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Launched in 1964, the fourth-generation Ford Thunderbird heavily resembled its ‘Square Bird’ predecessor, again taking on more businesslike styling.
These big American two-doors showed up on screens big and small, as mentioned in our buyers’ guide:
“Helping bolster the T-Bird’s appeal to younger buyers was product placement on a grand scale; a red convertible for Elvis Presley in Follow That Dream and the specially-equipped Landau supplied a few years later for Dean Martin’s Matt Helm character in Murderers’ Row just two examples of the Thunderbird’s 1960s film and TV credits.”
Even James Bond author Ian Fleming loved T-Birds, which would appear in both Goldfinger and Thunderball.
This “very original” car packs a 390ci FE powerplant, making a neat 300hp as it did in the previous-generation T-Bird. According to the listing it’s travelled just 19,250 miles (30,979km), with almost a third of those performed on Aussie roads since its arrival in 2012.
The Flaxton, Qld-based coupe is also said to have won the RACQ ‘Best Classic’ award in 2014, and is priced at $57,000.
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