the description, again if I have left anything out that you would like to know about I am happy to answer any questions you have. Happy Bidding!! On Jan-01-14 at 14:32:56 PST, seller added the following information: I read over my description once more and I did not mention a slight wrinkle in the lower passenger rocker, I'm not sure it is clearly visible in the pictures or not but I thought that I would mention it to be absolutely clear. Trying to represent the car as accurately as possible, thank you for the understanding. |
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