The interior looked like a airplane cockpit with all the chrome buttons and knobs. It would take me the same amount of time to clean the inside as outside.
I was swaping engines from my 60 HT. to 59 Convt. Waaaaay back in 78 and now I FEEL the pain in more ways than I want to. But I had Had FUN with my Good Buds and yes I had a 64 and 65 with more rust that I need in my life hehe ! YA life is good
I was 9 years old in '65 when these magnificent machines were on the road . They were so futuristic! The closest I came to owning one was a plastic model I built and customized by mixing parts from several different versions of body parts that came in the kit. I wish I had that model, I remember it turned out beautifully.
I love how the demonstration of the sequential turn signals fails in that the driver allows the turn signal to be canceled mid-turn and has to start it again. You'd think that there would have been a better take that that.
58-66 were really special, fact! I owned a 66 Towne Landau Tahoe Turquoise Tbird and the car was gorgeous, the interior was so different than most cars even today. Very well made car, only if they held up against rust better. If I had money I'd buy another 66 but too expensive
We had the same only in the Honeydew Yellow. Got it used from the original owner in '91. The funny thing is that except for the color, the interior was the same the '68 Cougar I had back in the '70's. But you're right about the rust. It had been a So. Cal desert car and might have been restorable while we still lived there. But it didn't survive 2 Reno winters before everything not metal turned brittle. Thankfully after 8 more years of "one thing at a time," someone who could afford to love her became owner number 3.
I come from a Ford-loyal family, and we had both a 67 T-Bird and a 68 T-Bird. Great cars, BUT the Buick Riviera made the 64-66 T-Birds at the time look lumpy and dated. Also the Riviera was a much better handling car and more responsive (not to mention better made), especially starting with the '64 models when they changed to the turbo-hydramatic transmissions from the dynaflow that the debut '63 model had. My parents had friends with the Rivieras and they were much more refined, quieter.
Thank you for the video! What a cool video. I'm extremely legally blind so it was hard to make much out but I can quit a little of it and it was good to just hear the commercial on top of it sometimes that's the best I can do these days. I used to be sighted. My first car was a 1965 Ford Thunderbird landau there shouldn't be like every option you can imagine it. Yeah great car black landau with the rubber roof tilt the waist steering wheel sequential we are directionals AM/FM there's a stereo it had door locks door job lights fast and seat belt lights the four power seats I mean the full powered windows in the on the console in the middle Air conditioning you name it this car was probably one of my favorite cars that I own later on and 93 I bought a 66 t word it was a mechanics lien I got it for $248 bucks and the day before I was supposed to pick it up somebody shot the cars windows out with a gun I had to go find Windows so it kind of increase the price of the car. The body was sound there was a no rush or anything like that no dents but the paint job was really messed up and it was a cheaper version it was like the standard version I guess the only thing power and it was a power seats on just the driver side it didn't have fallacy so the passenger side didn't have the console it went straight through to the firewall of the dashboard because it didn't have power windows yeah but this car was a little bit different than my 65 my 65 was stocked this car might have been you know a stripped down version but if the engine was worked engine was beautiful that car was so much faster than my 65 same engine 390 but yeah like I said it was worked everywhere like neon green fabric with silver thread running through it I can't explain it really it was just a beautiful car and the 65th birthday with the with the fake scoop and just made like a v chrome outline of it whereas the 65 and 64 it look like a scoop yeah my 65 had the the land that had the chrome package so it had Chrome everywhere side trim along the fender fenders behind the the front wheels yeah I'm just going on tangency because I just brings back memories of so long ago my dad's first car that person new car was a 63 T-Bird and then that was stolen and he got a 61 and a 62 they were used and my sister had a 64 convertible and I had a 65 and a 66 so between my whole family as we got old enough to drive after my dad will have deepers of that year you know cuz the 61 to 63 it's kind of close not really but it was on its way to the 64th and 66 series anyway wish I wish I could drive I'd have one today if I could afford one LOL happy motoring you all sincerely Bob the blind bedroom guitars
You'd be surprised, then. Those things GLIDED down the highway, and there was no real sense of speed. Or road feel, for that matter. Seriously, a quiet Sunday morning on a mostly-empty stretch of interstate. Not paying attention. Suddenly a OSHP cruiser was alongside me, the officer with a shit-eating grin on his face, wagglin his finger at me. Glanced down at the speedo... 92 miles an hour. The speed limit was 65. Smooth as warm butter. Not even all that much wind noise. The 390 didn't even seem like it was strainin. Though I'm sure gas mileage was probably in single digits. For reasons I'll probably never know, I was not stopped. i just slowed down, and he peeled off at the next offramp with a friendly wave to say goodbye. If I'd been driving my old Comet... yeah, I don't even want to think about that. On the other hand, in that Comet, it was hard to ignore the fact that you were movin too fast. That generation of T-birds were just wonderful cars. Mine didn't have a lot of problems, despite its 170,000 miles, but at the time parts for it were difficult to source and expen$ive. Not quite standard Ford hardware.
