62 Vista Bird

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1962 Ford Thunderbird Custom Hatchback Wagon

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Body Style: Custom Hatchback Wagon Mileage: 119,353 Condition: Excellent Interior: Gray/Black Exterior: Teal Over Jade Metallic


Location: San Rafael, California, United States
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1962 Ford Thunderbird hatchback wagon. Professionally built, one-of-a-kind custom car. Conversion utilizes roof from 1965 Olds Vista-Cruiser wagon. Conversion alone took 400+ hours to complete. Has 1969 Ford 390 cu.in. V8 with Ford 428 crank and cam. Winner of many awards. Featured in magazines such as Special Interest Autos, Custom Rodder, etc. Professionally appraised in 1999 at $24,500. Recent upgrades include: rebuilt Holley 650 cfm 4-barrel carburetor, refurbished braking and steering systems, New windshield and hatch window (plexiglas), new paint as needed,new battery, have all receipts to 1994 when I purchased the car, comes with new Evolution car cover. A beautiful and absolutely unique automobile. A steal at $24,900. Craig. (415) 554-3675. This is a message phone so feel free to call anytime and let me know when to return your call. Thank you so much.
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It is cool..... been for sale longer than I have been a member though.

 

Somewhere I have the copy of Specal Intrest Auto that did an artical on it. I beleive it was in the 80s

 

I kinda like it, but it seems that they could have done better on the rear hatch... To me it looks out of place with the rest of the car..

 

meh - not a fan. I agree with Teej - rear hatch looks like an afterthought and I think the Vista roof looks too big for the car. Kinda feel the same way about this as I do about the Corvette wagons - leave well enough alone!

 

Overall, not all bad, but it does have some issues. This wagon's been around a long time, and for sale for almost as long.

The rear hatch is plexiglas. Should be glass. I would think they could fabricate a custom hatch lid using a '74 Pinto hatch glass, or something similar. The interior is far from perfect. First off, they used a T-Bird that had crank windows. Really? And the faux wood you see on the dash and console is not factory. Stock T-Birds had brushed aluminum. (The landau model in '63 may have had wood, IDK...)


I think the vehicle could be worth around $22k+, but it needs some work first.

Just my opinion.....

Marhall

 

This car makes me think of a Ranchero with a cap on the bed.

 

We've talked about this one before. If I had been doing the conversion, I would have used this for the wagon section:

 

I like the car overall..
I even like the interior and yes, even the wood...
BUT!
As others have noted that hatch looks like an after thought...
That plus NO power windows and NO A/C ... Sorta leaves me cold...

 

It looks like that's exactly what they did, and with not-so-good results. The hatch does look very out of place on the car.

 

The back 'hatch', if that's what you should call it, is simply a sheet of plexiglass, drilled for the hinges and latch. The 'frame' around the plexi looks to be the original frame area of the VistaCruiser roof section, at least down to about the level of the bottom of the side glass. This would probably be a tricky modification, trying to get a metal-framed hatch to fit. A regular glass down into the tailgate design would not be possible. On this T-bird, the rear floor is too shallow, and you've got a center-mounted fuel inlet pipe right behind the license plate. In retrospect, what the original builder was probably the only feasible solution, other than getting an expensive piece of glass specially cut.