Wow! I don't think I've ever seen a 4 speed that late (73) in the 70's... what a find!

I can’t believe that Torino is ALL original. Just a absolute classic 🎯

That Torino is BADASS and the T-bird a sweet looking car.

Bless the original owners who took great care of these cars!

These old Tbirds resonate and tug at our heart strings because our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors drove them every day. They didn't drive Mustangs, Camaros, or Chevelles. And those original factory colors such as "Phoenecian Yellow", "Sauterne Gold", "Burnt Amber", etc. really stand out today in a sea of red, black, white, and silver.

Love the Torino sport. However, the T-Bird is simply amazing!

@MyClassicCarTV

3 жыл бұрын

It really is!

Both of these cars! OMG. Just superb vehicles.

I love love love American cars thank God for people who kept them and took good care of them beautiful Torino and Ford Thunderbird keep our car history alive yay thank so much

Love these cars. My collection is made up of the same type of big American cars from the 1970’s, and 1980’s with some 50’s, 60’s and 90’s thrown in too. They are great cars.

Beautiful cars from the great days of Detroit

My dad was service manager at a Ford dealership in 1971. He use to drive a 71 Bird home every night for months. I thought they were fantastic!!

Those cars look better than anything they make today Absolutely love Them take care my friend And take care of them beautiful Ford's

The Thunderbird is Great. What a wonderfull car.

I’m a Thunderbird guy too. I once owned a beautiful maroon 1966 with a black vinyl landau top. Looking back I can say it’s my favorite of all the cars I’ve owned. But at the time I dreamed of buying a 71 exactly like the one you drove in this video. The body colored wheel covers were really styling back in those days. The price was a little out of range. A new wife and a baby on the way suddenly changed my priorities. The things we do for love, right guys? Thanks for the memories, fellas.

This is an amazing coincidence!! My dad had that year and color Thunderbird exactly like that one. He was a heart surgeon and bought a new T-bird every year. He stopped with this one because he loved it so much. And, I had that exact Grand Torino Sport... triple black, 351 Cleveland 4V, but automatic (C-6). I so loved both cars. Wished we had kept them. Also, both cars had amazing 4-speaker sound systems... better than my living room entertainment system. That was rare in those days. The dash of the Torino Sport was the best looking arrangement I ever owned, just like what you have. Small tidbit of information, that Thunderbird had a 10-speed windshield wiper that ran off the power steering pump. If you turned the steering wheel to the end of the travel, the wipers would stop! Thank you for the video... brought back really warm memories.

@farmcentralohio

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding the tidbit of info at the end there, I always like hearing about those little things that they did back then.

My father bought my mother a brand new 1970 Ford Thunderbird 2 door hardtop coupe in December of 1970. It was a new left-over from the 1970 production model year. The T-Bird was my mother's first car that was new after she obtained her driver's license at the age of 26 yrs. old. The Car sounded like a Jet-Plane with the Big Block V8 Engine, from a standing start. Awesome Automobile.

The 73 Torino has amazing body lines...if it didn't have that massive front bumper that car would look fabulous.

The Schmidt family collection (in Ocala, FL?) is really awesome. Not common 'classics', but thoughtful designs. I enjoy these visits. Such a great time of factory options, dealer options, and getting a cool car just the way you wanted. Ordering a non-option, but factory black paint?!! So cool. Highlights = 4sp shifter on Gran Torino, and the fabric interior of Thunderbird. Absolutely amazing detail (look at side bolsters IN BACK SEAT.

Why can't we have gorgeous looking cars like this today?

@Gljin40509

4 жыл бұрын

Toyota

@carmineredd1198

4 жыл бұрын

NEW CARS/TRUCKS THAT DO NOT SELL are shipped to Arizona

@michaelmeliambro5117

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gljin40509 LOL good answer!!!!

@blaneblue1739

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody wanted them.

@michaelmeliambro5117

4 жыл бұрын

@@blaneblue1739 Neither did they want f*cking TOYOTA's, jacka**!!!!!

Absolutely LOVED this video, it's about damn time the mid-late Muscle is getting some love and attention. being a child of the 70's and a teenager of the mid-late 80's these were the cars of our childhood and they are getting popular as restorations and Restomods because they are still cheap and like I said.... all the people who remember and love these cars are now and their 40's and want a car like the one their parents drove as a child and they drove in high school.

I can honestly say this show and tell of these WONDERFUL vehicles never disappoints! The Big Three will continue to give us cookie cutter lack luster automobiles as long as we buy them!

Always great to see episodes from the Schmidt collection!

