1964 Ford thunderbird in-depth look
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- Today I’m back at jk galleria of pristine and vintage cars to take an in-depth look at this 1964 for thunderbird often Referred as the jet or sculpted bird. Lots of vintage ads in this one as well as some period footage enjoy this episode
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Ive been rebuilding my 64, check it out on my channel
Sounds great I will check it out for sure =)
Can you link your channel it won’t let me click on your name
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What a BEAUTIFUL car! Gorgeous color and that phenomenal interior put the "luxury" in personal luxury car. Who cares if it handles like Cleopatra's barge? You don't buy one of these to light the tires up or hustle it around the Nurburgring, for crying out loud!
"Cleopatra's Barge..." Luv it!
In 1984 I bought a 64 t-bird for $50.00 because the guy thought the rear end was bad. All that was wrong was bearings. It was white and in really nice shape. I drove it for a few years as a second car to my daily truck. It was a great date car and cruiser. I miss it, would love to still have it.
$50.00!! That’s crazy awesome story thank you so much for sharing =)
I drove one to highschool in 76-77
I JUST GAVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER IN 2024. BEEN IN DRY Storage SINCE 79.😊2DR HARDTOP . 390 BIG BLOCK
I had a '64 T Bird for several years back in the '80's I even shipped ti to England where I drove it around quite a bit, I sold it there and it paid for my wedding! I now have a '65 T bird in the garage being restored... I hope to drive it this summer!
I’ve always said that 1964-1966 were the most desirable years for Ford.
New Thunderbird, a new Bronco, new Mustang…
Imagine the joy of having a time machine to go back to those years!
If I had a time machine First place I’d go 1940 packard dealership and then international dealership lol
I have the 1964 issue of road and track the mustang issue in the classifieds there was a ad for 1926 Bugatti didn’t say what type $5,600 granted that was a lot of money but only a fraction of what that car is worth now would have been an excellent return on investment
Me too! But all my $100 bills I could bring back with me to buy a good used one would show they were printed in 2022 and I'd would end up in the federal pen for counterfeiting. At least Marty had Doc Brown to provide him with some 1955 cash.
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I do love a Packard of any year… 🫠
I would put the 63 Thunderbird on the list too, another beautiful design
@billolsen4360 you think like I do. Money would be a big problem.
The '64-'66 Thunderbirds have always been my favorite!!! They are so elegant!!! 👍👍
It was a cool car there maybe a Rivera cough cough =) i’m not sure when that one is coming up super excited to do. It got a name drop in this episode.
@@What.its.like. the Rivieras of that era are really cool too!!! 😎
Hi, new subscriber here. Love your channel. We have a 64. The lock unlock above the window switches are to lock out the rear power windows. The vent under the rear window is the intake for the flow thru ventilation, and it works great, and actually helps defog the rear window. Forward motion of the car also pushes air through the cabin when you open the vents, and can be pushed through the heat, and defroster, without using the fan, when set properly (according to the manual).. We've tried it on cold days, and it works.
That’s awesome thank you so much for to information.. I love that feature just ideas for better air flow I guess now that I think about Nash used a similar system just no external air vent. What is your favorite thunderbird design is it the 4th generation? Mine is the bulletbird love that style... I love this interior tho
@@What.its.like. All of them, but partial to to the 64.
Thank you for watching!
I always wrestle with which is my favorite year for Thunderbird. I like all of them from 55-77, and it keeps me up nights. I think the 64 is my favorite ... and this car is a honey!!!!
Just saw again yesterday I was down at jk gallery of classic cars to shoot some more cool cars.. definitely a classy ride =)
A jewel. A friend of mine had one like this one back in 1965 (he bought it used with very low mileage).
A sweet ride.
The only thing, his had factory A/C which helped a lot here in the hot Caribbean!
Thank you very much for the upload!!
Awesome thank you so much for sharing your experience with this car. Glad you dig this video.
