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1966 Ford Thunderbird Convertible

Sale price: £22,000.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1966
Mileage:
73,923
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1966 Ford Thunderbird Convertible for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.25) based on 365 votes
For sale by auction on Saturday 07 March 2015 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
The Thunderbird entered production in 1955 as a sporty. br/>two-seat convertible and. unlike the Chevrolet Corvette. was
not marketed as a sports car. Instead. Ford created a new
market segment. the Personal Car. Ford has since produced over
4. 4 million Thunderbirds.

The second to fourth generation
Thunderbird convertibles were similar in design to the Lincoln
convertible in that whilst these models had a true convertible soft
top. this was lowered to stow in the forward trunk area. The trunk
lid was rear-hinged; raised and lowered via hydraulic cylinders
during the top raising or lowering cycle. When fully retracted. br/>there is no sight of the soft top and the overall appearance is a
sleek one with no trace of a hood at all.

For 1964. the Thunderbird was re-styled in favour of a more
squared-off appearance. hinting at its roots in the previous
generation. The 300 horsepower. 6. 4-Litre. FE V8
continued as the standard engine. paired with a three-speed
automatic transmission. In the last year of the generation. 1966
saw a stylistic revision for the Thunderbird. highlighted by a new
egg-crate style grille with a large Thunderbird emblem at its
centre and a new rear fascia. The standard 6. 4-Litre. V8 now
produced 315 horsepower alongside a newly optional 345 horsepower. br/>7. 0-Litre FE V8.

This rare example of the 7. 0-Litre. 428 convertible was
originally a Texas car before spending some time being fully
restored in Cyprus including a top end rebuild of the engine and
strip down and soda blast to bare metal for the re-spray. This
fully numbers-matching car has covered just 73. 23 miles. of which
73. 00 were in the dry aforementioned climates. Finished in Ice
Blue metallic and equipped with power everything. cruise control. br/>sequential tail lights. swing away steering wheel and disc brakes
all complimented by the expensive optional extra of full black
leather interior. Also. perhaps more importantly. the electric roof
works perfectly!

Less than 8% of 1966 Thunderbirds were convertibles which makes
this car rare enough but when coupled with the 428. V8 engine under
the hood with 350bhp. this is surely a collector's item.

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