From the early birds with their turbine styled tail lighting and fins, to this 1968 iteration which looks a bit like a cross between Han Solo's land speeder and the Millennium Falcon, we give you this long front end, white landau topped suicide rear door 1968 T bird. Besides the pure jet, the turbine driven propeller engines offered improvements of the piston engine delivering a smoother ride and better fuel efficiency.įor consignment, a 1968 Ford Thunderbird Landau that adopts the Thunderbird styling that was present from the start, the use of jet age styling to give the cars a futuristic forward thinking look. The Jet Age is a period in the history of aviation defined by the advent of aircraft powered by turbine engines, and by the social change this brought about. If we believe the air cleaner, this is a 429 Thunder Jet engine, which when new meant 360 horsepower and over 420 ft-lbs of torque! Even with a curb weight of 4541 pounds, that’s still enough power to make things interesting on the street! The seller has done a lot of mechanical refurbishment to the car, ranging from engine part replacement to suspension refurbishment.Project Car/Torque Thrust Wheels/429ci V8/3-Speed Automatic If you don’t want to take that on yourself, most local upholstery shops around here will take it on for you I’m guessing that’s true in other locales as well. The seller has already purchased a replacement set of top material, so it’s time to take the step of removing this top, fixing the damage and putting the new top material on. Uh-oh! Yes, those bubbles under the vinyl are exactly what you think they are.
Here’s a better look at those great doors! There’s also a swing-away steering wheel, so there’s really no excuse for not being able to get into this big old car! Unfortunately, you can also see that some upholstery repair or replacement will be needed to get that interior up to snuff. The seller says they don’t have time for it anymore as they are deployed (I thank them for their service!) and want to see it go to someone who will appreciate it.Īs a child, I had a ‘ 68 Thunderbird Hot Wheel that was almost this color, and I remember loving the front end styling even then. One of the most challenging items for the stylists must have been to incorporate the rear door shut line half way into the landau vinyl top! The car really looks nice with the original wheel covers and a period color. It’s up for sale here on eBay where the buy it now price is $8,900 but lower offers are welcomed. Some call them “suicide” doors! Maybe this will win over those ‘two-door only’ readers? Anyway, it’s located only about 30 miles south of me in Fayetteville, North Carolina. This 1968 Thunderbird has those interesting rearward opening doors in the back.
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