Ford Thunderbird Advert 1967, Extended, F946

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  • čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
  • An extended advert for the Ford Thunderbird range of 1967. I think this promo was made for sales staff rather than the public. In any case the footage promotes the many advantages of these cars...I found myself wanting one before it had finished.
    This may have been colour footage to start with, but the 16mm copy I was working with was very red faded, so I went for black and white. Incidentally, this was projected rather than digitised. One advantage of doing so is that you get a broader range of contrasts...i.e., dark areas look less totally black and light areas look less totally white. There is overall more detail...provided you can find the sweet spot with camera and projector phasing.
    There were no credits at all with the film I found.
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Komentáře • 46

  • @discerningmind
    @discerningmind Před 19 dny +7

    I so wish that we could buy beautiful cars like this again.

  • @mrBILL-sr2cu
    @mrBILL-sr2cu Před 21 dnem +18

    I was surprised to see a non-power window equipped car here. Love that Tilt-a-Way steering wheel though - such a neat, attention getting feature!

  • @joesinkovits6591
    @joesinkovits6591 Před 20 dny +16

    My parents had a new 1967 4-door landau. I was 11 years old at the time. I still vividly remember it and miss that car. It was awesome!

    • @marks-the-spot
      @marks-the-spot Před 16 dny

      I was 12 years old when my parents got their new 1967 4-door landau. I remember it very well, too. Unlike the 1964 2-door it replaced, I got my own door!

  • @ADF-fe7fv
    @ADF-fe7fv Před 18 dny +1

    What a beauty! Nuff said.

  • @joelnazaretian7513
    @joelnazaretian7513 Před 20 dny +17

    God what a GORGEOUS CAR! Hard to believe we ever made such beautiful automobiles...what happened? Love the super low slung body style....hideaway headlight❤ everything about this car❤

    • @dagr382
      @dagr382 Před 19 dny +4

      OPEC, the Japanese, and Jimmy Carter.

    • @discerningmind
      @discerningmind Před 19 dny +3

      @@dagr382 Don't forget the worst of all- insurance companies.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 19 dny +3

    All those young peeps in their 80s now.😔 They lived long lives.

  • @paulcheek5711
    @paulcheek5711 Před 21 dnem +4

    beautiful, a real car

  • @derrickjackson6737
    @derrickjackson6737 Před 17 dny

    Back in the day Thunderbird was the real deal personal luruxy fully loaded just like the Lincoln Mk3

  • @Dougc3157
    @Dougc3157 Před 20 dny +5

    What a great promotional item for Thunderbird. It was a beautiful car ba k then. To bad today we don't have nice cars around anymore, just same old , they all look alike suvs. Great video!

  • @craigmerkey8518
    @craigmerkey8518 Před 21 dnem +4

    S T U N N I N G !!! 🔥

  • @jerrystaley1563
    @jerrystaley1563 Před 19 dny +3

    Great advertisement! I traded a troublesome 1967 Toronado in on a new 1969 Thunderbird 2-dr Hardtop (sans Landau vinyl top) quite similar to the one first seen in the ad. Complete with that stunning interior, bucket seats and console and... yes.. hand-cranked windows! Its rich-looking aqua vinyl interior looked beautiful with a Lime Gold exterior.
    My Dad was so impressed with it that he traded in his 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix in on a summer closeout 1969 Thunderbird loaded.4-door Landau Brougham. Whilst a Texas springtime hailstorn pummeled my 2-door, we kept that super reliable and beautiful 4-door for 29 years. JJS

    • @maxr4448
      @maxr4448 Před 19 dny +1

      That is awesome. I owned a '65 T'bird, my first car. My parents didn't allow me to a 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A. Mom worked at a insurance company, lol. I took dad to see it, he said son, " You Mother KNOWS what that T/A means" . So my Parents bought me the T'bird down the street from our neighbors with my saved up money for 850 bucks. It had 70k miles on it in 1973. Loved that car. I wish I still had it. But😃 drank gas like water! I think it was my parents idea all the time to keep me broke and at home.

    • @danielboone72
      @danielboone72 Před 16 dny

      Pontiac Grand Prix was a good car too!

  • @alanblanes2876
    @alanblanes2876 Před 20 dny +4

    What a terrific video...and it is sheer class for Thunderbird in the first segment to highlight the features of a bare-bones non-optioned example. This shows that not only was the 1967 the absolute best of the series of this body from 1967 to 1971, but 1967 was also a year that could rest on its basic good qualities without having to show off optional extras.

