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The styling, interior and exterior, is awesome! Also, it is not a "derivative" of some other model Ford or Lincoln, and nothing from any other manufacturer was anything like it. It even made the man or woman who drove it look special!

It’s always a hoot to hear someone younger discover a car like this ‘bird and marvel over design, features, and accoutrements which were so common when I was growing up. I remember when this ‘bird series deputed in 1961 and seeing them in the showroom with my dad. Back in the 80’s I came close to buying a black ‘63. The interior looked great, the black paint was flawless. Was not to be, however. I had a guy put it up on the rack and discovered that unibody underside was rusted so badly I doubted the integrity of the entire car and passed on it. Wound up buying a ‘65 Rambler (AMC) Marlin and had it for years.

Outstanding American design made with breathtaking confidence and style.

What you refer to as chrome down the side of the car is actually stainless steel. The metal trim on the interior was anodized aluminum.

Work of Art!!!

LOL..I'm old! I remember when a manually operated remote mirror was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

The "swing away" steering wheel was introduced as an option in 1961. It was standard equipment for 1962-1966 T-Birds

Wow! A blast from MY past! In 1986, I met my then to be wife. We decided to move in together, we had to make some decisions about what would stay and what would go. As we went through a draw of keys I found a set of Ford keys with a Thunderbird key fob. I asked when she had a T- bird.... She said she still had it! It was stored in a garage out in sticks. It was nearly perfect! Ok .. maybe not perfect but very close. It's "Ford-o- matic" was shot. So it couldn't go in reverse ... She took me out to see it. We freed up and put air in the tires, and pushed her out into the daylight it hadn't seen in 25 years. After a little work (new ??? Ford C-6 transmission out of a Lincoln) New front brakes disc instead of drums, a rebuilt power steering pump and a replacement air conditioner compressor and new tires it was good to go! My wife gave it to me. It was the greatest gift any one ever given me. I actually teared up!!! The $5000.00 engagement ring and wedding bands were small change to me. Nothing would ever take it's place. We still have that car, it's only driven on sunny days and we take it to car shows. The most beautiful car ever built in that period. The car is 60 years old. I'm 63. I'm lucky to have it.

Very nice! My favorite year is 1966. I have had three of them over the years. Prettiest one was white with white and teal green interior . The sequential rear turn signals were awesome.

Love these cars. Bullet Birds are my second favorite pick right behind the 1957 roadster. Last February I actualized a seven year long dream of owning one by picking up a mint triple red 2003 with only 29,000 miles. You don’t see these one the road much nowadays and I’m definitely the only person on campus with one, but I give her plenty of love and attention hoping to preserve her enough for a 4th owner to help me finance my ultimate dream model.

Beautiful car. I find it very cool that a man your age has an interest in such vintage cars. Keep up the good work!

Nice Thunderbird! My first car was a 62 convertible white with red interior! This was back in 1970! It was great car and fast for what it was! I learned how to work on and fix it! My father and I rebuilt the engine in our house garage! Alot of great memories!

I had one , a wedding present from my husband.. it was Champagne beige. Loved it .A man at the gas station said his Cadillac was heavier than my husband Thunderbird so they went out to the gravel pit and weighed them on the scales

THE BEST THING THAT WOULD MAKE THIS 63' THUNDERBIRD AWESOME... IF I OWNED IT 😎

I had one of these !963 T Birds. It was a great car, even in Alaska where I added another leaf to those long rear springs that were never intended to carry any additional weight . Never had a problem with that master cylinder or the engine till a garage replaced those Autolight spark plugs with Champions during a routine tune up. Bad move! Refused to start until we changed them again. Alignment shops hated the front suspension because of what Ford called walking caster. However, it was the only vintage Ford that I had that went where you pointed it. It was great comfort on trips even while pulling my tent camper in those days, good on gas and ever reliable till I traded it off. Should have kept it!

One interesting fact is the wipers were hydraulic and operated off the power steering pump. I didn't know I had a leak in my power steering hose. I tried to make a turn in a heavy rain storm and wipers and power steering went out at the same time. oops I loved mine and would love to have another. It was huge inside. Lots of power. For it's time the sound system was pretty good even though it was an AM radio. And if you are a smoke the wind wings (windows) were essential. I thought the fender skirts were cool too. I can't think of anything I didn't like about the 63 Tbird.

Love my 1963 TBird. I’ve had it about 30 years.

THAT is known as the SINGLE POT OF DEATH. Changed my 63 Dart GT Conv. to a dual pot.

Those t birds are sweet cars,my landlord has a 63' t bird roadster that the top folds into the trunk,it's red and been parked since 1978.

My parents had a 1962 Thunderbird, my mom called it at her T-Bird. It also had power windows.

The 1963 Thunderbird was always my favorite Thunderbird! Although I never owned one this one is my favorite design!!!❤

The final year of the rounded design. A fine model year.

One of the most beautiful cars ever sculpted and built. The early 60's were the best looking TB's built.

