![]() ![]() The Thunderbird is painted and ready for sanding, buffing and reassembly. The Thunderbird is primed and ready for paint. With only 2,000 of these limited edition Landau Thunderbirds produced this is a very exciting project to watch come to life. With only 2,000 of these limited edition Landau Thunderbirds produced. The hood for the Thunderbird has been primed and is getting sanded and ready for paint.Īll the sanding and body repair is done for the T-bird, now we will be moving it into the paint department for primer and paint. We are getting to work on restoring this 1963 Ford Thunderbird Principality of Monaco. The underside of the hood and deck lid have been painted for the shops 1963 Ford Thunderbird. Only 2,000 of these were manufactured and were numbered 1 thru 2,000. Mike is finishing up the bodywork to the hood today. On February 7th, 1963 Ford introduced a limited edition Thunderbird Landau called the Principality of Monaco. The shop is working on pulling the dents out of the hood for the Thunderbird today. Next he will move onto the roof and the drivers side. 1963 Ford Thunderbird Principality of Monaco Special Edition Landau 390 V-8 Engine Automatic Transmission Cream Exterior over Ivory Interior. Mike is done sanding the passenger side of the Thunderbird down with 400 grit. ![]() Mike sanding down the Thunderbird to smooth it out for paint. We are restoring it to be his daily driver and our shop show vehicle. This car is owned by Dale Oestreich, the owner of Precision Restorations. This vehicle is very rare one of 2000 made. We are getting to work on restoring this 1963 Ford Thunderbird Principality of Monaco. Once the body work is done the vehicle will return to get painted. Our client is going to then probably take the vehicle back to take care of the body work himself. The first example was built specifically for the Prine of Monaco. It has the original engine that hasnt ran in 40 years but has never sat outside. I don’t know if Ford still does cool product launches, but the debut of the Limited Edition Landau came with quite the fanfare. In this stage of the vehicle’s build we are mechanically and chemically removing all of the old paint from the exterior of the vehicle and then we will etch prime and seal. This 63 bird is very rough but is a true 'principality of Monaco' car. Larry is preparing this 1963 Ford Thunderbird for body work for our client. The owner of Precision Restorations just bought this 1963 Ford Thunderbird to restore. ![]()
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