During that time, the model has seen changing body styles and engine displacements, swings from sporty to personal luxury to. Contemporary testers felt that the Buick Riviera and Pontiac Grand Prix were substantially more roadworthy cars, but the Thunderbird retained its leading market share. 1966 Ford Thunderbirds for Sale The Ford Thunderbird was introduced for 1955 and remained in production through 1997, being revived again for 2002 through 2005. The softly sprung suspension allowed considerable body lean, wallow, and float on curves and bumps. The Thunderbird's sporty image had by that time become only that: the standard 390-cubic-inch 300 bhp (224 kW) V8 engine needed nearly 11 seconds to push the heavy T-bird to 60 mph (96 km/h). This generation of the Thunderbird was restyled in favor of a more squared-off, "formal" look. The fourth generation of the Ford Thunderbird is a large personal luxury car produced by Ford for the 1964 to 1966 model years. Ford stepped up the luxury enhancements and performance was also a positive. After the re-styling of the Ford Thunderbird in 1964, which was the 4th generation bird, sales were very strong with a reported 92465 cars sold. You had your choice of the Landau, the hardtop, or the convertible. This was one of the more popular years for the luxury vehicle with three submodels available. Introduced as a two-seat convertible, the Thunderbird was produced in a number of body configurations through its production life, including four-seat hardtop coupe, four-seat convertible, five-seat convertible and hardtop, four-door pillared hardtop sedan, six-passenger hardtop coupe, and five passenger pillared coupe, with the final generation produced as a two-seat convertible. The 1964 Ford Thunderbird was a part of the fourth generation of the model. 1964 Ford Thunderbird Color Wiring Diagram Complete basic car included (engine bay, interior and exterior lights, under dash harness, starter and ignition. new shell contour seats to cradle driver and passenger in supreme comfort… a new console topped by padded arm rest.Ford Thunderbird (colloquially called the T-Bird) is a nameplate that was used by Ford from model years 1955 to 19 to 2005 over eleven model generations. We now saw THUNDERBIRD spelled out in letters across the front of the hood, rather than the emblem that adorned the 1963 models (lettering actually removed on this car).įord described making the new Thunderbird for 1964 more luxurious by creating a jet-age cockpit up forward with flight-deck panel and instrumentation….
‘Thunderbird’ was now featured in script on the front fenders behind the front wheels. The front end had a more aggressive look and the hood now featured a new scoop (power dome) on the top. Note too the departure from round taillights to square ones. This was particularly evident from the rear. This new fourth generation had a more squared off appearance. Check out those taillights with the Thunderbird emblem!
This Pagoda Green T-Bird has covered just 68,510 miles in its lifetime and maintains most of its originality.
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