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Lot S571 – N/A Auction


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Lot S571 – 1964 FORD THUNDERBIRD


  • Year: 1964
  • Make: FORD
  • Model:THUNDERBIRD
  • Status: N/A
  • Mileage: N/A
  • Body:CONVERTIBLE
  • VIN:
  • Exterior: RED
  • Interior: WHITE
  • Transmission: AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC
  • Cylinder: 390CI V8
1964 RED FORD THUNDERBIRD CONVERTIBLE WITH AIR CONDITIONING
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 390CI V8 4BARREL
VINYL INTERIOR
POWER STEERING*POWER BRAKES*POWER WINDOWS
POWER SEAT*POWER LOCKS*POWER ANTENNA

THIS VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL ARTHUR W.
CRUIKSHANK, JR,
A WWII ACE PILOT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER.
HE DIED IN 1999, LEAVING THIS 1964 THUNDERBIRD CONVERTIBLE TO HIS SON, MICHAEL CRUIKSHANK.
MICHAEL CRUISHANK WAS ENGAGED TO MY SISTER WHEN HE BECAME TERMINALLY ILL AND GAVE THE CAR TO MY FATHER, JAMES J.
CROOKE, JR, IN HONOR OF MY FATHER BEING A WWII POW IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER.

MY FATHER DIED JAN. 7, 2013 LEAVING THE CAR TO MY MOTHER, THERESA J CROOKE.
SHE ADDED ME TO THE TITLE AND THEN PASSED AWAY DEC. 22, 2019, LEAVING THE CAR IN MY CARE
MY MOTHER STARTED HAVING THE CAR RESTORED BEFORE MY FATHER DIED, THEN CONTINUED WITH THE RESTORATION AFTERWARDS.
THE CAR HAS THE ORIGINAL ENGINE, TRANS, AND BODY PARTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REAR BUMPER WITH AN APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENT GAS TANK.
ALL
ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES.
NEW TIRES AND ALL BODY RUST ANEKIORATED AND NEWLY PAINTED WITH THE ORIGINAL FORD T-BIRD COLOR.

-JAMES J CROOKE, III

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