What Is It? - The Augusta Chronicle
I was the second owner of this low-mileage car, and I had a great deal of fun with this car. I attended many car shows throughout New York, New England and then Aiken and Augusta. I did some detailing and painted the air cleaner and valve covers the original gold color. “The driver’s seat was all cracked because it was the only seat ever sat in. I took some time to find on original driver’s seat cover and I replaced it. “I cleaned it up and waxed it and started to attend many car shows. The feature that turned many heads was the Tilt-Away steering wheel. At car shows I would open the door and slide the steering in towards the radio, then slide the wheel back and put the car in gear to lock the wheel in place. After 25 years, I sold this car and it had 51,000 miles. Second, it did not have the name “Thunderbird” in front of the front tire, as the two previous years had. Our readers below will give you a history of the car leading up to the 1963. The next generation, from 1964 to 1966, squared off the lines of the car but kept many of the Thunderbird’s styling cues. Source: chronicle.augusta.com
