7683 x 5122 px | 65 x 43,4 cm | 25,6 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. Januar 2023
Ort:
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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Every year, just before the Super Bowl, Barrett-Jackson puts on one of the biggest auto auctions in the country. It has been several years since I have attended, primarily due to the threat posed by the COVID pandemic. There were a dozen or more huge tents to protect the majority of the vehicles to be auctioned off. Unfortunately, it was cloudy which made photography a challenge (because of low light levels) and it was quite chilly which challenged me to be selective in the choice of cars to photograph. Now, this is really a car from my younger days — a custom 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible finished in Turquoise Pearl over a Lime Gold base. You don't see many turquoise cars these days and fewer T-birds of any kind since Ford discontinued them in 2005. The original Thunderbird was a two-seater convertible (as is this one) — and that's the model that captured my heart. This vehicle received a professional frame-off rotisserie restoration and has been built to Pro-Touring standards. What's that you ask? I sure did and had to look it up. They use a scaled-up version of a BBQ rotisserie so they can rotate the car 360 degrees for easy access to all its parts. It only has 850 miles since completion, and the sale includes a car cover, hardtop carrier and build receipts, spec sheets, and the dyno sheet. You could have had it for "only" $53, 900. Maybe add a $100 since you would have had to outbid the actual winner.
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