Thread: What is the make of the car? Non Land Rover

Easy, early 60's ford Thunderbird. My guess is 61-63, there is a badge on the B pillar .

Yes I will second that, yes the badging gives it away!--good spotting LoanRangie
Euphemistically called a "turdbird" in these 'ere parts pardner!
By the way, its turn of the century new "Turbird" rendition by Ford was equally not received too well! The world has moved on!
Cheers Dennis
zedcars

A 60's Thunderbird.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Easy, early 60's ford Thunderbird. My guess is 61-63, there is a badge on the B pillar .

G'day Loanrangie,

With your narrowing down to a Thunderbird I found out that it was a 1965 model. I did see the wing badge on the B pillar but did not recognise it apart from a bit of chrome. This model had the square tail lights
Accessed 17th Feb 2012 from
ford thunderbird 1965 - Dogpile Images Search

Kind Regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by zedcars

Yes I will second that, yes the badging gives it away!--good spotting LoanRangie
Euphemistically called a "turdbird" in these 'ere parts pardner!
By the way, its turn of the century new "Turbird" rendition by Ford was equally not received too well! The world has moved on!
Cheers Dennis
zedcars

G'day Zedcars,

Why did the Thunderbird get such a nice euphemistic name? Where they unreliable or just too thirsty or too heavy for the engine to get moving at a decent speed?

Kind Regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

A 60's Thunderbird.

Hello All,

No association with the seller - I checked eBay out of interest and there are a couple for sale now. One under reserve price at 10K

Ford Thunderbird Coupe 1966 | eBay

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Lionel

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

G'day Zedcars,

Why did the Thunderbird get such a nice euphemistic name? Where they unreliable or just too thirsty or too heavy for the engine to get moving at a decent speed?

Kind Regards
Lionel

Lionel
Actually they weren't bad as American iron was concerned, the 391cu" incher big block was reliable and suited the US roads very well at the time. Lines & body styling were nice for the time. Beach Boys even had a song about them!

Euphemistic names are often given to certain cars on this side and it really depends upon which camp of the big three you had affinity for. ' Still does in fact at the drive by and meets you can go to here in the summer time.
Just from my perspective having grown up with Brit cars I tend to find stuff like a nice Jag S type, MK7 and its refined handling just a bit better.

Of course in my wild youth I managed to scrounge a 1956 Ford Fairlane in pink and grey from my cousin who was a horse trader type with departing Yank forces from Brize Norton AFB in Oxfordshire.
Overall I liked it albeit the suspension was a bit soft for English country roads and lanes. Still with two bench seats and three on the tree shifter , there was plenty of room for girls. Fat ones mostly to keep the back end down for some competitive bend swinging against Vauxhall Crestas , Ford Zodiacs, Austin Westminsters et al, after leaving rock and roll dances full of beer.on the way to the local curry house that was open with beer and vindaloos food 'til 1,00 am
Wonder we all survived it including the food and grog thinking back
Cheers Dennis
zedcars

Was following a few nice Tbirds the other day. Looked like they were on their way to a hit.