![]() ![]() A series of staggered chrome bars, its simplicity gave Up front, the Bird got a new grille that to many is the most beautiful It more closely match the rear opening when fender shields weren't installed, This design also squared off the front wheel well, making The overall treatment was reminiscent of the 1958-1960 Hash marks were placed on the door just under this line, forward of where Middle of the door, where it dipped down and trailed off. Of the fender where it met the front bumper, and continue rearward to the Were revised to include a new character line that would start at the tip Objections to the rounded, rocket ship-like styling, the front fenders Had planned on, a fairly major restyle effort was put in place. The 1961-1962 styling wasn't being accepted by the public as well as Ford ![]() It was no secret at Ford that Buick would be announcing a new model forġ963, and faced with the fact that, based on slower than anticipated sales, On the Landau model, prices would start at $4,748 without options. ![]() Model would be introduced with production limited to just 2,000 cars. The Hardtop was the least expensiveĪt $4,445 with 42,806 built the Landau came next at $4,548 and 12,139īuilt followed by the Convertible, which was priced at $4,912 with 5,913īuilt last came the Sports Roadster, the most expensive model in standardįorm at $5,563 with just 455 built. Of the same four models available in 1962. The 1963 Thunderbirds were introduced on Septemand consisted Unusual move to only offer one speaker and then place it in the back seat. These controls were all relocated for 1964, soĪn in-dash speaker was included at that time, but it does seem to be an No front speaker was available,Īs the somewhat confusing array of controls for the air vents, heater,Īir conditioning, etc., were all located in the center of the instrument Included only one radio speaker with the Sonomatic AM Radio, and it was One of the more curious aspects of the new Riviera was the fact that it This was just the beginning of new entries into the personal luxuryĬar market, and there would be many new contenders for the Thunderbird's Limits for 1964, it couldn't even maintain 1963's 40,000 units for a second (63,313 T-birds built), and when Buick lifted its self-imposed production Buickĭidn't even come close to selling as many Rivs in 1963 as Ford did T-birds The Ford Thunderbird was in its last year of a three year stylingĬycle, but faced the new competition with a very becoming face lift. That the Riv was just the spark that Buick Division needed!īuick announced that first year production would be limited to only 40,000Ĭars. Leave in another, perhaps less expensive Buick model. On the other hand, had watched sales decline during the early sixties,Īnd needed something special to bring people into its showrooms, even if Cadillac was also selling as many cars as it could makeĪt the time, so there was no immediate urgency for a new model. But Cadillac didn't want it,īecause it already had its own personal luxury car (the 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado) in development. Was originally intended to be a Cadillac. Luxury car market, and the competitor was the 1963 Buick Riviera. This was the first year the Thunderbird faced true competition in the personal The new kid on the block, and GM's first real competition for the Thunderbird ![]()
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