1960 Ford Thunderbird
Peter Reynolds hadn’t been planning on owning a Thunderbird until he saw this 1960 coupe at the Rally of the Giants in 2006. “It was in great original condition,” he remembers, “with genuine, low mileage. But it wasn’t for sale. Sometime later, I met the owner Steve Taylor and we became friends. I asked if he’d consider selling the Thunderbird. It turned out he already had…”
Steve put Peter in touch with the buyer, but the car had changed hands again. “I spoke with that owner and, remembering the previously immaculate condition of the car, in September 2010 my wife Annette and I took a long train journey to buy it.” But the Thunderbird clearly hadn’t been taken care of. “The owner’s kids had been climbing over it, the outside was filthy and under the seats were empty Coke cans. If it hadn’t been such a long way from home, I’d have walked away,” admits Peter. “On the drive home, it was all
