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"This one is in excellent cosmetic condition and working 100%. As you may know, these are extremely rare as they were never put into production. From what I was told (from an employee at the original Fullerton location), they were made to order. Sometime in it's fifty plus years on earth, someone had painted the top black. Obviously this was a drag as the original paint would have been preferred. Even if it had imperfections! I had Guitar Re-Ranch in Texas make a batch of nitrocellulose lacquer just like the original. This "Ford" color was originally used by Fender from 1960 to 1969. You will see this on some of the pre-CBS Piano Bass models and guitars from that time. Some will have slight color differences due to age and fading. Do a search for a 1956 Ford Thunderbird. You will see some of these in Fiesta Red. I posted two photos showing the original Fiesta Red paint before the top was re-painted. Also, the tolex on this model was black and not blond which you might expect."
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