Back then T-Birds had a unique aura. Just about everyone would gawk when a new T-Bird would drive by. Thunderbird interiors were modern, futuristic, intended to remind you of aircraft and space age controls. An example is the vent controls you mentioned. All of the 4 seater T-Birds had the curved back seat. It made the car feel more unique and exclusive. You mentioned the 390, 427 and 428 (ThunderJet not CobraJet). A 427 . . . same 427 as in other high powered Fords, such as a Cobra. Too bad Ford followed the “ lower, longer, wider, heavier” thinking with the T-Bird. Although they did indeed sell more, until they didn’t. Some of the optional extra cost features like emergency 🚨 flashers are required by law now. Thanks for another video and your perspective.
Thank you so much for that added information glad you liked this one =) this might be my favorite interior of thunderbird yet... but my favorite thunderbird design besides 55-57 is the bullet bird.
I was around to see those cars new. I loved the style back in late 1963 when they hit the showrooms. The coolant filler is on the surge tank which is the highest point in the cooling system. It cannot be filled from a lower point and the radiator was lower. The place where the glove compartment should be is where the heater and air conditioning stuff was. The C6 transmission came out in 1966 (1960s part numbers start with C and 6 denotes sixth year). That's why it was a C6. I had a "64 Galaxie with the same mirror. I had to replace it. There are three cables that tip the mirror around. It feels a little funny now, but back then it was great. In 1970 the whole mirror assembly with the cables, mirror, and little handle was nine bucks at the Ford dealer. I thought it was too expensive. Great review. Thanks!
Thank you for the good vibes, and added information =)
Great video. In 1986 I bought my second car-- a 1966 Thunderbird, and two years later, I bought my third a 1964 hardtop. I had them for years but sold them when I started grad school. Hated myself for doing that until last year when I bought my 1964 Convertible. It's a completely restored-- red with white top and interior. Her name is Wanda, after the red witch. She is incredibly sexy and I am smitten. While driving, I get more comments, thumbs up, and looks of lust than you can imagine.
That’s awesome Is it the convertible or the roadster I was in a car show earlier this year I found a roadster.. The owner was never next to his car otherwise I would’ve asked him hey can I do this for my car channel because I never saw another one this year
@@What.its.like. Mine is the convertible, it was not equipped with the Tonneau or the grab handles. I saw a burgundy roadster for sale a few years ago---Burgundy with a matching burgundy interior--it sold before I could snag it. It was stunning. I also ran across a 1965 with the factory 427--one of of about 20 known to exist. The colors were just like mine, red, white interior, with a white top. The owner said it would cover the quarter mile in about 13.5 seconds--which is mind-boggling for anyone who has ever driven one with a 390.
I like the bullet birds better. The dash in the bullet birds are the best looking.
Bullet bird is my favorite as well
Beautiful looking 😍😍 and thanks again for the info I would like to see a 65 👍👍👍👍👍
Hopefully this year I’ll be able to find a 65 with a 427/428 I don’t remember exactly what engine it was offhand but it was for20 something
Such a beautiful elegant car .
I'd love to see you go through a 1967 two-door and four-door Thunderbird!
I’ll look for those =)
67 first year of 4 door Thunderbird, the Lincoln style suicide doors,
Even though this video is a year old I had to comment and share a unique story about our 64 T-bird. My brother won a 64 T-BIRD and a lake cottage from Ford, he was about 13 or 14 at the time and entered the contest using my dad's name. The car was worth over 7k, not the 4-5k you spoke of. People would stare at us when we drove by. I was little and sat on my mom's lap in the front seat. It was very fast, my dad opened it up on the highway. My oldest brother took the car out without permission in 1967 and totalled it😢. Our next car was a 68 Beetle...true story.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I really appreciate it. Sorry it took so long to get back to you with the response. Definitely going to cover this one again because our format has changed exponentially since a year ago. Over a year ago =)
love the 1964-66 lady down the street had a 64 rode in the back seat as a kid sat on the fold down arm rest , a realtor had a new 1967 4door he gave me the brochure ,I still have it, love the 64-68 s
My favorite Thunderbird is the bullet bird but I can see the argument for the square bird square bird has the most usable space and is really comfortable no matter if you’re sitting in the front or the back
I can see this car in Vegas or Miami...or any part of Calif. It's impressive. It says "We've arrived". It ain't boring. I like the backseat design. Top-notch.