Torino is gorgeous. I just left school in 1970. Bought an old Harley for $600. The owner is real down to earth.

My grandpa had a '69 Thuderbird. It was a cool looking car.

My great Grandmother had that exact model 71 TBird. I remember lifting the hood and being in awe of that 429.

I think this is one of the most important collections anywhere. I’m delighted that these folks had the wherewithal and the foresight to preserve these treasures.

@farmcentralohio

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, preserving them as original is great to see

@sergioleone3583

2 жыл бұрын

100%! And Rick Schmidt comes across as a really mellow cat. Very cool all the way around!

I love their collection.

It so much more fun to see these different, sort of everyday cars from that era now. The thing that's changed to me is that it isn't all about the big HP cars now. Growing up in the '80s, '90s, '00s, if you had an old car it wasn't cool unless it was big HP and fast. Because you couldn't get cars that fast brand new anymore. But now, with the fastest, highest HP cars ever built available from the dealerships, it doesn't matter if you have a 400 HP big block from the '60s. That's nothing compared to what you can get new. So now, these cars that aren't the fastest, but are lookers that just transport you back like a time machine, are the most fun you can have in the car world today. Which is just wonderful in my opinion.

I too had a 1971 Thunderbird 429 Brougham Package with the Landau in Golden Brown and color keyed wheel covers. Bumper guards front and rear. Sure-Trac Disc Power Anti-loc Brakes rear wheel only by Kelsey-Hayes Co. They worked fine for me. I put an 8 track tape player in the center glove-box and tied it into the volume of the in-dash stereo. What a beautiful vehicle. Before that I had a 1969 4 door Thunderbird 429 vinyl top with coach rear doors. Almost a limousine. Before that I had a 1964 Thunderbird 390 vinyl top Copper Color with white leather buckets. Thunderbirds were the best.

That '71 T-Bird is a great looking car!

My first car was an exact match of that Thunderbird. What a great car.

That Gran Torino Sport just sits right. The rear 3/4 view it just looks low & wide. And with the mechanical feel in your hand through that manual wow!

2 fords with a couple of the most significant engines Ford ever made...the Cleveland and the 429...both superior to the various versions of the FE that they replaced. And beautiful containers for these engines too...both unique and spectacular in their own specific way.

I remember my 70TBird ! White, 460ci, Blue interior, black top. Sweet !

Love those big cars. My first car was a '77 thunderbird wish I still had it.

@jasonvance3216

4 жыл бұрын

Heaven

@matrox

4 жыл бұрын

The 77' was a bit bigger that the 71' T-Bird. My uncle had a 62' T-bird. I was a kid then. I remember riding in it when went to the New York Worlds Fair in 65'.

@MrTheHillfolk

3 жыл бұрын

My buddy had one in the late 80s (a 77) , that medium metallic blue. With the "rubber wheels" We hit a deer at 50mph and all it did was crack the left front turn signal, left a hoof scuff across the hood , and put a little ding in the chrome trim above the windshield. It rolled over the roof and landed in the road and was toast.

my first car : ,1976 thunderbird 429, gold /white top & interior

Fabulous.

Real cars!

My grandpa has a 70 Thunderbird that's all black and has the crocodile vinyl like this one, but I think the yellow makes the car really nice

73 Gran Torino. My favorite car ever. Great design with uncommon features. A very under appreciated car.

@otterhead44

5 жыл бұрын

ahh a 72 torino - much better

When my Dad worked at a Ford dealership in the /70's and 1980's. The Torino's he said road the best,two beautiful car's. Have a merry Christmas, God bless.

Formal roof color keyed wheel covers alligator vinyl roof cover and brougham hopsack interior identifies this particular package as the very best of the best for Thunderbird for 1971! In fact this brougham limited package was featured in the Los Angeles auto show Fall of 1969! Gorgeous car!

Badass Torino! Love it!

Wow I was about 8yrs old when this car was out. I remember dreaming of having a muscle car. Love this channel

I had a yellow LTD '73. Brown vinyl top and interior. Drove like a dream.

@brian-beeler

4 жыл бұрын

My first car was a '72 Country Squire wagon in white with a 400CID. Use to work on my neighbor's '72 LTD convertible, 400CID in red. Man, that was a beautiful ride. They did ride and float like a dream.

@boofert.washington2499

4 жыл бұрын

@Gregory Gaspard you're a terrible person to do that to a car. Daytons?! Smh...

@dam4274

3 жыл бұрын

Love those.