This was my mom’s car. Got it new in October ‘62. Hardtop. Color was called Champagne. It was a super cool car. Took my drivers license test in it in ‘67. Those were the days when you had to know how to parallel park. The bird the long, but it parked easy. One problem, people kept stealing the rear fender skirts, so my dad just decided not to replace them anymore. In ‘70, they traded it for a Z-28 Camaro. My mom was really cool.

Bullet Birds were neat. They were available in 4 trims. Base, Landau, both hardtops, and Base and Sports Roadster, both convertibles. These were the only years Sports Roadster was a factory model. 64-66 had a Roadster tonneau that was available from dealers, but would fit any convertible.

My very first car was '63 Thunderbird, black/white top, with a bad idler arm and a bad carbeurator, I purchased in late 1973 for $225.00... 👍❤❤😎

Yeah buddy it's a freaking Awesome ride, built the same year i was born, Happy Birthday Thunderbird & Happy Birthday James 😎

I had a 65, and LOVED it!!

Your interpretation of this bird is very adorkable dude! Well played indeed 👍

My uncle loved the Thunderbirds he owned a bunch of them like about five of them. For years that is all that he drove. They very unique cars and excellent cruisers that were very comfortable to drive.

Love Thunderbirds.

Love those birds

Never seen a navy blue one. Pretty!

I knew a lady that bought one new. She was a backyard mechanic and did all her own work. Her dad was a mechanic and taught her everything as a young child.

Great updated Video Bro such a stunning ride

Im old but i love those little wing windows so cool! 👍😄

Always loved them. I built many models of TBirds. Owned many Fords, but never a 'Bird. Missed that one.

That 3rd gen T-Bird was the one that started my love affair with Thunderbirds when I was about 8 years old and one was displayed in the showroom of the local Ford Dealership a half block from my house. Man, I wanted Dad and Mom to get one!

Totally AWESOME.

My family has a 62 that my mom and dad bought brand new. Ours has manual windows and no AC as well. and yours is the only other one that I've seen equipped that way. These cars were quite high-end for their day and most had all the options.

I like the way the door panels integrate into the dash, Very cool. Surprised this car didn't come standard with pwr windows. At the time, the T-Bird was pretty expensive, like 75% more than the new Mustang that was introduced a year later.

Wasn't a big fan of the Square Bird 58-60, but the Bullet Birds 61-63 were awesome! I don't remember the 64-66 having a nickname but I liked them too, just not so much the Landau version during that period. Too much blind spot.

Anodized aluminum. This one is pretty bare bones as well. You could get a 63 Tbird with AC, power windows, power seats and power locks. No cruise though, that came out in 1964 with the new bodystyle. These are cool cars and for the price a great classic car to own. Interesting thing about the car, in 1961 Ford glued the rear view mirror to the windshield. This was the first car that did that.

That is one of the most stylist and beautiful T Birds.🇺🇲

Beautiful bird!

In 1966 the year of my High School graduation, I bought a 1963 Thunderbird from Galaxy Ford in Chicago for $1,300 as I recall. Only had it for a few years, and moved on to a 1966 Dodge Charger. But now that I look back, it was a beautifully designed car, and with the 390, it drove like a dream. Not the hottest thing on the road, but plenty fast.

Nice car , love the old T. Birds

I had a 61, still in love with it. Didn't have the 390, but I felt like a million bucks (I was only 20 then). Great video.

That would be real dope!

Thank for showing these little things that most people do not notice I have work on many of these t bird I work for for 20 yrs in the hy performance for ford linc mercury development thanks. L.#. K.

I’m glad I watched this, I have a 63 390 car with ac.. need to get it back to its glory

That a good year , my favorite thunderbird.

Unibody vehicles are always interesting to work on

New for 1963 unique in all the world Fords new Thunderbird! How do you wanna go Boat, Plane, Thunderbird? Mine is FMC Caspian sea blue with same color turquoise interior convertible roadster With tonue cover. The only way to Fly !

This is my dream car. Born the same year as me.

Thanks. Looking at one on Friday. Manifold gasket Has blown but it looks great. Thanks for the information

The door panel is aluminum you would be amazed at how far back aluminum has to been used for

Awesome indeed!

Awesome car my man! I have a 67 Fordor in triple black and love it! Seems like I’m a one of a kind out here in Northern Va as I can find anyone else with a Thunderbird to hang/cruise with!

They also had a special jack

I had a 63 t bird in high school. would love to have another...

If it were up to me, the headlight dip switch would be back on the floor where it belongs.

Beautiful 😍

Love older thunderbirds way nicer then now days

Awesomeness 👌

Also first car with rearview mirror glued to the windshield opposed to the top frame of the windshield which was hazardous

I'm building a 61 now! Has the best hood!

Round tail lights are a kiss of death in car sales.

I love the 66-67 Tbird Convertible, wish I bought one back 30years ago and keep it till now days

Learned to drive in my dad's '63.

I redid my front end and let me tell you… those springs are some of the most difficult to remove… I bought an OTC tool and it broke and the spring almost killed me.. luckily it popped out the front of the da under the bumper.. always use a snap on spring compressor for these cars!!!

