This is a proper muscle car , I drove it as well . I can't say I did enjoy it that much but it was a good experience and event given that you may not get behind the driver's seat everyday if you don't own a car like this
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The car has got 427 cub inch engine which translates to something lol
I liked interior , it has a proper center console unlike other Americans , V8 engine purrs well but I like other Ford V8 engines, they sound better

The steering wheel has a cool feature , it moves upward and downward to help driver get out of the car easily ,what makes it even unique is you can't shift out of P if it doesn't sit properly

Acceleration ? I have not driven a Jaguar Mark II but I believe Mark II blows this car outta water when it comes to going straight , flat out , cornering , handling

 

Pulled up behind a simular model as this at a stop-light in Korea.

 

Ithink all T-Birds are true American Classics ....I always wanted a 63.

 

I almost had a '65. It was in less than stellar condition, and the guy didn't want to sell it because he didn't think I could handle it. Same thing I heard when I tried to pull the trigger on a '62 Studebaker Lark. I know now that what I lack in genuine know-how I make up for in sheer dumb luck and exuberant adventurousness. In other words "I may not be smart enough to fix this car, but I'm crazy enough to try!"

The '67 - '68 T-birds were always my favorite, and that's a damn nice color. The '87 and '88 Fox-birds were my second favorite. Those cars are sleepers waiting to happen.

 

The tilt steering wheel was pretty standard fare on American luxury cars by the mid-sixties; it was the swing-away (to the right) feature that was unique. It definitely appeared on the Thunderbirds and Continentals, and possibly some Mercury models as well... not sure about that.

Dwayne

 

My dad used to buy a new Thunderbird every year or two from 1958 thru 1967. That was when there were significant styling changes every year from Detroit. My brother and I would sit in the front seats and pretend we were in a space ship. He switched to a 1968 427 Caprice after a bad experience with the Ford dealer. I kind of remember you had to set up and settle the suspension for a corner about 50 feet before you got to it, and was surprised when my brother got a 911 Porsche and you actually did not need to turn the wheel until you arrived at the corner.

 

I remember vividly the day in 1965 when my uncle wheeled into the driveway in a new T-Bird! Man-oh-man, that was really a car. A real glamour machine!

One of our neighbors had a '65 Buick Riviera and the other had a '64 Pontiac Grand Prix. Those, and T-Birds and Corvettes...they were prestige cars back in the day. Only "oddballs" drove foreign cars

Cheers
DD