Man, compared to all the new cars those early 70s Fords look so nice. :)

There's just something about the way Rick explains things and lays it all out. For something ya wouldn't think is that interesting, after Rick explains it, makes you just want one of these. You're a good man Rick

Beautiful, elegant & powerful- just what a Torino should be. The Montego cousin-car would be even better looking, I'm sure!

A friend of the family had a 72' T-Bird back then. His was a 429. I had ridden with him in the car at least 20 times before and I thought it was just a cruiser until one day he stomped it to pass on a 2 lane highway and I said to myself Holy sh!t!. It seemed as fast as my 69' 383 RoadRunner.

In 1973 I got a used 71 Thunderbird. It was dark metallic green with black interior and was absolutely beautiful and the 429 ThunderJet really moved out. Prior to that I had a 68 T-bird sedan with "suicide" rear doors, also with a 429 ThunderJet. These were stunning automobiles and I loved them immensely but they could sure drink some gasoline. After the 71 T-bird I got a brand new 76 model. It was white with red interior with a 351. I think it was built on the LTD II chassis and it was nice car but the huge 429 was now gone. Two years later I decided to switch up and bought a used 76 Cutlass Supreme with a 350 4-bbl, dark metallic green with white leather interior and swivel bucket seats. That too was a beautiful machine and I'll never forget any of them.

The designer for Pontiac who came up with the 'beak' went to Ford -- hence the beak on some Fords

@ptflats

2 жыл бұрын

Wow very interesting

@j.w.4514

2 жыл бұрын

the bunkie beak

These have always been my favorite classic cars.

The older ford's where rare , but I love the same year big block CHEVYS

Both of these cars are real time capsules

The Torino is really not a looker, but it is more of a acquired taste for me. BUT THE T-Bird is a BEAUTY and is quite rare these days. I really dig the matching hub caps. Very, very special.

LOVE THAT T BIRD, OWNED A 1966 LANDAU AND LOVED IT ! I WOULD BUY ANOTHER NICE 66 IF I COULD FIND ONE RESONABLY PRICED !

Luv em TOO!!!!!! Fine American Machine 😁

The Pontiac Grand Prix SJ from '70 or '71 was a fine car, but this T-Bird does surmount it in style and appointments. Love to own one

That T Bird is wild! So cool. Love these era cars, would love to see his collection.

Great American engineering

I love the high beam indicator. It is the "Thunderbird" that lights up.

Oh so pretty 🤩

Those Torinos were awesome,the Talladegas as well!

Wow, not a Ford fan but these two are totally off the hook bonkers cool.

Had a 72 ranchero gt 351 with sunroof, sliding back glass, deep dish chrome reverse rims. Loved that brick.

".....cars that people might have forgotten, like this Gran Torino Sport..." What? The Gran Torino is one of the most remembered cars. Or is it just me?

@Porsche996driver

4 жыл бұрын

Warren Messer Geez if anyone watched the Clint Eastwood movie you’d really get it right ....

This man really knows how to shut a hood.

Gorgeous T Bird.

Had a 1971 Torino GT 351cleveland, the Cleveland was the best V/8 Ford ever had in my opinion. I've had nothing but 70s Fords until about 2016.

That bird is gorgeous

These cars look great! Seeing these really takes me back

One of my uncles had a Torino Sport, somewhere close to that year. One thing that has always stayed with me was how fast it could defog the windshield in the morning. The defroster in that car could comb your hair back for you! Always fun to drive, too. He previously owned a Thunderbird with some big block with two four barrel carbs. He said it would pass anything on the road, except for a gas station. lol

Uncanny you get, "No time left for you" playing as instrumental in the background when talking about cars that saw no time out on the roads.

I have the yellow version of the 73 cj and 4 speed. 25 years waiting for restoration. Thank you for the inspiration to get moving on it.

What a GREAT SHOW!!!!! congratulations!!! amazing cars!

Best part is the horn button on the back of strering wheel

Again!, Another great episode, and featured cars! Thanks again!

Hey Dennis! Thank you for another great video here, big brother. Starsky and Hutch were my heroes when I was a wee lad in the 70's so to see Mr. Huggybear here was a joy! Oh man-kickin' off my floppy sneakers and behind the wheel of these 2 big guys in my tubesocked stockin' feet, man. :) JV Johnny

Always liked Torinos.

I had a 68 T-Bird back in the 80,s . God i loved that car !

@MyClassicCarTV

4 жыл бұрын

I still have a ‘67 suicide door 4 door!

@kennyhouser9052

4 жыл бұрын

I had a 69 Bird back in the late 70s. She wasn't much outta the hole, but on tne open road, there wasn't much could keep up with me!

