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A 1965 Dreamboat... [PIC]

Rich Sufficool · 2026-06-18T14:35:07Z

In 1965, I still adored full size Detroit iron with big V8s to go 'cruising' on a Saturday night ala "American Graffiti" or cruising the beaches at the Jersey Shore and I had the tickets to prove it. When I got drafted in '68, I still had 21 points on my license (out of a possible 12) even after going to driving school ... twice! This 4th gen Thunderbird would have been right up my alley if I could have afforded it. The FE 390 V8 came in two flavors - 300 HP on regular gas or the 315 HP "Special 390" with a 10.5:1 compression ratio. Hello Sunoco 260! The 8-10 mpg wasn't much of a problem with gas prices in the 30¢ range. I hadn't been crazy about the Square Birds or the prior gen T-Bird "Bullet Bird" that somehow I equated its profile to a banana. This '65, called the "flair bird" looked like everything I could want in a personal luxury car. Danbury Mint did a fantastic job replicating my mid-60s dreamboat including the electric/hydraulic mechanism for the disappearing soft top on this convertible. The interior of the body is spectacularly detailed. Almost 75,000 T-Birds were sold that year, but, surprisingly, only 6850 convertible were sold. making this a "Rare Bird".

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@abaucom not sure if these would help??

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