The Thunderbird is in good (parade) condition but will need more attention than I can give it, so I would rather see it go to a good home than fade away over the years in storage. I have loved this car and it is time to let someone else appreciate it for the classic beauty and piece of american heritage it is. The car was featured in my brothers professionally video-tapped/movie quality wedding and stole the show.
Everything works and this car has been my classic baby.
#1965 ford thunderbird hardtop convertible plus#
I know that once I figured it out, it was easy and controlled ignition and convertible functioning of the car (I saw it as a definite plus to the car and its security). I am unsure if the kill-switch is manufacturer, after-market-added-on or is unique to the wiring of this car. The steering column has an engine-kill-switch that requires explaination (which I will provide in writing, in conversation, and/or videotape for winning bidder). The speedometer looks like a horizontal thermometer, the redline goes from left to right as the speed increases (and I thought it was cool enough to mention). The Thunderbird has a slide-away steering column from the manufacturer in the 1965 model year as-well-as sequential turn-signal taillights for that model-year that Ford has brought back in todays mustangs. The convertible top folds into the trunk that opens hydraulically (opposite the direction of a normal trunk opening) and then the trunklid comes back down to completely hide the top and unfold an upper-back-seat-cover plate, again hydraulically (so cool). I find no bondo on the car, no scratches or dents and the crome has shined like new since I have owned the car, one(?) of the dual mufflers has a leak, giving the car an even more muscle-car sound (also exhaust manifold leak from my brothers information)so I never had it fixed. The car has 53300 miles on it and that is original (from my knowledge).
The Thunderbird is an automatic with shifter on the steering column. Documentation shows that he bought the car from an older gentleman who owned and pampered the car since almost brand new. The guy I bought the car from was an intermediate-used-classics-salesman from my understanding. Speaking of winter in Ohio, other than the last 2 pictures, all of the pictures were taken about 2 months ago on a rare warm day in ohio winter, so that is why it looks so dull and dead in the neighborhood (if you live in ohio in the winter, you know what I mean). I have changed nothing about the car since I purchased it, and it was keep on an island in lake erie that does not use salt on the roads in winter for the entire time I have owned it (except the last two years which it was again stored indoors all the time). The rest of the time and year the car was tucked away in inside storage and pampered. I drove it approximately once a year in a 5 mile parade in the summer time in Ohio. I have owned this Thunderbird since 2008. 1965 Ford Thunderbird Convertible Additional Info:
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