And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Ive owned three 66 Thunderbirds. My first car when I was 15, in 1980 was a $500 1966 Thunderbird with a 428 engine.
they are beautiful cars, back when lots of metal was wasted to make a car look a certain way, look closely at the doors, measured from the widest point, outside to widest point inside , ate 12 inches thick. and the mechanical sequencer mechanism for the rear turn signals was an engineering feat in itself and it was one of the first cars with a 8 track player , and one of the first cars available with a cruise control, and one of the first with disc brakes on the front, the discs and calipers were so large that only the wheels made from the 65-68 Tbird would fit on the front.
a gigantic PITA to work on though, because everything is crammed in such a tight package. rivaled only by the 70-81 Firebird/Camaro for the ratio of large size on the outside to such small useable space on the inside.
the 64-66 T-bird was a 4 passenger car, it was so low, that the driveshaft tunnel is nearly as tall as the back seat .
gorgeous
ReplyDeleteeven though it looks a little like a catfish
2 chimbleys???
The one on the left is probably an A/C unit. Not uncommon to see them on roofs in CA.
DeleteWashington plate
ReplyDeleteI guess that's why it reads 'California' in script.
Delete'66 Thunderbird with fender mounted turn signal indicators.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Like that Thunderchicken
ReplyDeleteYou could get them with warmed up 390 and power discs up front. Awesome styling to this kid, growing up in the 50's and 60's.
ReplyDeleteIve owned three 66 Thunderbirds.
ReplyDeleteMy first car when I was 15, in 1980 was a $500 1966 Thunderbird with a 428 engine.
they are beautiful cars, back when lots of metal was wasted to make a car look a certain way, look closely at the doors, measured from the widest point, outside to widest point inside , ate 12 inches thick.
and the mechanical sequencer mechanism for the rear turn signals was an engineering feat in itself and it was one of the first cars with a 8 track player , and one of the first cars available with a cruise control, and one of the first with disc brakes on the front, the discs and calipers were so large that only the wheels made from the 65-68 Tbird would fit on the front.
a gigantic PITA to work on though, because everything is crammed in such a tight package. rivaled only by the 70-81 Firebird/Camaro for the ratio of large size on the outside to such small useable space on the inside.
the 64-66 T-bird was a 4 passenger car, it was so low, that the driveshaft tunnel is nearly as tall as the back seat .