It’s been almost a year since I did this car but I remember it very fondly I love the interior especially Wraparound rear seat was really cool
Great video, but I wanted to make a couple of corrections to various statements you made: 1) The Thunderbird Landau model had a full vinyl roof...not the half-vinyl roof that you mentioned. The model was named Landau because those elongated-S-shaped bars on the rear pillars were called "landau bars". Landau bars were originally the exterior folding mechanism for drop-top vehicles. They were often applied as ornamentation on hearses before Ford introduced them on the top-of-the-line 1962 thru 1972 Thunderbirds. To your point, a "landau roof" in the 1970's did mean that the rear half of a car's roof was vinyl-covered while the front half was "bare"; if the front half of the roof was vinyl-covered while the back half was bare, it was called a "canopy" roof. 2) You mentioned at the end of the video that the 1965 and 1966 T-Birds could be had with a 427 or 428 cubic inch engine...which is not true. Ford never installed a 427 in the Thunderbird. The 428 was available in the T-Bird, but not until the 1966 model year (the 428 was then replaced by the 429 at the end of the 1960's); like the '64 T-Bird, the '65 could only be had with the 390-4V engine. Again, very entertaining video!
Thank you you so much for added information =)
According to Wikipedia 427 was an option.. I saw it on a few other sites as well because Wikipedia isn’t the best source to get info from
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird_(fourth_generation)
@@What.its.like. You're quite welcome! And you're right about Wikipedia not always being accurate. During the course of its life, the 427 was installed by Ford in full-size Fords & Mercurys; a select few Fairlanes and Comets; and then in the '68 Cougar XR-7 GTE...never in any T-Bird. I noticed within Wikipedia mention of Ford's "Tilt Away" steering column being continued and being a recognized feature of T-Birds...which is not exactly true. From 1961 thru 1966, all T-Birds had Ford's "Swing Away" steering column. With that feature, the steering wheel didn't tilt at all; instead, the entire steering column would swing to the right once the transmission was put into Park. The Swing Away steering column was optional at extra cost on full-size Fords and Mercurys, but only in the 1963 & 1964 model years; other than that, it was unique to the T-Bird from '61 thru '66. In the 1967 model year, the Swing Away steering column was dropped entirely and replaced by the Tilt Away steering wheel. The Tilt Away steering wheel lasted for the '67 & '68 model years only, and was only available on the T-Bird, Mustang & Cougar (full-size Fords & Mercurys got the more-basic tilt steering wheel as an option). What's the difference? The Tilt steering wheel operated like any other tilt wheel; the Tilt Away wheel, however, not only operated like any other tilt wheel, it also had a feature whereby once the transmission was put in Park and the ignition shut off, the steering wheel would automatically (mechanically, not electronically) tilt all the way up, then to the right...which greatly facilitated getting in and out of the car. The engine could not be started again until the steering wheel was pulled back down into the position it was in before the tilt-away feature kicked in. I always thought the Tilt Away wheel was an awesome feature, but like I said above, it only lasted two model years. My guess is that it was too expensive to continue offering and/or it would be challenging to offer it along with the new column-mounted ignition interlock which debuted on Ford products in the 1970 model year.
Best styled Thunderbird since 1960. Loved my late grandfather’s white w/ white hardtop he bought new
This is honestly the best one as far as space goes that I’ve been in so far I haven’t done the generation after this really need to do some more Thunderbirds and some personal luxury cars can’t wait to get back to Classic Automall to shoot some stuff I’m gonna try to go there maybe in a couple weeks =)
I would have sworn that was a 65 until I saw the advertising you showed for it. I thought the first year for the rectangular tail lights was 65. Learned something new on that. As for the antifreeze tank, my guess would be that it was an early attempt at a recovery reservoir like all cars have these days. Back in the early sixties, cars didn't have recovery reservoirs. They had a hose that ran from the radiator filler neck down the side of the radiator. So when you shut off the engine and the pressure relief valve built into the radiator cap opened, it spilled a little bit of antifreeze on the ground. Over time, the antifreeze level in the tank got too low.
