October Car of the Month, Angelo's Immaculte 63

What a stunnung example of the 63 on her 50th Birthday
Well done Angelo, she looks sensational

Name: Angelo Loupetis

Forum Name: UC1963

Country / State Vic

TBird Year 1963

Body Type Hardtop

Body Colour
Raven Black/Corinthian white. The car was originally Green Mist/Corinthian white
(the colour Green Mist was available only on pre-sold Thunderbirds)

Interior ColourBlack vinyl with black cloth inserts

Engine
390, Holley 600 secondary vacuum. Heads rebuilt for Unleaded. Otherwise original.
Retains original single exhaust setup.

Transmission
Cruise-o-matic

Differential
Standard 9”

Standard Equip
Power windows, dual electric seats, Air conditioning

Added Extras
Original AM/FM Radio, Factory rear parcel shelf speaker, Vacuum door locks,
Fomoco locking gas cap, deluxe rear deck antenna, Rotunda Tachometer.

Purchased From
I purchased my bird off ebay back in 2005 sight unseen. The owner was moving from Palm Springs California to Dallas Texas and had to sell. I had the car shipped over with a Mustang (Shelby replica) which was a giveaway car at Unique Cars Magazine.

ModificationsN/A

Wheels Type & Size.
14” Kelsey Hayes wires (reproduction) with American Classic radials.

Work you’ve done or had done
Since taking ownership, I have had the engine bay resprayed along with the boot/bonnet/cowl. I have restored/replaced everything in the engine bay back to original specs. All emblems/ scripts have been replaced.
Boot detailed restored/new trunk mat/curtains.
Rebuilt master cylinder/booster. New exhaust/restored original exhaust hangers, replaced gas tank/sender. And a lot of cleaning!!! Upgraded tyres to American Classic radials 1” whitewall.


Future Plans
I am currently restoring my 63’s interior. My seats have been reupholstered using NOS trim.
All seat aluminium has been restored. The dash pad and glove box were restored by the dash doctor.
I am currently finishing off my vacuum door locks installation and hopefully the car is back on the road at some stage next year & upgrade to dual exhausts.

What do you enjoy most about your TBird.
I honestly just love looking at it in my garage!
I have met some great likeminded people through the years.
Cleaning it!
The hunt for that rare part!

Well done Ang you truely have a beautiful looking car, your attention to detail is impecable.
Tony

Very very nice 63, great job on that engine bay. Love it.

As always Angelo your car is impeccable, a true detailed 63 T-Bird, well done, cant wait to see you cruising again.

Angelo,

What a beautiful car!!!

It all just goes together, engine bay detail is amazing - how do you manage to keep it sparkling?

Great work Angelo ~ BEAUTIFUL CAR

very nice and very classy you would have to be proud of that

OMG that's one of the best I ever seen, I can't beleive the detail you put into it.
I'm truly gob smacked

Fantastic job there Angelo , very impressive. I like that slight "Tail Dragger" attitude she's displaying aswell.

Great looking Bullet Bird Ange.
Congratulations on the work you have done so far.
Agree with Gio ... amazing engine bay.
Can't wait to see it out on the road. Would look cool sandwiched between a few of the white bullet birds going around.
regards jptbird

Take it easy JP, we are known as the protectors.

Hahaha.
Now I can have 3 big brothers to look out for me.
jptbird