2003 Thunderbird Production Final Listing

[Terry]

Thanks for all the work getting the data together!!
Now I know my WW/WW prem no accent is one of only 238 in the WORLD

[Red]

The rarest 2003 combinations are-----
Paint (Exterior) CODE Top Color INT ACC PKG # Vehicles
TORCH RED 120A BLACK HARD TOP FULL INT 1
MTN SHAD GREY 120A BLACK HARD TOP Part INT 1
TORCH RED 120A BLACK HARD TOP none 1
BLACK 120A PERFORMANCE WHITE FULL INT 1
WHISP WHITE 120A WHISPER WHITE FULL INT 1
DESERT SKY BLUE120A DESERT SKY BLUE none 2
MTN SHAD GREY 120A BLACK HARD TOP BLACK ACC 2
BLACK 120A BLACK HARD TOP FULL INT 2
TORCH RED 120A BLACK HARD TOP PART INT 2

[JOHNTOM]

MINE IS #4 ONLY 1417 TO GO.

[Chuck]

Thanks for pulling this together!! This information is excellent.

Red, If I read correctly which is entirely not possible (and I don't know how to "officially quote" so I'll quote Dot the old fashion way) "I note that it's difficult to tell what color accents went with the different colors particularly the partial colors". So to tell which really are the "rarest" cars is probably difficult to tell from the information we have. Certainly when you see < 5 you know you have a special car. But in my case I have a DS Blue, DS Blue with a partial white accent package so I'm assuming that I'm lumped in the 700 of those produced.

Can someone post the differences between a deluxe and a premium? I did a search on deluxe and found 85 threads - a bit much to wade though. Thanks.

[Red]

2003 Deluxe has painted wheels and the Premium has 7 spoke chrome wheels. Premium has heated seats standard - not available on the Deluxe.

You are entirely correct about rarity. With /without supplemental parking lights or Select shift transmission would affect the mix. The only other major variable that we don't know is the Partial Interior packages - We know that all Grey cars had Saddle Partials and all Blue had White Partials.

Red and White cars could have either Red or White Partials.

Black cars could have Red/White/Saddle Partials.

I would guess that any vehicle without lamps but with SST might be a one-off.

[Quickdraw]

Deluxe vs Premium: Dot can verify this but I believe that Order code 100A is a deluxe without the hardtop and 120A is a deluxe with the hardtop. I think 110A is a Premium without a hardtop and 130A is a Premium with a hardtop.

Chuck:

I don't know how to "officially quote"

On the post reply page is a button marked Quote. Paste your quote into the box that opens up.

But in my case I have a DS Blue, DS Blue with a partial white accent package so I'm assuming that I'm lumped in the 700 of those produced.

I'm fairly certain white was the only partial accent available on the blue so there would be 700 of your combination blue, blue, white.

[Donnervogel]

Thanks Joelja and Quickdraw!!!!
46 Mountain grey premium with black top and saddle. My dealer had 2 on his lot. So I guess some states will just not get to see the Tuxedo.

[Donnervogel]

CONTRASTING HARDTOPS

Interesting stat of the minute:
Of the 12,959 built with hardtops, only 1585 (12%) have a top color that differs from the body.
Of these 1585, 694 were 007s and 891 (7%) for all others. So if you have a contrasting top, it puts you in a fairly limited group.
Of course if we keep swapping tops, who knows

[FEsTbird]

Thanks Dot,
I must admit I haven't seen any white 'birds with the red partial accent. I will keep my eye peeled and maybe I can get an idea of the percentage red and percentage white.
Frank

[Duke583]

Is there any way we can get a breakdown on the 'partial interiors" to tell which are red and which are white?

[Red]

I can't determine the number of white and red partial interiors but I have deduced the number of Saddle Partial interiors to be 1572. (Description for Saddle is Partial Int. - not Partial Interior --only occurs with black and grey vehicles).

Chuck - the only partial interior available for Blue vehicles was the white so the count stands for your combination. You might want to visit Dot's site for the complete order guide. It will give you a listing of standard and optional features on each model. That way you don't have to guess or just think what was available.

[Catbyrd]

Originally posted by KarylP
[I thought I was "rare", but with order code 130A , MSGrey removable top, and black accent pkg, I am one of 1421.
[/B]

Looks like I get to be number 5 with 1416 left to go.

[Red]

There are 972 vehicles from the 2003 production run for which we do not have Partial Interior Package color data- as follows:


Ext. Color model Top Undetermined Int package # Veh
BLACK.....120A BLACK..... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 6
BLACK.....130A BLACK..... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 203
BLACK.....110A none...... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 5
RED........ 130A BLACK..... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 23
RED........ 120A BLACK..... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 2
RED........ 110A none...... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 26
RED........ 120A RED....... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 83
RED........ 130A RED....... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 556
WHITE.....120A BLACK..... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 3
WHITE.....130A BLACK..... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 38
WHITE.....110A none...... PART INT Red/White ACC PKG 27
Total............................................. ...........................................972

[Silent Thunder]

Final numbers

The 2003 report is great info. Was a report such as this posted for the 2002 year? If so does anyone have a link I could go to? Thanks

[redbirdsal]

Hi Bill,

Tim provided this link

http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/vb/at...=&postid=36768 on the first page of this thread, but I couldn't open it. Let me know if you are successful.

Sally