Honey let’s go out tonight i would love a ride in that new car of yours. 0h! I can’t believe it. It’s a Thunderbird, it’s my dream car. Honey I love you. Hugs.
Yes sir they certainly did. I know for sure that the 61 through 66 had the slide away Thunderbird because my dad owns the 61 to 62 63 my sister on the 64 convertible and I own the 65 and a 66 they all had to tilt the slide away steering wheel they were amazing cars miss them I'm blind I've been able to drive for decades but I certainly remember them and I enjoyed driving them sincerely Bob the blind bedroom guitars
Caddy-whacks are nice, but for me.... a 64-66 Thunnnnnnnnnderbird with a 390 V8. a '61 Starliner with a 390 would be pretty cool, too. Or a '60-67 Lincoln with the 430 or 462 engine and suicide doors! A '63 Monterey hardtop. Oh, momma....I'm all weak in the knees just thinkin about it. But I'm not completel opposed to Caddies - I'd love one with those giant, overdone tailfins. A drop top is almost mandatory for that. You honestly could not wipe the smile from my face, not even at gunpoint, if I owned ANY of these cars.
I have always loved the style of the '64 and '65 Tbird and the 1 2 3 turn signals made me nuts when I was a kid. Cool car.
Great to see these original commercials, it’s a real time warp of history.
It's Astounding...!
And to think when originally aired it was time to go the kitchen, the bathroom, etc. Now we watch and dream...
I think when you would start these massive cars that waltz-like music would automatically start playing. That Convair 880 barely got off the ground.
The interior looked like a airplane cockpit with all the chrome buttons and knobs. It would take me the same amount of time to clean the inside as outside.
I was swaping engines from my 60 HT. to 59 Convt. Waaaaay back in 78 and now I FEEL the pain in more ways than I want to.
But I had Had FUN with my Good Buds and yes I had a 64 and 65 with more rust that I need in my life hehe ! YA life is good
Would love to have that convertible. Expensive collector car today.
My aunt and uncle had a white 1965 Thunderbird. It was beautiful. They traded it for a 1972 ford gran torino.
Both outstanding cars.
I was 9 years old in '65 when these magnificent machines were on the road . They were so futuristic! The closest I came to owning one was a plastic model I built and customized by mixing parts from several different versions of body parts that came in the kit. I wish I had that model, I remember it turned out beautifully.
That’s pretty far removed there commentator, “George B.,” from the actual automobile.
I was 5 years old in 1965.
Beautiful automobiles.
so high quality video
I love how the demonstration of the sequential turn signals fails in that the driver allows the turn signal to be canceled mid-turn and has to start it again. You'd think that there would have been a better take that that.
58-66 were really special, fact! I owned a 66 Towne Landau Tahoe Turquoise Tbird and the car was gorgeous, the interior was so different than most cars even today. Very well made car, only if they held up against rust better. If I had money I'd buy another 66 but too expensive
We had the same only in the Honeydew Yellow. Got it used from the original owner in '91.
The funny thing is that except for the color, the interior was the same the '68 Cougar I had back in the '70's. But you're right about the rust. It had been a So. Cal desert car and might have been restorable while we still lived there. But it didn't survive 2 Reno winters before everything not metal turned brittle. Thankfully after 8 more years of "one thing at a time," someone who could afford to love her became owner number 3.
My brother had a 66 convertible. I'm a corvette guy, but that car was beautiful...
That jetliner was a Convair 880.
Great way to lock yourself out of the car when you leave keys in the ignition! Lol…never good when that happened back in the day…
From the old happy days when carmakers designed cars instead of government.
I come from a Ford-loyal family, and we had both a 67 T-Bird and a 68 T-Bird. Great cars, BUT the Buick Riviera made the 64-66 T-Birds at the time look lumpy and dated. Also the Riviera was a much better handling car and more responsive (not to mention better made), especially starting with the '64 models when they changed to the turbo-hydramatic transmissions from the dynaflow that the debut '63 model had. My parents had friends with the Rivieras and they were much more refined, quieter.
What's the word???Thunderbird.
What's the price??? Fifty twice!
