1962 Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster convertible

Stunningly beautiful with inspiration from the space age

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The Story

Inspired by the space age with sleek fuselage-like styling, the ’62 Thunderbird earned the nick name ‘bullet bird’ and was a mild facelift of the ’61 T’Bird.

The ’62 Thunderbird Sports Roadster of which just 1,427 were produced, was able to conceal its top automatically at the touch of a button.

When fitted with a factory fibreglass tonneau (headrests included) hiding the rear seats, the ’62 T’Bird had the appearance of a two seater but with the simple removal of the tonneau cover, four seats were revealed.

The rear jet inspired taillights capped off a stunningly beautiful design. Ford advertising for the ’62 Thunderbirds stated: “Sparkling with original ideas, from Swing-Away steering wheel to ‘floating’ rear view mirror…all crafted to Thunderbird standards of extraordinary quality”.

The Thunderbird shared many common traits with the ’61 Lincoln Continental including headlights and the full length fender ridge.

The ‘power dome’ bonnet of this 1962 Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster concealed a 390ci V8 and a ‘Cruise-O-Matic’ automatic transmission.

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