    • @stevenwolff6866
      @stevenwolff6866 Před 20 dny +1

      I agree that the 67 was the best of this generation. The large instrument pods & the levers on the dash gave it a jet aircraft feel that the 68-71 couldn't quite match. I also prefer the 2 door hardtop over either landau model because of the metallic dash being more aircraft like & the cleaner exterior styling

  • @toddbonin6926
    @toddbonin6926 Před 19 dny +2

    The ultimate American automobile.

  • @jamesh7571
    @jamesh7571 Před 18 dny

    Excellent, wish they would of included the fabulous brake/turn signal rear lite feature as well as the unique int lamp features...
    No worries you'll get it right nxt commercial....

  • @trucking604
    @trucking604 Před 17 dny +1

    A friend bought a ‘67 T-Bird coupe used in the early 1970’s. I remember how smooth and quiet it rode.
    One thing Ford should have done is made the 428 cu in standard for ‘67. The 430 cu in was standard in the Buick Riviera in ‘67.

    • @danielboone72
      @danielboone72 Před 17 dny +1

      Yes. Buick Riviera, Olds Toronado, and Cadillac Eldorado. The 390 just wasn't quite up to those levels of the GM cars. But, in 1968, Ford finally got smart with the standard 429.

    • @trucking604
      @trucking604 Před 16 dny +1

      @@danielboone72 Yes, the 429 Thunder Jet.

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 Před 20 dny +2

    She puts her seatbelt on ❤

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 19 dny +1

    4:28 That 64' is beautiful. 55-57 and 64-66' The most Beautiful T-Birds of all.

  • @davidallen5776
    @davidallen5776 Před 19 dny +1

    When we continued to watch the T-Bird grow up.

  • @motorTranz
    @motorTranz Před 9 dny

    😍😍😍😍😍

  • @stevenwolff6866
    @stevenwolff6866 Před 21 dnem +5

    That being said I still would've bought the 67 Thunderbird over the Eldorado. Less $ & a much better ride

  • @gormanwpjr
    @gormanwpjr Před 21 dnem +2

    The Thunderbirds in this video have the very very rare front pre-production "Fender Fins"! The early promotional 1/24th scale models had them also. I think that they look great on the car. I actually reproduced them several years ago.
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  • @t.b.g.504
    @t.b.g.504 Před 20 dny +1

    To think that FoMoCo is almost an SUV company these days...

  • @sterlinsilver
    @sterlinsilver Před 20 dny +2

    2:35 only 3 miles on the odometer!

  • @davidstock5976
    @davidstock5976 Před 19 dny

    No suicide doors!

  • @royperry2859
    @royperry2859 Před 20 dny +1

    At about 2 minutes the driver manually raises the window!

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 Před 20 dny +1

    Why didn’t she ski across ?

  • @trudygreer2491
    @trudygreer2491 Před 20 dny +3

    You can tell it's a swanky car by the music... Not everyone was sold on power windows in the 60s.. Cadillac Calais did not have standard power windows until '68, and most, if not all, of the upper-mediums did not come with power windows, save the very top trim level. Thunderbird's power windows cost $104.00, which is almost a grand in 2024 dollars.

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 Před 20 dny +8

    Gorgeous. Look at the ugly cars of today.

  • @jamesbarbello4428
    @jamesbarbello4428 Před 20 dny

    WTF’s up with the manual windows in a TBird?😂

    • @matrox
      @matrox Před 19 dny

      Almost all cars except luxury had manual windows. Power was an option.

    • @jamesbarbello4428
      @jamesbarbello4428 Před 19 dny

      @@matrox The TBird was a luxury car tho ours had power windows. Certainly for the ad campaigns they should have shown it with power windows😂
      Even our ‘59 TBird had power windows!

  • @stevenwolff6866
    @stevenwolff6866 Před 21 dnem +1

    Roll up windows on a 67 Thunderbird? I think by then everyone who bought a Thunderbird got the power ones...if not then what's the point? Get a Galaxy instead

    • @alanblanes2876
      @alanblanes2876 Před 20 dny +1

      What a terrific video...and it is sheer class for Thunderbird in the first segment to highlight the features of a bare-bones non-optioned example. This shows that not only was the 1967 the absolute best of the series of this body from 1967 to 1971, but 1967 was also a year that could rest on its basic good qualities without having to show off optional extras.

  • @srercrcr
    @srercrcr Před 20 dny

    Crank windows BOO

  • @tony8074
    @tony8074 Před 20 dny +1

    By spring the paint will be bubbling.

    • @davidpowellseattle
      @davidpowellseattle Před 19 dny

      By gosh! It's the salt on the snowy roads, don't ya know.

    • @matrox
      @matrox Před 19 dny +1

      It depends if they ordered the optional Ziebart rust proofing. Hardly anybody ordered it back then.

  • @it1988a
    @it1988a Před 19 dny

    One of the ugliest cars ever