Thank you for the video! What a cool video. I'm extremely legally blind so it was hard to make much out but I can quit a little of it and it was good to just hear the commercial on top of it sometimes that's the best I can do these days. I used to be sighted. My first car was a 1965 Ford Thunderbird landau there shouldn't be like every option you can imagine it. Yeah great car black landau with the rubber roof tilt the waist steering wheel sequential we are directionals AM/FM there's a stereo it had door locks door job lights fast and seat belt lights the four power seats I mean the full powered windows in the on the console in the middle Air conditioning you name it this car was probably one of my favorite cars that I own later on and 93 I bought a 66 t word it was a mechanics lien I got it for $248 bucks and the day before I was supposed to pick it up somebody shot the cars windows out with a gun I had to go find Windows so it kind of increase the price of the car. The body was sound there was a no rush or anything like that no dents but the paint job was really messed up and it was a cheaper version it was like the standard version I guess the only thing power and it was a power seats on just the driver side it didn't have fallacy so the passenger side didn't have the console it went straight through to the firewall of the dashboard because it didn't have power windows yeah but this car was a little bit different than my 65 my 65 was stocked this car might have been you know a stripped down version but if the engine was worked engine was beautiful that car was so much faster than my 65 same engine 390 but yeah like I said it was worked everywhere like neon green fabric with silver thread running through it I can't explain it really it was just a beautiful car and the 65th birthday with the with the fake scoop and just made like a v chrome outline of it whereas the 65 and 64 it look like a scoop yeah my 65 had the the land that had the chrome package so it had Chrome everywhere side trim along the fender fenders behind the the front wheels yeah I'm just going on tangency because I just brings back memories of so long ago my dad's first car that person new car was a 63 T-Bird and then that was stolen and he got a 61 and a 62 they were used and my sister had a 64 convertible and I had a 65 and a 66 so between my whole family as we got old enough to drive after my dad will have deepers of that year you know cuz the 61 to 63 it's kind of close not really but it was on its way to the 64th and 66 series anyway wish I wish I could drive I'd have one today if I could afford one LOL happy motoring you all sincerely Bob the blind bedroom guitars
I’m will to bet that driving a Thunderbird doesn’t come close to approximating the “feeling of flight” in any way whatsoever.
You'd be surprised, then. Those things GLIDED down the highway, and there was no real sense of speed.
Or road feel, for that matter. Seriously, a quiet Sunday morning on a mostly-empty stretch of interstate. Not paying attention. Suddenly a OSHP cruiser was alongside me, the officer with a shit-eating grin on his face, wagglin his finger at me. Glanced down at the speedo... 92 miles an hour. The speed limit was 65.
Smooth as warm butter. Not even all that much wind noise. The 390 didn't even seem like it was strainin. Though I'm sure gas mileage was probably in single digits.
For reasons I'll probably never know, I was not stopped. i just slowed down, and he peeled off at the next offramp with a friendly wave to say goodbye. If I'd been driving my old Comet... yeah, I don't even want to think about that. On the other hand, in that Comet, it was hard to ignore the fact that you were movin too fast.
That generation of T-birds were just wonderful cars. Mine didn't have a lot of problems, despite its 170,000 miles, but at the time parts for it were difficult to source and expen$ive. Not quite standard Ford hardware.
@@xaenon Fair enough, thanks for the reply :-)
Honey let’s go out tonight i would love a ride in that new car of yours.
0h! I can’t believe it.
It’s a Thunderbird, it’s my dream car.
Honey I love you.
Hugs.
Keyless locking! Lol! A good idea, until you left your keys inside the car unintentionally....
Why is the resolution so horrible? I can barely see what's going on in the video.
Did the ‘65’s come with the famed whirlaway steering wheel?
Yes they did ,my dad had a 65 with it and the seat swivels .
Yes sir they certainly did. I know for sure that the 61 through 66 had the slide away Thunderbird because my dad owns the 61 to 62 63 my sister on the 64 convertible and I own the 65 and a 66 they all had to tilt the slide away steering wheel they were amazing cars miss them I'm blind I've been able to drive for decades but I certainly remember them and I enjoyed driving them sincerely Bob the blind bedroom guitars
Still no Cadillac!
Thank God. ;)
Caddy-whacks are nice, but for me....
a 64-66 Thunnnnnnnnnderbird with a 390 V8.
a '61 Starliner with a 390 would be pretty cool, too.
Or a '60-67 Lincoln with the 430 or 462 engine and suicide doors!
A '63 Monterey hardtop. Oh, momma....I'm all weak in the knees just thinkin about it.
But I'm not completel opposed to Caddies - I'd love one with those giant, overdone tailfins. A drop top is almost mandatory for that.
You honestly could not wipe the smile from my face, not even at gunpoint, if I owned ANY of these cars.
240p hahaha
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