It was definitely a Toronado and a newer one at that. As I said there were three of us "car guys" in the car and we all looked at each other like what the???? Back in the early 80's, people were just not building things like this just for kicks and it had all the correct stuff. Unfortunately, none of us had a camera within reach.
I once found a 69 or 70 Thunderbird GT 390 sitting behind a barn complete with Chrome vertical slats. I was told by some VERY prominent members of the Thunderbird club they never built one. About 6 months later (and after the car was gone
) a friend of mine faxed me a factory photo of one that he found. As Cumby says, never say never........