...hey, Jeremy... ...nice educational video regarding the 3rd gen Thunderbird... ...the final year of this generation ( Ford had instituted a 3-yr. cycle for its models back in the early 50's to reduce the massive outlays for tool and die switchover...saving the company mega$$millions...)... ...this design makeover, as with the first 2 gens was overseen by a ypung designer named Bill Boyer, who was retained by the company to help develop what Henry Ford II termed " the personal car"... ...produced at Ford's Wixsom plant in Dearborn...these Burds were all equipped with a 390cid)5.4L FE V8 which had been T-Birds Performance power plant... ...these Birds were featured prominently in the '61 Inauguration Parade...thanks to Kennedy's close friendship with Robert McNamara...who was later picked as JFK's Defense Secretary... ...and though sales figures were lower than the record-setting '60 models...a respectable at just over 63,300 buyers... ...a Landau Coupe was featured, fitted with vinyl roofs...a rarity at the time... high a Sports Roadster ( removable fiberglass cover for the rear seats ) was lavishly touted in the automotive press, but due to its hefty pricetag, only 455 were sold... ...keep 'em coming, good sir...🤔👍💙😎

The Thunderbird, except for the 70s are some of the best looking American cars ever produced, don't forget also other beauties, 68-70 mustang, 70 Cuda, Charger, Challenger, 60s Impala's, and 57-62, 63, 68-72 Corvette. 🇺🇸👍

Just picked up a clean 63 everything electric even the windows

My mom had one in about 63.

I live in South Wales UK and a local man has a 63 thunderbird in a light metallic blue colour and it's immaculate and I love it, it's enormous compared to British cars and it takes up the whole lane when going down the road.

I like thunderbirds

I lost brakes on my 1962 T-Bird on the offramp of I-694 to White Bear Ave on the way to Maplewood Mall in St Paul. I dropped the car to Low to get as much engine braking as possible. I ran over the divider that separated the right turn lane and the forward lane to slow me down further. And then I yanked it hard right to merge with traffic. That was back around 1974 or 1975. The brake line had rusted out.

You're quite fortunate to have one of these. Two high school classmates had a 62 and a 64. The 64 looked like an airplane cockpit at night when lit up, especially with all that chrome. And yes, that car could fly. Bumping into another car destroyed the voltage regulator and destroyed the dash instruments. The car was never the same afterwards. Stupid thing Ford did.....putting that regulator between the grill and radiator bracket. Stupid just stupid.

Well done you tubee.

I always loved this body style.All T-Birds were very cool until after 1966, after that they just weren't quite as special IMHO anyway.

61 to 66 are the best year tbirds in my opinion with 64 to 66 being my personal best .

I had a cherry 63 back around 1985 ish.. Butternut Yellow with black leather int. My back was wrap a round... different from this one. Man - if had that car now.

The windshield wipers are hydraulic powered by the power steering pump. Infinitely variable.

My mom's car that I learned to drive at 12yr in 1969 lowered with supreme rims

I had one very cool car.

I'd love to hear from you brother, On 5/20/23 The Big 60 ✌️

this car has '64 wheel covers, mine was white/silver blue interior, nice car but suspension WAY too soft, switched to 1964 Buick Riviera, Silver/black interior, 425 cu in, factory HD suspension, still have it

The 69 Mark lll was able to be because of the 69 Thunderbird!

I have a 61 that lost it's brakes being deliver and this might help figuring it out knowing now that is a single chambered master cylinder

61-62-63, the same,,, some 63's had 64-66 components, as well as special color, metallic rose, 1 year color, also on some 64 Galaxies,,,,

I think its a bird beak on the front and not a bullet. Thanks for the vid of this awesome car

Bonus! Extra footage this time around! One more time for fun!!!

You missed an opportunity to mention something really strange and cool about the windshield wipers. The reason you had to have the motor running when you showed them in operation is because they are hydraulic and are powered by the power steering pump on the motor!

I like

Been a few reminders this week of being young and full of dumb 17 years old and helped my buddy do a ring a value on white over red hard top retractable just a spot on rust about the size of a 50 cent piece and he decided he wanted to party he sold the motor and scraped it. Tried talking him out of it but the next day the next day it was scraped

Pretty stripped-down for a TBird. By '63 most shipped with A/C and power windows. The "Bullet Birds" were made from 61-63, and unfortunately the '63 most often came with a y-pipe single exhaust (61 & 62 had h-pipe duals). The head/manifold was a problem on the FE motors but these guys SCREAM for Edlebrock RPM heads and FPA headers. The biggest thing to help that big 390 was to let it BREATHE.

those were the days American Iron ruled, after that( early70s) the Germans and Japanese were in the game. and now Korea.

We had a red '61 T'bird ragtop. I think it had A/C. Occasionally, those wipers would meet end to end. The top retracted into the trunk, much like today's convertible hardtops. Incredibly complicated system of electric motors, limit switches, hydraulics, etc. Inevitably, it stopped working in mid-sequence with the top down and the trunk lid nearly vertical. That prompted one of my dad's most colorfully profane denunciations of FoMoCo.