1970 Thunderbird 2 door Sportsroof Coupe. 39000 mile all original survivor that I've had for 26 years. 429 SCJ numbers matching engine, C6 automatic transmission. Special Brogham interior.
Beautiful. I think I can identify this model. It appeared in the Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever back in 1971. The villains Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd were driving a Thunderbird looking exactly like the one you have here. James Bond (Sean Connery) was driving a 1971 Mustang March lll in Las Vegas. Who doesn't love the Genuine American cars shown in movies from that time!?
Nice car...( Well taken care of )...My Dad had a white 1973 T-Bird, 429 Cobra-Jet, white leather interior, power seats and windows...Such a beautiful car...I miss riding in that car with my Dad...and, of course, in all of his cars...And I've been looking for a '73 T-Bird ever since my Dad passed away...Rest in Peace, Dad 💞
Great video. Nice car. I have the 1970 Landau my parents bought new when I was just 2. IIt is in Ford's "candy Apple" Red with a white top and white interior. We've kept it inside a garage it's entire life and it's just amazing to drive--that 429 is such a great motor. My bird is rust free, except for a little in the trunk rim. the front seats are a little tired, and two of my rear power windows don't work. My dad gave it to me 20 years ago when I finished law school and I have kept it in storage for the last yearl. I'm going to restore it and give to my son in 3 years when he graduates from law school. Love seeing other Bunkie Birds.
There she is. I had one of these exact cars in the late 1980's. Same color, interior, everything. If you got the guts they can go very, very fast. The speedo max is 160. Pegged it back to 0 once. The interstate felt like a backroad. Had to be over 200mph. I'm just glad I didn't die. I also put an alpine stereo in it. It was awesome.
Great video, bought a used 1970 2 door ford thunderbird back in 1972, I loved the car, but it cost me a lot of money to run it. 10 MPG that is if you were driving slow, high test gas. I stilled loved it,anti-lock rear brakes, and more. It was a BABE Magnet, I got laid so many times in the back seat, (my future wife), and a few others. lol .
My first new car was a 70 Mustang and I do remember seeing these at my Ford Dealer. Even sat in several. Cool car and demo. • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
I love old Birds so much I can't sleep at night ! Yours is beautiful ! Back in the day we hung out at horse farm and used one of the barns as our garage / informal clubhouse. Stu...the owner of farm had this exact car ! Same colour...interior..429...everything. On a quiet night you could hear it rusting away. By 1975 it got new quarters and full paint. He loved that car.
The 1970 Thunderbird Sportroof is in my top 3 favorite classic cars, and this one has the right color. If I had a pile of cash I would make you an offer for that car today.
Amazing a car w the brougham package does not have power windows and seats!!! The interior is a very rare option and the most expensive and limited production interior Thunderbird offered in 1970....It is very unique and very attractive for this model!! In fact when i first saw this car with this interior at the new car show in the fall of 1969, they showed this brougham package w this interior and the sport roof!!! had this been my car yu bet I would have mended the drivers seat!
Greg yu have no idea how the brougham interior from 1970 and 71 stayed w me all these years since u first saw it at the 1970 car show in los angeles car show!!
The thing I remember most about 429 water pumps is they have at least 43 different bolts of varying length that all have a certain place. I completely understand why people liked their Chevy's back then.
These are some of my favorite models of T-Birds. The fact that they had the big beak on the front like an actual bird was ugly to some people, but I think it looks cool, like a lance on the front of the car. The side profile looks especially cool to me, the long hood and the low roof is always a great design in my eyes. I always thought the taillights made the car look kind of small, but they're cool nonetheless. The sort of upward bulge at the back made to resemble a wing has also always looked cool in my books. These are the types of cars that look good from all angles. Keep that T-Bird in good condition!
A 429 scj boing!!!! I like this body style it was a great car the '69 is the one I'm after. You know what I always wanted to know if Ford ever put a 429 scj in a tbird like the '70 mercury Maurader the car for the 35 year old hound dog creeping. Those car are well worth keeping.
That car is so cool!! Love those old T Birds. I had a 77 for my first car which I found out was kind of rare because it had bucket seats with the center console and floor shifter. But anyway back to you, those wheels really look good on that care, they give it a nice stance.
I've always wanted to see a bid like this featuring the rare 4 door T Bird.........I've only seen one in my life and .....sure would be cool to see one featured.
Great ride. Love the full sized Ford's of that time period. I learned to drive in my father's 1968 Galaxy 500. Kept it for 40 years after his passing in 1981. Your car reminds me of the tbird Mr Kid and Mr Wynnt drove in 007 Diamonds are Forever. They put Bond in the trunk lol. Enjoy your ride. Its great as is love it!
The interior material is called "Hopsack". I had a 70 in dark green and black interior. Had the high back buckets as well. It did not have the Brougham package. I love these cars. Would never have sold mine, but the parts are sooo hard to find. The 429 really moves out with authority. You are miles ahead with the crank-up windows. Seems every other time I drove mine, something (relay, switch,gear,motor) would act up or go out. But it was never a daily driver. Got lots of attention at car shows as well. These cars are very well built and reasonably priced. Good catch.
I agree they do. One person I know has a 71 with those and definitely looks good. The wheels on mine are from a 2001 Crown Victoria touring sedan. They are 16x8.
