Win this car.
Raffle details.
Please join us to support Esperanza Academy students by participating in the T-Bird Raffle. Tickets are $100 and only 1,000 will be sold.
The winning ticket will be drawn on May 6, 2020.
Car details.
Engine and Transmission
312 cubic inch (5.1-liter) 16-valve OHV naturally aspirated V-8 with 4 barrel Holley carburetor.
Bore and Stroke: 3.80 x 3.44 in., Compression Ratio: 9.7:1, Brake Horsepower: 245 @ 4500 rpm, Torque: 332 lbs.-ft. @ 3200 rpm.
Ford-O-Matic torque converter with planetary gears. Ratios: 1.48:1 (drive); 2.44:1 (low); 2.0:1 (reverse).
Restoration
Frame-off restoration including new convertible top, engine and transmission rebuild by Essex Auto Restoration, Tewksbury, MA, completed in 1991. More than $120,000 spent. Restoration of fiberglass hard top with porthole windows completed in 2018 by Buntings Auto Body, Atkinson, NH, at a cost of more than $8,500.
Approximately 3,500 miles since original restoration
Estimated Value
$56,000 to $97,000 per Hagerty Price Guide, September-December, 2019
Want to see what a (nearly identical) 1957 Thunderbird looks like on the road?
Note: this is not the actual car being raffled off, but it looks nearly identical.