AKA ‘Bullet Bird’, the ’62 THUNDERBIRD M-CODE SPORTS ROADSTER could be optioned with a single four-barrel 390/300 or tri-power 390/340 M-Code big blocks. If you were a Ford guy in 1962 and wanted to buy a new car to drag race or even dominate stoplight Gran Prix competition, the new M-Code Thunderbird would not have been your first choice. Compared with Ford’s traditional performance offerings, the tri-power T-Bird, especially in Sports Roadster trim, was too heavy and too expensive. ...