Some more classic pictures

Is that Annette F. (of Mickey Mouse Club fame) nest to the purple T-bird?
 
Is that Annette F. (of Mickey Mouse Club fame) nest to the purple T-bird?
Sure as hell looks like it,, doesn't it..... :thumbsup:

Annette Funicello in 1963 (age 21) with her 1957 Ford Thunderbird.
This was her first car that she got new as a teenager and then later had it customized.
ANNETTE FUNICELLOO ct 22, 1942 - Apr 8, 2013 Italian-American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She rose to prominence as one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager, she transitioned to a successful career as a singer with the pop singles "O Dio Mio", "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess", as well as establishing herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "Beach Party" genre alongside co-star Frankie Avalon during the mid-1960s.
In 1993, she opened the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders at the California Community Foundation. She received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures on September 14, 1993.

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I thought the same thing, but I think that's not the same person. The collector plate is too new, 90's or so.

Yeah, same car, different folks. Grampa in bib overalls and farmer cap just doesn't fit together with a 59 Fury convertible. Should be a sweptside pickup.
 
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