The Thunderbird served as a showpiece for a few of Ford’s newest and best developments in its early days. Options like tilt-away steering wheels, wrap-around seating, disc brakes, and sequential taillights made their method into mainstream automotive manufacturing. Extra on these lights in only a second.

The Choose of the Day is a 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Berkeley, California. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

This automobile comes from the Thunderbird’s fourth technology which was bought between 1964 and 1966. The general styling theme throughout that period grew to become noticeably extra formal than prior iterations, and dealing with was engineered to match: The earlier sporty trip grew to become damped within the title of luxurious.

Talking of luxurious, the black leather-based inside of at present’s characteristic automobile has its share of appointments. Along with the already beneficiant options like energy steering and a tilt-away-steering column, the vendor says that the cabin went by a $15,000 refurbishment together with alternative of the carpets, a rebuild of the seats, new trunk lining, a brand new convertible prime, and a brand new Bluetooth-equipped stereo. The seats have a novel wrap-around design within the rear, primarily making this automobile a 2+2 cruiser.

According to the space-age styling that was all the fad through the Nineteen Sixties, the 1966 Thunderbird has a particular full-width taillight design with sequential flip indicators. Sequential lights, by the best way, have made a comeback lately. I learn an article not way back about how sequential flip indicators labored on a few of these older automobiles, a brief video demonstration on X brings all of it to mild (actually). The design is mesmerizing to observe and includes a collection {of electrical} contacts being activated in rotation.

Energy for this Ivy Inexperienced T-bird comes from a 315-horsepower 390cid V8 mated to a Cruise-O-Matic three-speed computerized transmission. The itemizing states that in depth upkeep has been carried out to make sure the automobile’s optimum working situation. “Transmission, energy steering field, and flywheel/motor all rebuilt/changed. Whitewall tires with lower than 5k miles on them. Simply accomplished a $3,500 valve job, all lifters modified, compression examined excellent on all cylinders.”

With a backstory of stable upkeep historical past like that, this Thunderbird might be bought and pushed with peace of thoughts. The asking value is $44,500, which features a automobile cowl.

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