Awesome information and insight =)
I remember adding an overflow kit to several cars back in the sixties. Inexpensive, all car parts places sold them.
As a fan of the Thunderbird, this is one my favorite and the most magnificent generation. Thanks for sharing!!!! 👌👏👍. Some of the charm went on in the fifth generation starting in '67, but from the following year, everything went slowly away until the bigger turn of '72.
Glad you dig this episode, the bullet bird is my favorite but these have the most space especially in the rear seat and love the wrap around rear seat =)
I need to find a four door 68 this year those are different
LIKE THE SALES FIGURES,,,,GOOD SITE,,,KEEP GOING
"The engine could be thirsty"... minor understatement of the year. Mine came with the Motorcraft built by Holley 1150 double pumper, I think it got maybe 10 mpg. But what a ride!
Haha yeah it depends on who you are as well because some people be like 10 miles per gallon that’s not that bad it could be three lol
Very elegant T Bird 💙
Yeah I was impressed with the introduction these generation
I like that generation Thunderbird the best. I prefer the 65 and 66 better because of the advance features not available in 64. The sequential turn signals and double sided keys came out in 65. I think the decrease and increase cruise control buttons appeared on the steering wheel about that time, too.
Amazing amount of design and craftsmanship in these cars, shame they were not ALL preserved this well. great video as always.
Thank you so much =)
Love the Thunderbirds from '61 thru '66. Many people don't realize that these 'birds shared their platform and assembly plant with the Lincoln Continental. The tank with the radiator cap? Ford was among the first to add coolant overflow tank. Decades ago, when radiators were too full or very hot, the coolant overflow poured out on the ground. Eventually, people realized that dogs love to lap up spilled anti-freeze, and it can kill them. Keep up the fun vids.
Thank you so much for sharing that information glad you dig this channel =)
My Dad had a '65 in beige with a brown vinyl top. I drove it sometimes on Dates. What you didn't show was when you put the trans lever in Park then pulled it back, you could move the whole steering wheel to the right for ease of getting in & out!
Yeah I showed the commercial that showed it because they can be finicky and didn’t want to mess anything up car was sold when i shot this video
Good video.. you missed demonstrating the swing away steering wheel which was a break thru. Also, the Landau option was a full vinyl top ( not half) with a unique 'cobra' patterned vinyl and the landau irons as well as the interior wood grain. Thx S
Thank you so much for those corrections I didn’t do the whole steering wheel thing because it was acting up and I didn’t want it to break on me..
Also known the the ‘Flair Bird’ the Landau was the best seller for 1966 and was not a half vinyl roof but a larger sail panel extended fully to the edge of the door glass creating a more exclusive rear compartment (and decreasing the view).
Thank you so much for the added information I really appreciate it =)
Man, I love so many cars it is always hard to pick a favorite but...the '64 - '66 Thunderbird (especially the '66 (428)) is a homerun car for me. If I had to choose only one car that I could have, '65 - '66 would be it. I left out '64 because of the disc brakes and sequential turn signals but if that was the only year of the 3, I would say yes. 1964 had, as you say, the name spelled out on the hood and the bird in the taillights and "Thunderbird" in between the taillights. That gave that year a special look which is hard to beat. I suppose you could convert the brakes over to front discs. I'd leave the turn signals as is. Thank you for this video and the reminder of how much I love these Thunderbirds! Oh, and thanks for the old commercial introduction of the car.
Yeah I hope to come back at hit the thunderbird again with either 427 or 428 thunderjet.. for me any car in the world it varies but I really like 1926 Bugatti type 35 I’d drive it googles and the whole bit. I like the different cars
Thank you so much for watching. I wanted to include those commercials because I didn’t mess with the steering wheel because they can be finicky, so wanted to show the tilt away steering wheel and the flashing warning lights .
