Even as late as 1971, neither the fabulous boattail Riviera nor the new and outlandishly gothic Toronado could out-gun a five-year-old Thunderbird body shell wearing a year-old face lift. The Riviera snuck past the Thunderbird in 1969, only to be slammed back in its place in 1970. In 1967, the Thunderbird beat the Riviera and Toronado combined it even finished ahead of the lower-priced Pontiac Grand Prix every year from 1964 to 1968. In the 1960s, the Ford Thunderbird ruled the full-size, personal-luxury segment, consistently outselling the Buick Riviera, Oldsmobile Toronado, and Cadillac Eldorado. The 1967 Ford Thunderbird was dominant in theįull-size luxury market. If GM's cars were big, the 1967-1971 Ford Thunderbird would be, too. How? Simply click here to return to First Antique Automobile Stories.Anxious to preserve the Thunderbird's popularity, Ford planners warily eyed General Motors's moves in the personal-luxury market. Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. guy) looks out for this now increasingly rare car from above and we will always be grateful for the job he did. The late Gerald Anderson stepped in and put our girl back right and 12 years later she is still running great I like to think Gerald (even though he was a great G.M. Well after a few phone calls we were now the owners of a body and motor for a lot less money but a lot more work ahead. After driving to Port Hope to deliver it for the safety and routine maintenance, we were shocked to find a perforated frame that had been purposely concealed. The car was a Highland Green 68 with a 429 and looked very clean (or so we thought). In May of 2003 we found our car just outside of London in a town called Mt Brydges. When my wife and I decided to get an old car I knew exactly which one would fit our budget (ha ha ha more later) and style, thus began our search. This beautiful car unfortunately met a nasty end in Kentucky on the way to Florida one spring, but it in my memory it did not. When I was a wee lad my Father's daily driver was a 68 Landau.
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