Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

[5bird7]

The only thing missing in my 2002 was the my 1956 TB seat color, seat was white and surround was TB Blue.
I wish that would have been a factory option.
HKS

Ford's goal was to make the car remind you of the original but not to be exact.

[HKS]

Actually, the 03 reds also had the partial white available.

The only thing missing in my 2002 were my 1956 TB seat colors, seat was white and surround was TB Blue.
I wish that would have been a factory option.
HKS

[007Cruiser]

There were 2003's with the partial White interiors. In 2004 the Merlots, Silvers, and PCRs could not be ordered with the partial White interiors. For 2005 the partial White interior was only in 28 Thunderbirds. All in the same color, guess which color. And yes I know where the last one ordered is.

So let it be said.... So let it be written

[4LOWBIRDS+8]

It's not a full white interior, it's partial white. Only available in 04, 05. Pat Elliott's car has it.

There were 2003's with the partial White interiors. In 2004 the Merlots, Silvers, and PCRs could not be ordered with the partial White interiors. For 2005 the partial White interior was only in 28 Thunderbirds. All in the same color, guess which color. And yes I know where the last one ordered is.

[5bird7]

It's not a full white interior, it's partial white. Only available in 04, 05. Pat Elliott's car has it.

Actually, the 03 reds also had the partial white available.

[5bird7]

I wonder how much she had put into repairs to drive her to that point...

My surmise is that she was disgruntled with either the dealer or her spouse. I think the car went up for auction after that. Don't really know anymore than from the news article.

[5bird7]

dealer orders by color.jpg Here's the corrected copy of the numbers ordered by the dealer for dealer stock (not customer ordered). Put the two together and you whould have the total for each color.

[Quickdraw]

3710 Merlot in 2004? I never would have guessed that it sold more than the 2002 TB Blue.

And thank you Herman for capturing that chart.... otherwise it may have been lost like all the other statistics tables...

[Quickdraw]

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anyway, that makes 4 known to exist in Texas but we had a report and pictures from several years ago that one of the Houston owners looked to deliberately let a train run into hers so don't know if that one is "on the road" anymore.

I wonder how much she had put into repairs to drive her to that point...

[5bird7]

Harry,
very interesting to see which colors were popular in that part of the Nation. Kind of a surprise to see out of the 82 Inca Gold Texas has two.

and those two were sold in south Texas in the Houston metroplex area.

Dave Egan has another one (from Arizona via AZTB) - on the other side of DFW metroplex and there was another person in the DFW area looking for an Inca. Don't recall if he found one or not.

anyway, that makes 4 known to exist in Texas but we had a report and pictures from several years ago that one of the Houston owners looked to deliberately let a train run into hers so don't know if that one is "on the road" anymore.

[clenet]

Good catch... that chart should show 1,871 2003 Whisper Whites that were ordered for dealer stock as opposed to a customer order. Dot take note, & correct your stats.

Thanks for the update. I find those facts very interesting.

[Quickdraw]

Harry how many black/WW interior cars were there?

The option of black body with white interiors was only available for 2003 and 2004 and there were 218 total. For 2003 it was 119 whisper white out of 3,093 black (4%), and for 2004 it was 99 performance white interiors out of 1,942 black (5%).

[Quickdraw]

How many whisper white car's were in dealer stock in 2003? The chart has a mistake with 163.912 as the number in stock and the same number was the avg days to sell.

Good catch... that chart should show 1,871 2003 Whisper Whites that were ordered for dealer stock as opposed to a customer order. Dot take note, & correct your stats.

[2K2BIRD]

Wow, I knew there were a lot of merlots with the sand package but that explains it, almost 80% of them were made with the sand package! I don't think I've ever seen a Torch Red with a white interior.

It's not a full white interior, it's partial white. Only available in 04, 05. Pat Elliott's car has it.

[EllisonCal]

Of the 3,991 Merlots made, 3059 had the sand package and 932 had black interiors.
Of the 14,349 Torch Reds (4 years), 532 had the sand package, 5,104 had black, and 8,407 had red and 168 had white interiors.

Wow, I knew there were a lot of merlots with the sand package but that explains it, almost 80% of them were made with the sand package! I don't think I've ever seen a Torch Red with a white interior.