![]() Enjoy the reflections in the glossy black paint on the outside, while admiring the engine-turned dash, full instrumentation and side panel detailing on the inside. ![]() Powered by a 312 V8 and mated to an automatic transmission amazing condition and runs and drives like. These trannys had different ratios for different engine displacements, with the lowest 1st gear ratios for the smallest. All the conventional (non O/D) trannys were side access covers that had the straight bottom edge to the cover. It has an automatic transmission, Town & Country radio, power brakes, power. The clutch is light and smooth, and the three-speed box shifts precisely. Beautiful 57 T-Bird has gone thru a full restoration. 'According to the 57 shop manual Ford used 4 different transmissions in 1957. The 57 T-birds base engine was the new 312 cubic inch V-8 rated at 245. Find a nice oldies station on the factory AM/FM radio, and head out onto the open road. The 292 V8 fires instantly, and settles into a pleasant burbling idle from the dual through-bumper exhausts. Our Thunderbird is truly one of the nicest around, in one of the most desirable color combination available on a two-seat Thunderbird black on black & white. C code cars typically had few options, when most Thunderbirds were ordered fully loaded making the C coded cars much rarer today. The "C" series engine code was rated at 212 horsepower, and available only with the 3-speed manual transmission. It was the first two-seat bird to have a fully padded dash surface. The 1957 Thunderbird included a restyled front grille, rear deck and new bumpers. Motor Trend's Detroit editor, Don McDonald wrote "Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the new Ford Thunderbird is the clever wedding of sports car functionalism with American standards of comfort". It was no surprise that the original two-seat Thunderbird was a huge success, essentially creating its own market niche as the very first Personal Car. Every detail of this car speaks to the quality of the restoration from flawless chrome and immaculate interior, to the fully detailed engine bay and undercarriage, this C code Thunderbird would be a welcome addition to any collection. Iacocca largely because dealers had been besieged with requests for a car like the 1955-57 T-Bird. (Of course, there are many examples of the opposite - including the 58 T-Bird.) The Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster was approved by new Ford Division chief Lee A. The C engine code makes this fine 57 one of only 3300 units built to this specification a very small percentage of the 21,380 cars produced that year, and an even smaller percentage of the 53,166 total production of two-seat Birds. The former was the only production four-seat car to become a two-seater. This is the ultra-rare C-Bird and is in outstanding condition, having benefited from a frame off restoration, with full documentation including a print-photo history and CD Rom photo-file. 292 V8 with three-speed manual gearbox, factory hard and soft top and wire wheels.
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