Gran Torino Sport looks great...and then you get to the front end. Overall you can see the evolution from the 70 Torino Cobra and even 69 Torino Talledega styling.

The 1971 Ford Thunderbird Landau is one of the vehicles seen in 1971 James Bond film “Diamonds Are Forever” stars Sean Connery. This is Mr Wint & Mr Kidd’s car. They take Bond in the boot to a worksite where a new pipeline was in progress, and left him in a pipe.

I own a 1970 Thunderbird sports roof coupe. I have the same interior as this one and they only made a handful of them. Great to see a TV show featuring one .

The folks a Rick's NPD parts are awesome! I ordered the wrong dash cover for my 1971 Mach 1 Mustang, the return was easy and the correct part is better than new.

In early 90s I bought a 76 torino painted bright orange with a 70 thunderjet in it & same wheels as Starskis car. Exhaust was toast, very loud so everyone in town called it Thunderpumpkin

I remember the models...always liked them....

Both are gorgeous

I had a 1971 four-door Thunderbird. I think the four doors looked better than the two doors. The four door T-birds were huge cars. Mine had the 429 4 barrel carb. It would haul ass. It got good gas mileage on the highway, but not in town.

I had a 1967 Tudor Landau 390. I've owned over 40 cars since I drove it in the early '80s, but I miss my '67 the most. I've had _dreams_ about that car.

@fman4234

4 жыл бұрын

Steve, why do you miss your '67 'Bird?

@SteverRob

4 жыл бұрын

That car was me. I loved the Ford low-slung lead sled stance, the 2-door (Tudor) roofline, from the hideaway headlights all the way to the rear sequential turns.

@fman4234

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteverRob Me too. I'll always like the cushy ride of "personal luxury" cars from the ones my family had - a '61 and then a '67. I love everything you mentioned and friends in high school (early 80's too) said the interior looked like a cockpit. At the time, the luxurious power windows were not common. Oh, the wrap-around rear seats were super cool too. 2dr hardtop, 390.

Awesome!

I had a '71 Thunderbird Fastback, white with white hubcaps, what a beautiful car it was!

@67marlins81

5 жыл бұрын

Did your '71 have that prominent nose?

@fman4234

4 жыл бұрын

@@67marlins81 Cool! Those fastbacks sold much better than the coupes.

Whats keeping Dennis from Punching that Torino? A punch in the face?? LOL.

On 351 Cleveland's 4 barrel means 4 bolt main caps.

Love those mufflers! Sweet sweet machine!

As a little girl I wished that my dad would have buy a Gran Tourino. Years later I owned a Ranchero with the same front end.

My best friend had a 73 Gran Torino Sport 351 Cleveland v4 automatic she would get up and talk to ya. I had a 70 LTD 429 Cobra Jet Coupe with a factory 4 speed. The only other one I ever seen was in the movie Gator starring Burt Reynolds and it was a 72 4-door LTD. That car would drink gas at 5 miles to the gallon but gas was like 29 cents a gallon good set of tires cost less than a 100. So needless to say I was always putting gas and new rear tires on that beast. Love me some Ford back then!!!!!

@eskee1

5 жыл бұрын

burts dead and you never had that car, the only thing that's gettin up and talkin is you.

@oregongaper

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no LTD's left the factory in '70 with a four speed, let alone a 429 CJ. And that car in the Burt Reynolds movie? White Lightning, or maybe it actually was Gator, I forget...If you pay attention they talk about the car being special built and yeah it has a stick, but the column shifter for the AT is still in place.

@sammolloy1

4 жыл бұрын

Al Terego Yes I thought that was a nice touch, common with hillbillies and something a Police garage might do for this assignment. This movie proves four doors can be badass and shows off Ford’s great handling. “You ain’t scared of nothin, are you boy?” “Just women and the Po-lice”

@sammolloy1

4 жыл бұрын

Al Terego Oh and Grace Slick saying “Damn hippies” cracked us up at the time

Great episode Dennis!

My parents had a 1974 Gran Torino Elite, white exterior gold vinyl top and gold dash board , with a white interior. It was passed on to me about a year after i graduated from high school. Five years later i traded it in for the all new 1983 grey on grey Mercury Cougar..My very first ordered and purchased car .

1977 to 1979 Ford Thunderbird is a classic car, even if it is downsized and 2 headlights instead of 4 for the first time since 1957 2 seater Thunderbird. They should also built 4 door sedan for 1977-1979 Thunderbird with suicide rear doors like they did for 1967-1971 Ford Thunderbird.

My first car..71 t-bird..I thought I remembered Cobra-jet,oh well,it Hauled ass!!!