1968 Ford Thunderbird Hard Top

Thefifth generation of theFord Thunderbirdis a largepersonal luxury carthat was produced byFordfor the 1967 to 1971 model years. This fifth generation saw the second major change of direction for the Thunderbird. The Thunderbird had fundamentally remained the same in concept through 1966, ven though the styling had been updated twice. The introduction of theFord Mustangin early 1964 had, owever, hallenged the Thunderbird's market positioning. It, ike the Thunderbird, as a small, wo-door, our-seater with sporting pretensions, ut it was more affordable.The 1968 Thunderbird saw the introduction of the new 385 series big-block 429cuin (7.0L)V8 engines. Like most Ford motors of the time, hey were tuned down to 360hp (268kW) for insurance reasons. The Thunderbird motors also got special treatment with wedge style heads, aking a significant power increase over their conventional headed brothers. These motors made the cars some of the quickest and fastest ever produced, espite their larger size and heavier body on frame construction. 1968 and 1969 model years saw minor trim changes respectively.

On Oct-05-15 at 15:19:31 PDT, eller added the following information:

Hello the car runs great just had it tuned up, lternator, il Change, attery,and Master Cylinder. The Carburetor could be adjust a little, ut the automobile runs great. This model did not come equipped with air condition, ut the heat works: some of the lights need to be wired.Thefifth generation of theFord Thunderbirdis a largepersonal luxury carthat was produced byFordfor the 1967 to 1971 model years. This fifth generation saw the second major change of direction for the Thunderbird. The Thunderbird had fundamentally remained the same in concept through 1966, ven though the styling had been updated twice. The introduction of theFord Mustangin early 1964 had, owever, hallenged the Thunderbird's market positioning. It, ike the Thunderbird, as a small, wo-door, our-seater with sporting pretensions, ut it was more affordable.The 1968 Thunderbird saw the introduction of the new 385 series big-block 429cuin (7.0L)V8 engines. Like most Ford motors of the time, hey were tuned down to 360hp (268kW) for insurance reasons. The Thunderbird motors also got special treatment with wedge style heads, aking a significant power increase over their conventional headed brothers. These motors made the cars some of the quickest and fastest ever produced, espite their larger size and heavier body on frame construction. 1968 and 1969 model years saw minor trim changes respectively.