I think it’s going to be classic cars going forward that what I wanted the channel to be. And it’s awesome to see that’s what the audience wants as well =)
Those aren’t speakers across the back package tray. That’s the exhaust vents for the flow through ventilation you were talking about earlier.
Thank you so much for that correction
Great Job!!!
Thank you =)
@@What.its.like. You're welcome
8:04 that's polished aluminum, not chrome. It was used extensively both on and in many cars.
Thank you for that correction =)
My mom's sugar daddy gifted her a '64 Thunderbird in Samoan Coral (not the Landau), which, after watching your well-done video, was much better equipped than the one in the video. I loved sitting in the car by myself as a kid. It was like sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft. The car had almost every option offered: a/c of course, speed control, power seats/windows, door ajar/low fuel lights, emergency flashers, and all the ones in your video. Also cool were the variable-speed windshield wipers. When the speed control was engaged, you could control the speed with a dial. We took a cross-country trip in it from Fort Worth to Disneyland that year. I loved that car.
Awesome story thank you so much for watching and sharing =) going to Carlisle next week can’t wait to hit some cars that are different maybe some woodie wagons =)
I still remember thte first time I saw the sequential turn signal on one of these in maybe '65
Yeah 65 and 66 offered that feature legal issues kept it from the 64 but was supposed to have that feature as well as disc brakes in the front
The curved rear seat was called a, "Wrap around" seat.
A beautiful interior looks like a modern architecture in 1960s.
That interior was awesome
In 1969 i was 17 and bought a 64 TBird Landau just like this one but in turquoise. Paid $900 to the original owner and it was mine. It was great being 17 and driving this around.
I had a 1988 Lincoln town car signature series at 18 probably felt the same way I loved that car. I’ve owned over 30 cars 1988 Lincoln is still the best riding I’ve ever owned
I really dig your channel man 👍
Thank you it really means a lot =)
Most beautiful example of this car, IMO, are the White/Black soft top '64/'65 versions which appeared in the Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball. Would love to see/commission a restomod version with suspension, braking, drivetrain, paint and materials upgrades.
Remember those Bond Birds as well. CIA Agent Felix Lighter was rockin' one in Kentucky & Emilio Largo was getting away with gliding into no parking zones in Paris and the local cops would just salute him.
Beautiful example! Remember admiring these as a little kid. Sexy interior esp with those rear coach seats. And watching their convertible tops go down was a beautiful sight. Thunderbird was unique from 1955 to 1962 vs it's competition, a pocket-sized powerful American luxury car. Studebaker had the GT Hawk & the Avanti but they were headed off the auto-manufacturing stage, unfortunately. Too bad that Road & Track and Motor Trend boys didn't like the soft suspension, those guys have been playing that broken record for 60 years because not enough US cars corner like a Aston Martin or Mercedes.
I hope one day I can have the opportunity to compare this with a Gran Turismo hawk the Gran Turismo hawk is better in every way in my opinion and it’s amazing that more Thunderbird sold they sold I think it was almost 20 to 1 Thunderbirds I’m not entirely sure it might be more than that but it just blows my mind because the Studebaker was a far superior car in my opinion
@@What.its.like. You're definitely right about that. It was public perception that killed Studebaker, the idea that all independent manufacturers would soon go bust as had happened to Packard, Hudson, Kaiser & Frasier in the recent past. It's funny that at the same time, VW, MG, Triumph, Mercedes and Jaguar were making inroads into the American market and Studebakers were just as well-built & engineered as most of those with better reliability. Public expectation of Studebaker's inevitable bankruptcy led to their sales crashing and income running lower & lower each year.
Nice video on my 1st car...but the ONLY powerplant offered in 1965 was - again - the 390cid V8. Only in 1966 was there an engine option, a 428cid V8. The car was a bit ahead of its time, and the reason you top-off engine coolant in the little tank, is the same reason it is done today...it is a coolant recovery system design. No different that what my 2002, 2005, and 2007 model cars have. Except, of course, the fact that today's tanks are all plastic.
