1963 Ford Thunderbird

1963 Ford Thunderbird â?" 390 FE V8, Blue on Blue, White Vinyl Top Why This Car Is Special The 1963 Ford Thunderbird sits at an interesting crossroads in the model's history. It was the final year of the fourth-generation design that Ford had introduced in 1961 â?" a car that moved the Thunderbird away from the two-seat personal luxury formula of the late 1950s and into a longer, more formal four-seat hardtop body. That 1961-to-1963 generation is now often called the 'Bullet Bird' by enthusiasts, a reference to the pointed, projectile-like nose treatment that distinguished these cars from the Square Birds that preceded them. Ford sold 42,806 Thunderbirds for the 1963 model year, making it a reasonably successful final run for that body style before the completely redesigned 1964 cars arrived.