It wss so Jetsons! I was 7yrs old. After seeing the Thunderbird I thought for sure that by the time I was old enough to drive there would be flying cars! 🤣👍

The 63 looks the best with that crease and squared off front guard . And that dashboard layout . Just beautiful

I remember playing in them as a kid the interior was like a Batman car all that chrome and the steering wheel that could move in all directions. Then came the hidden head lamps just amazing. That was a true American classic car. Cheers 🇨🇦

63 non Landau in silver mink was my first car, my folks bought it new and I got it 10 years later, drove it to high school 2 years then sold it I can say for sure it was trouble free and that exhaust system never failed after 12 years not 3 (maybe living in California helped) I loved it, girls loved it but not as much as the 72 Z28 I replaced it with.

Ah, the "beep" sound of filmstrips. Children of the 50's 60's and 70's know it well.

I took my drivers test when I was 16 in my Uncles's '63 Landau, Silver Mink with a black vinyl top and black interior. It was gorgeous.

I love that model year of Thunderbird. One of the best.

@bhodges00

Жыл бұрын

So do I. My dad had a 59 Thunderbird I loved it.

@TheTrollMastah

Ай бұрын

I’ve got a ‘63

The 1963 ford thunderbird was one of hottest car's ford ever made still has not lost it's popularity it's really sad that ford stop making these cars the ford thunderbird been popular for so many years I feel that the ford thunderbird will never lose its popularity

This filmstrip is a great find. Thanks so much for sharing it.

03:17 "This hood release is right here" (pointing to a lever sticking out of the grill, just above the front bumper). "Right where it's most convenient for the driver who doesn't have to bother with a release inside the car". If that isn't putting lipstick on a pig, it's pretty darned close. 😅 😂 🤣

@dennishough3709

3 жыл бұрын

They tried to turn a negative into a positive.

@gregt8638

5 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing!.. it truly is better to have the hood release safely inside the car.

@MostlyBuicks

10 күн бұрын

Being a person who works on my own cars, I prefer an outside hood release. It was once the norm for most models.

San Francisco and Marin County in late 1962 doing that photo shoot with all those new T-Birds ......

My favorite car , along with the Mercury Cougar !! I have owned one ( an 86' model ) for 6 years !! Thank you for sharing 😊

It is a classic and beautiful car, but I prefer the model 1960, in my point of view the best among all Thunderbirdas ever made!

Good golly!!! I might just go to my local Ford dealer and buy me a brand new 1963 Ford Thunderbird right now!!!

Classic Jet Age Style

The background music and narrator are the same as with the Edsel in 1958...

i'm waiting for the new 68's to come out so i can get my hands on the new 429 thunderjet motor

Ford used the same tune and voiceover for the 58 Edsel

Heavy steel Chrome plated bumpers, Stainless steel running down the topsides! Big block 390 V-8. I wonder if Ford made the same exact vehicle today part for part what would it cost?

1964 is when they changed the style. the '64 looks way nicer imo

My grandparents had one, until someone stole it and parked it on the railroad tracks. 😢

What's a " Service Station attendant "?????????????

@dennishough3709

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jayzee2634

3 жыл бұрын

oh you lil youngins

@stevenwolff6866

Жыл бұрын

They were part of "the good ole days" & take my word for it they really were the good ole days

I like the 64 better.

Whats with the dinging???

@classicannuals4951

3 жыл бұрын

That is to let the projector operator to know to move to the next slide. The audio is from a record. Video from a film strip. The beep synced the two

I didn't realize 63 had an alternator instead of a generator.

@discerningmind

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know Ford had caught on that quickly, but they were paying attention. The first production car with an alternator was the 1960 Plymouth Valiant.

@jonathanmorrisey5771

3 жыл бұрын

The rest of the Ford line was phased in thru 1965.

While the 'bird kept its sales lead, the new Riviera was both a more striking design and a better driving car.

@a.a.p3254

3 жыл бұрын

They where both classic American beauties that we had the pleasure of enjoying. Never to return. Cheers 🇨🇦

@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv

10 ай бұрын

Buick Riviera was definitely a newer Style but the Thunderbird was the class leader in sales and popularity. And that Jet Inspired interior had no peer.