Vista-bird. The Thunderbird station wagon

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  1. Cyber-Wizard

    Cyber-Wizard Well-Known Member

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    This is definitely weird.....

    This custom '62 Thunderbird wagon has been talked about a lot here on the forum. This pic shows the vehicle with colors that are definitely in the
    BLUE spectrum. All the pics I have seen of it show a two-tone GREEN vehicle, more like the bottom is GREEN and the top is TURQUOISE, like this:

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    So, what's going on here? Color change repaint? Incorrect photo editing? My eyes have gone bad?
     
  3. Silvertwinkiehobo

    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    *cue Twilight Zone theme* That certainly is interesting. Cars of that vintage usually had a color-coordinated interior that matched the paint, but the top pic looks like it's a tan or sand interior. So did it get a repaint?
     
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    Slidemanic Well-Known Member

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    Aaarrgh! GM top on a Ford! Cognitive dissonance! Aarrgh!
     
  5. Silvertwinkiehobo

    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    *Russell Cases* "Ir yew shurr?"
     
  6. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    Licence plate # is the same in both the Blue photo and the green photo.
     
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    I think somebody messed with the photo color, so easy to do now. The car is green in every other pic you can find of it and some are fairly recent, maybe it was painted blue since then.
    The paint is 1983 GM Medium Teal and Jadestone base/clear.
    I don't believe they actually make a resin model of it.
    vista-bird.jpg
     

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