Thank you so much for those corrections =)
Sequential taillights couldn't get DOT approval in time. First part of the model year, brake switch over heated and lost brake fluid. Relay was added in a recall.
Thank you so much for that added information 65 offered 427 engine option 428 thunderjet in 66
I had a '64 Thunderbird and loved it. It had been pretty much abused by the time I got it, but it still was elegant and powerful. This was my favorite year of the Flairbirds (aka Jetbirds). The Landau option did not have a partial vinyl roof. It was a full vinyl roof with landau bars on the roof pillars. I now have 2 1966 Thunderbirds, one a convertible and one a Town Landau. I just love this generation. They made a few movie appearances, too. Romy Schneider drove a Diamond Blue convertible in Good Neighbor Sam. Dean Martin (as Matt Helm) drove a gold Town Landau (a twin to mine!) in Murderer's Row, and a white convertible made a very short appearance in Goldfinger. I really enjoyed this video and have subscribed to your channel.
Thank you so much for adding that information welcome to the channel =)
That tank is called a surge tank. Ford use that because the radiator sat so low.
Awesome thank you so much for the information =)
The Thunderbird was intended to be a sportier Lincoln, built in the same Wixom plant. I love these cars but prefer the 1963 to 1965 Riviera.
Awesome information thank you for sharing all of that I really appreciate it I’m with you I would take the 63 through 65 Riviera over the Thunderbird and a heartbeat it’s a pity they didn’t so more than the Thunderbird. One day I would love to compare the two and throw the Grand Prix in there as well
I am so distressed after watching this! I had a California 1966 Landau T-Bird w/ only 35,000 miles on it! I have been kicking myself for 40yrs! Never should have sold it . incredibly built car!
66 was a good year for T-bird as far as space goes best thunderbird I’ve been in.. haven’t been in the bullet bird yet
So many ideas from Cadillac.
Awesome production- great content and photography. Love your enthusiasm for the design. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much hopefully be able to get a gimbal soon so shots will be clearer everything has been hand held with the r6
Really nice, I love all the pre 70s thunderbirds but the bullet birds will always be my favorite. These are second and are very stylish. Actually really dig the interiors of all the 60s thunderbirds. Thanks for all the interesting bits of knowledge I wasn’t aware of.
No problem thank you so much for watching =)
Loved ours!
=) that’s awesome
64 is the nicest looking Tbird
The 64-65: Thunderbird is my all time favorite Thunderbird, I know the 66 is similar but I prefer the previous 2 years. I noticed that people who bought these hung on to and they looked really good for years.
Personally I think I would have bought a Riviera over this.
Me too totally agree One day I would love to compare the two and add the Studebaker Gran Turismo hawk in that equation
I like that you give dimensions and weight.
Everybody else forgets weight for some reason.
I try to get as many specs as I can find some numbers contradict other sources =) but I try
Wonderful detailed video. You're providing some of the best content on classic cars, giving a wonderful blend of history, period advertising, and a great breakdown of both interior and exterior. As far as the 4th gen Thunderbird... I think it's impossible to pick a favorite t-bird, but this may be it. There's as much design inside as there is outside. I've always been in love with the lounge style back seat! Overall, this is just a wonderful car- especially in this color combo!
Thank you so much for digging the channel, that’s the goal for this to be an automotive channel the reviews cars that never got reviewed.
When I was looking to buy a truck I really wanted a international 1940-1949 and there is no videos that explain what it was. This is that channel don’t know why I waited so long to do it =)
The one shot of the T-Bird was taken at the Baxter family house on the ranch backlot at Screen Gems/Warner Bros
Awesome thank you so much for sharing =)
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Awesome, welcome to the channel more cool stuff coming might post another vid today I only got to post one last week I have to make that up =)
Same! 😁
I had a 65' convertible, black with the really cool sequential blinking taillights. One of the smoothest ridding cars I've ever had. I sold it in 72' the poor guy that bought it lost it to a tornado. I seem to remember my black seats were leather.
