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Auction News Updated Daily (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
The Chevrolet Corvette Rondine was built by Pininfarina for the 1963 Paris Auto Show; its $1.6 million sale price made it B-J's highest sale. (Photo courtesy of Barrett-Jackson) The fastback roof of the 1963 Ford Thunderbird Italien concept car recalls the ill-fated Chrysler Norsem...
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Duluth News Tribune : Duluth (Free subscription) | 01/21/2008
Tom Maruska is happy after selling his one-of-a-kind 1963 Ford Thunderbird Italien for $600,000 on Saturday evening. “I did very well on it,” he said by phone today from Arizona, where the car was auctioned. “It's the best year I’ve ever had in my life.”
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 01/20/2008
Filed under: Concept Cars , Time Warp , Coupes , Ford Most early Ford show cars were sent to be destroyed after serving their duty, but this special car, a one-off Thunderbird called the "Italien" managed to escape the crusher. The story goes that this special Thunderbird was displayed at the 1964 New York World's Fair (the one and only time it was shown), and was destined to be destroyed after the...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 10/11/2007
The big B-J auction just dropped a release to let us know the 2008 Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale will feature the 1963 Ford Thunderbird ' Italien ' concept car. While very nice looking, if we're gonna spend money on a Ford-built concept car -- heck, any concept car -- we'd still rather have this 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII . What can we say -- we totally digg the roll-up doors. Full release after the jump....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/11/2007
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 1963 Ford Thunderbird “Italien” concept car will be sold at No Reserve during the 37th Annual