I have found a 60 hardtop with a 3 speed manual transmission. According to my research there was only about 900 manual transmission cars in 1960. Is this true? If so does anyone know an approximate value once restored?
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It's probably close to being true.
At any rate, it's rare.
My first T-Bird was a 1960 with a 3 speed manual on the column. I owned it from about 1967 to 1969.
Here's another thread where I posted a photo:
Unfortunately, I'm not sure rarity (in this case) makes it any more "valuable" than a hardtop with AT.
In fact, it was horribly inconvenient because it was not syncromesh and I had to come to a complete stop to shift back down into 1st gear.
Probably worth getting just for the bragging rights.
Then upgrade the tranny with a later syncromesh 3 speed. -
The 3-speed synchro-crunch was the 'standard' trans that came on all Thunderbirds as well as Ford Cars and trucks.
The extra cost 3-speed Cruise-O-Matic was new for Squarebirds as other Ford Cars were still fitted with 2-speed automatics and Y-block engines. FE engines and 3-speed C-O-Ms were 'big time' options and a vast improvement back then. - DaveMember, Sons of the American Revolution
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Squarebirds were touted as something of a luxury car, higher priced than other Fords and, consequently, most buyers opted for the automatic transmission.Comment
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