That was a great story thank you so much for sharing I didn’t much care for the ending though it sucks that car is gone, hopefully everyone involved was OK though =)
@@What.its.like. Yes everyone was fine, except the car. The tornado uprooted a large tree and dropped it on the car.
Another fun and informative video, thank you so much. There was a lot of fascinating detail in this era of Thunderbirds - can you imagine the cost of doing that today?
Well kept Bird. Always Loved this Style. Just Missing A/C for my taste. Believe it or not, these cars were almost given away just 15 years ago. Collectors don’t like this era and later. Not me, I love it. 😃
These are still cheap.. last year I found a 1958 squarebird for $8,500 the jet bird in my area can go for as low as $5k in descent shape but your going to pay for a top notch one..
My dad had a white '64 hardtop with this gawdawful lime green , glittery vinyl interior. The back seat was impossible to lean into the corner of because you'd slide from the curve of the seat and the slipperiness of the vinyl. It was a beautiful car though, despite the green interior.
Mine lumped into reverse w in park running easy fix caution😮. Beautiful car mine was a christene bad luck 66 conv firemist 428 coulnt keep it running have it stored somewhere 35yrs
I had a mustang that did that and didn’t have a neutral safety switch so it would start in gear wake you up real quick because drums where hard to stop
there once was a time, oh I love classic cars
Me too that’s what this channel is moving forward the classic cars 1900-1990 maybe some new cars sprinkled in
Actually 390 engines were the only engines available in 1965. Never a 427 in a T Bird. Those pre 1965 T birds and full sized Firds were horrible on brakes. They had lousy front ends and they plowed through corners! Good looking cars that didn’t hold a candle to the Buick Rivieras that they competed against. The one you featured is especially nice but it lacks air conditioning which is expected in a car of this caliber.
The radiator fill was put there so that they could have that nice front end. If they had left it on top of the radiator, the front end would have been more upright, spoiling the whole look of the car.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing that information
They are also called the Flair-Bird. But I prefer Jet-Bird.
Awesome thank you for adding that information =)
Don't you gimme no Buick
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in Heaven
He's got a silver Thunderbird
Thumbs Up !
Thank you =)
@@What.its.like.
You are welcome also.
The '64-'66 Thunderbird were also known as the Flair 'Birds!
Awesome I love that each thunderbird was called something square bird bullet bird flare bird etc
Owned a 1964, had the vinyl top but not the Landau version hey you forgot to mention the airline style pulls on the dash and the swing away steering wheel. The car was fast and sleek, just don't try to stop fast, most were converted to disc brakes for safety. Like that navy color too.
I showed commercial to show steering wheel I didn’t mess with the wheel I the car because sometimes they can be finicky didn’t want to break it. Car was sold when I shot the video just too cool not to do a story on it
Thank you so much for the added information =)
A Beatlemania era Bird!
=)
I notice that the driverside mirror had a Thunderbird emblem on it.
Must have been either/or aftermarket/design change later in the '64 run
My Dad had a '65 with the emblem on it.
Not sure but thank you for the information =)
Super
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I had the opportunity to dive a '64 Thunderbird convertible and it had terrible steering. I was constantly corrected the sloppy steering. At times it was very scary to drive down the road. I always thought I wanted to own one, but I quickly decided to never buy one.
Wow
The inside door handles are the same as the Pony interiors of the 65-66 Mustangs. Never knew that.
The interior has bits that remind me of a mustang interior
There's nothing on the road like it today... Maybe that's why people are so unhappy.
That’s an interesting point =)
8:00 it's a high-quality vinyl.
Great video !!! Can you please provide a link to the dealer that this car is featured on ? Thanks
It’s sold.. this an older episode.. but here is the link if you’d like to check out inventory
jkgalleria.com/vdp/19248481/Used-1940-Ford-Coupe-for-sale-in-Salem-OH-44460
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An always glamorous, sexy car. But, I prefer a 64 Studebaker GT Hawk!
