This one would have been conservatively rated at 360 horsepower and 480 ft-lb of tire-shredding torque. This car was bought new in Reno and spent most of its life in dry Winnemucca, although they get around 15-inches of snow a year and 8-inches of rain.Īs if everything else on this car wasn’t desirable enough, other than the one-size-fits-all radiator hose, that 429 Thunderjet adds to the appeal. The interior of this car looks perfect to me for the most part, both front and rear. This era of Thunderbird was a few inches longer than the previous generation but was still several inches shorter than the Mark III was, it was a nice compromise. Ford really dialed up the personal luxury feeling of the Thunderbird for the fifth-generation cars, moving it closer to the Lincoln Continental Mark III. I guess now that I think about it, the only thing I would change on this car would be the color.Īnd another thing, I would add power windows. So to sum it up, there is no uncool fifth-generation Ford Thunderbird. And, both two-door and four-door varieties were hardtops. And to make them as cool as the tuxedo-wearing smoking architect’s two-door version, Ford gave the four-door cars suicide doors. The fifth-generation Thunderbird was made from 1967 to 1971 and I’ve always wondered what a four-door version would have looked like… Ok, just kidding, they actually made a four-door version. This car is basically priced at Hagerty’s #2 excellent condition value of $14,600. I’m assuming that doesn’t mean normal surface rust which is visible in a few areas. Speaking of well done, the seller says that this car has always been garaged and has never had any rust. The seller has really laid out some nice photos here, well done.

See! Can’t you just picture an ad where an architect and a developer in suits are looking at some drawings rolled out on the hood? Even though there isn’t an architect or some other dapper gent with a white tuxedo and a cigarette standing next to this 1968 Ford Thunderbird, the setting and nice exterior photos almost don’t look real. for sending in this tip! Here’s the original ad in case someone grabs it in the next few days. The seller has this gorgeous, original personal luxury car posted here on craigslist in Hollister, California and they’re asking $14,000. I don’t know what it is about the fifth-generation Thunderbird but almost every time I see one it looks like it’s in a brochure, it’s just that kind of car.

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