Car of the Week: 1965 Ford Thunderbird
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Steverino
black sheep
Beautiful car, though I'll admit I've always had a soft spot for the mid to late-60s Ford sleds. I drove a '67 Tudor for a few years in my late teens and loved that car. Ford was on it's way to morphing the 'Bird into a full-sized Lincoln by then. I wish they'd kept it small like the early Thunderbirds.
mongooz
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i had a '66 in high school (early 70's). well, it was really my dad's, but i drove it most of the time. he had T-birds starting in '64 and had a '65 after that one. he always liked them, but he wasn't a "gear head"....he was a doctor. so when we went to see the '66 at a friend of his house they popped the hood and i almost pee'd my pants. he had already said i could drive it, and like i said he wasn't a gear head. it had a pretty rare 428 Thunder Jet 4 barrel. i was almost dancing in place.
that thing was one of the ultimate sleepers at my high school. NO ONE expected that bird to just get up and take off. i had a lot of fun with that car.
it was black with the red roll and tuck interior, with the swing away steering wheel. front AND read speakers stock. the mercury thermometer speedo and sequential turn signals. a very cool car.
that thing was one of the ultimate sleepers at my high school. NO ONE expected that bird to just get up and take off. i had a lot of fun with that car.
it was black with the red roll and tuck interior, with the swing away steering wheel. front AND read speakers stock. the mercury thermometer speedo and sequential turn signals. a very cool car.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Nice. 
Tig
Fucktangular
'Scuse me.
Our neighbor had one of those. You could hear the mechanical contacts when the sequential turn signals were on.
I love the controls!
We later had a monster sized '70 with a 428 that was crazy quick for such a heavy beast.
Steverino
black sheep
Mine had the 390 4bbl like the one in OP, and man, it was a torquey sob, along with a C6 and a 9" rear, was indestructible.
I loved that SwingAway steering, and the rear quarter windows didn't roll down, they slid back into the C pillar! And of course the all-leather interior, buckets, console with AC to the back seats and those cool, wrap-around back seats and sequential turns. One day I'd love to own another.
mongooz
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yep...mine had all that stuff too. and yea, the 390 was a great motor.....and that 428 was kinda crazy in that car. it wasn't as quick as a good Road Runner from stop light to stop light, but god help that Road Runner when we get to the freeway!!
