Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

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3,991 Merlots built

3,059 of those had the sand appearance package
628 of those had black accent interiors
304 of those had the standard black interior

87 had merlot soft top
846 had black soft top
3058 had sand soft top
(1 merlot with sand appearance package had a black soft top)

There were exactly 100 merlot soft tops, 87 with merlot body and 13 with black body


P.S. Ron, I can torture this machine to cough up almost anything related to 2002-2005 Thunderbird production.

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Thanks for that information, I am in the process of converting one of the tan tops to a merlot top.
What color interiors did the 13 black cars have? I will start looking for one of those 13, unless someone gives me a torch red.

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Thanks for that information, I am in the process of converting one of the tan tops to a merlot top.
What color interiors did the 13 black cars have? I will start looking for one of those 13, unless someone gives me a torch red.

All 13 had black interiors, here is where they started life...

VIN Interior Trim Level Dealer Name Dealer City Dealer State
1FAHP60AX4Y112649 Black (Standard) Maroone Ford Of Margate Margate FL
1FAHP60AX4Y112568 Black (Standard) Maroone Ford Of Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale FL
1FAHP60A74Y112611 Black (Standard) Maroone Ford Of Delray Delray Beach FL
1FAHP60A24Y112659 Black (Standard) Maroone Ford Of Margate Margate FL
1FAHP60A14Y112796 Black (Standard) Airport Marina Ford Los Angeles CA
1FAHP60AX4Y109508 Black Accent Robinson Ford Sales Inc Calexico CA
1FAHP60A94Y110391 Black Accent Phil Long Ford, LLC Colorado Springs CO
1FAHP60A84Y112620 Black Accent Maroone Ford Of Margate Margate FL
1FAHP60A84Y111838 Black Accent Joe Myers Ford Houston TX
1FAHP60A54Y109836 Black Accent Joe Rizza Ford, Inc. N Riverside IL
1FAHP60A44Y110931 Black Accent Landmark Ford Of Niles, Inc. Niles IL
1FAHP60A34Y100813 Black Accent Ford Company Lease Plan MI
1FAHP60A14Y107100 Black Accent Sunset Ford, Inc. Peoria AZ

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I guess Florida would be the best place to look. We are going to Tom Aglio's event in November and that will be a good time to do some searching.

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Boots:

As known, the boot cover for the top-down-finished-look was standard equipment for 2002 & 2003. I'd bet many sales people didn't realize it had to be ordered for the 2004 and 2005 models. Here are those made with and without boots

2004 production 12,756 units and 1,091 (8.5%) of those were ordered without the boot
2005 production was 9,295 and 175 (1.8%) units were ordered without the boot.

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Boots:

As known, the boot cover for the top-down-finished-look was standard equipment for 2002 & 2003. I'd bet many sales people didn't realize it had to be ordered for the 2004 and 2005 models. Here are those made with and without boots

2004 production 12,756 units and 1,091 (8.5%) of those were ordered without the boot
2005 production was 9,295 and 175 (1.8%) units were ordered without the boot.

My VMG was ordered without one, 4Y101184, was that figured in on my one of?

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My VMG was ordered without one, 4Y101184, was that figured in on my one of?

No it wasnt... what are the last five VIN digits - I'll do a recalc...

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My VMG was ordered without one, 4Y101184, was that figured in on my one of?

No it wasnt... what are the last five VIN digits - I'll do a recalc...

101184

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101184

That no-boot makes it one of 14... unless you want to count the presence of a front license plate bracket then yours is one of 12...

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That no-boot makes it one of 14... unless you want to count the presence of a front license plate bracket then yours is one of 12...

Wow one of twelve, I need to share this with Greg.

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That no-boot makes it one of 14... unless you want to count the presence of a front license plate bracket then yours is one of 12...

Can you check on 4Y109557 I did not get a boot with it, but it may have come with one.

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This is getting to be like the Radio delete rarity when it comes to the muscle cars we see at the collector car auctions. One of One without a radio.

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Can you check on 4Y109557 I did not get a boot with it, but it may have come with one.

Yes, it left the factory with both a boot and front license plate bracket....

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Yes, it left the factory with both a boot and front license plate bracket....

Then, did any of the 60 LIB s with partial white interiors have the boot missing or no license plate bracket?

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Then, did any of the 60 LIB s with partial white interiors have the boot missing or no license plate bracket?

All 60 had the boot but 15 did not have the front license plate holder...

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All 60 had the boot but 15 did not have the front license plate holder...

Wow, now it is one of forty-five. Watch out Greg.
I bet this will drop the one of on the Inca Gold, had the boot, not sure about the license plate holder. 5y109330