I’ll look for one thank you so much for the request =)
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May be beautiful, but the gas it sucked up id go 60 mph or 70 mph and you can watch the gas needle go down as you go along
6 miles per gallon i got. The car was a tank. This video showing t-birds up to 1965 and a 1964 that style on the panel roof slanted is a 65 the one that goes straight is a 64 that's how we could tell them apart .
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing =)
Almost the end of the best America was - 1967 was the last year of what made America great - the great landslide started 1968
I honesty think the most junk America produced car wise was in the 00 era 90s is pretty close as we’ll be the 00 was just depressing. Yes there are some cool cars to come out of that era but the plastics were worse then plastics used in kids toys from the 90s
Worst car I ever owned 1996 Pontiac sunfire the lights where activated once one put car in drive, they were as bright as candles in jam jars. With the bright lights on I was able to see 5 maybe 10 feet in front of the hood it was slow got crappy gas mileage for 2.2 liter I will say it was great in the snow.. and the owner before me must have chain smoked in it could never get that smell out it was the worst in summer smell never came out, my friend in 2008 -09 somewhere in there bought a brand new colorado truck extended cab I don’t remember what he paid but that truck had 3 miles on it when he took me for a ride in it smelled like someone chain smoked in it for years just like the Pontiac sunfire but it was brand new (nothing against smokers, I’m not, don’t like the smell) I honestly think the Colorado especially first generation was a bad truck. Build quality materials were terrible. I think the engine Chevy put in those trucks used harden tempered plastic as valve guides... lucky for Chevy ford offered a truck that was just as bad stay away from 5.4 triton engine not worth it run away.
Yeah but force convertible looked much better than anything on the road because it was concealed with a fiberglass tank cover got way more luxe than the Pontiac or the Buick that’s for sure !😀😀
The landau vinyl roof was a full vinyl roof not a half vinyl.
Thank you for the correction
The 66 front end grill is different.
Thank you for that information =)
15:05...All new cars sold in the US have been required to have dual chamber master cylinders since 1967. I had brakes go out on me on the freeway once. I don't think I'd be here if I did not have a dual chamber m/c. Safety trumps originality.
Emergency brakes are on a different line so if brakes go out could use emergency brake if it’s a manual or automatic use transmission to slow down by shifting into a lower gear
65 and 66 is very expensive to change over to duel master. The 64 is pretty reasonable if I remember correctly it ran me about 700 on my 65 and that was just parts
10:50 HEY DOOFUS, THE SIGN SAYS DONT TOUCH THE CAR.
Trust me I would never touch somebody’s car without permission I had permission that was a sticker from the previous owner this car was for sale to a new owner they just didn’t remove the sticker
7:43 People were a bit smaller then too, thanks to ongoing advances in feeding, nutrition and medical care.
Yeah I was going to say in the video people must have been smaller
I hear a lot of flatulence as you get into the seats. IS that why there is a "sniff" warning sign on the drivers side rear window??? I hope you kept the windows open.
That was the seats when I was moving around in the rear seat.. it was almost the same noise as the cars with plastic seat covers
I'm 69 years old and I have to say this; cars today cannot match cars from yesteryear. Vehicles today just look so incredibly cheap. Back then in the 60's n 70's cars had their own style which set them apart from one another and yes, it Wasatch big deal. The American auto industry lost itself to the foreign competition and that's why the American design lost out.
I totally agree.. when buying a car now I feel like yeah you get more tech but the quality is gone. I just had this talk with someone else. When you feel a Quality 30s car even a model a from back then has more steel on it than any car that’s produced now.. it’s sad in a way.. and then when you get into the expensive cars the Quality is second to none everything is real for the most part. Doors close like bank vaults
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1F YOUR TALK1NG FULL S1ZE 1964 4-DOOR CARS THEN ALMOST ALL OF THEM (1nculd1ng GAL1X1E) HAD LONGER WHEELBASES THAN 113!!!!!!!
If the motor on the 65 and 66 T'Bird's sequential turn signal goes out, you'll be using hand signals until you fix it. Sometimes simpler is better.
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