Very nice Bird Greg. I've owned 2 of these same color also, just not with the brougham option. Sad to see he rusty quarters. That darn rust even gets the best of them..
Nice car, Greg! I’ve never been crazy about the color brown, but in this particular case, I must admit that it’s very nice. Personally, I prefer the original wheel covers, but that’s my own opinion. Now they have a new technology for fixing rust on the quarter back panels that consists of fixing the sheet metal without adding all kinds of fillers, like they use to do back in the olden days. I’ve seen a lot of guys in different body shops restoring and doing this kind of professional work on cars that were 10 times even worst than this one, in terms of rust and that came out with wonderful results. I’m pretty sure that’s it well worth the investment. Thank you. Stay safe. Johnny, Montréal, Canada!
Pretty car but it's one of the cars that lead to 5mph bumpers, that grille would get wrecked during an accident, form over function. I like those boomerang tailights really cool.
Hands down the best Thunderbird to date. All thunderbirds are great cars don't get me wrong. But the Glamour Birds as they are known. Aren't rare. They are just uncommon. They didn't get the notoriety they deserved. My 1970 also has the super cobra jet. It was a factory option. And a great one at that. The FMX transmission that was stock with all 1970 and older birds was an achelies heel as far as HP/torque delivery. When they introduced the C6 it was a match made in heaven but only came on the 71 but by than it was too late and by 72 they were going downhill. I'm in a bucket and with my bird cause I am missing all of the headlamp assemblies and the grill. All of my electrical needs redone. Power seat motors are seized. And window motors dead. But my interior is 90% complete including the headliner. I'm missing the driver side door card. I won't be restoring it since oem parts are scarce so it will be a restomod. So anyone looking for an old A/c pump mine will be up on Facebook market. Amongst other parts I won't be reusing. These cars deserved better. And with mine I will prove they stack up against the more popular muscle cars.
Thanks. I'm lucky mine has a C6 transmission in it. I've never seen one with a 429 and FMX but Ford's were always good for mystery parts. Lol. Good luck with your car.
@@tonynecas4825 The FMX wasn't bad till you try putting 400 hp in front of them. I have seen them in trucks with the 400 and 460. But definitely wasn't a good performance transmission.
@@gregdelagrange8573 I'm gonna build the big block in my bird to a safe 500+ naturally aspirated. I have a c6 with a stage 2 shift kit full manual valve body. I'm ashamed I'll have to rework the center console but it is what it is. And I have heavier axel shafts already for the 9inch. next purchase is new gears and a limited slip diff. I'm just not sure which one to get. I am building from the bottom up. Suspension, brakes, the rear end, Transmission, motor, interior, than exterior. Poor bird is in dire need of floor pans and a trunk pan. Rear passenger side quarter panel. And the roof patched. I still have all my glass.
Cool car I own a 67 2 door Landau. What happened to the drivers door? At some point it must have been repainted and doesn’t match. Best of luck with this Bunkie Bird I think that was the guys name whom had a role in the beak design
Really nice survivor..! My mom had a 68' t-bird w the brougham option. You mentioned that yours is also the brougham interior, it is not . Yours is the Sport interior. The brougham didn't have the high back seats and the material was a nylon/cloth yours was a sport cloth w the special inserts. Sharp looking car!
I think the 70 bird was probably the closest any of the post-57 big models - not considering the turbo or s/c models as part of that group - came to being a gentleman's sports car. Best 0-60, best (relative) handling, swoopy looks (these are low cars). But I'd also argue they were out of step with what buyers expected as, of the 67-71 gen, the 70 sales barely crested the 69 (despite a significant refresh) and the 71 cratered. It was partially the Bunkie beak but more that the T-bird was not generally bought by the sporty crowd - not what they were expecting / and then the blind side landau's return for 71 just confused things further. The subsequent mini-Mark was more on target.
It's kinda got the same style as a 70 Torino. That's a beautiful T-BIRD. FOR SOME REASON THE DRIVER DOOR PAINT DON'T LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE PAINT. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A TOUCH UP JOB IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A REPLACEMENT DOOR. BUT IT IS ONE SWEET RIDE I LOVE THE 429ci .
I agree with the Torino connection. The 1970 Mercury Montego is even more similar. As far as the door goes it's unfortunate whoever repainted it was color blind. It's definitely the original door, as all of the panels are vin stamped and dated.
I had exact car in 1975 color etc. Factory 8track FM am same interior I want one . 429 thunderjet on air cleaner. Traded my mercury montego towards it. I'd love another one.
That is what I call a Ford. If you look from the side you'll see clearly the European Ford Taunaus XL line in it. They don't make them anymore today , sells too good. Let's go for a spin buddy.
Those little details,, are ok, it’s a survivor and aged,,,, The car overall, I would give from0 to 5 stars,, a 5 stars,,,, it looks great and I’m sure it drives ok, too...!!!
i had a 70 in white...same interior...great car but kept burning up points so i sold it. loved my deluxe interior. everything worked it had 58K miles on it when i sold it.
It's cool. Too bad you don't strip it down, repair the rust and give it a fresh coat of paint though. Why would you just leave it like that for 26 years? I'd like to get one of these someday and bolt on the earlier 67-69 front clip, strip down some chrome and a few other things and make a fun muscle car. I'm still working on my '68 though.
I've thought about touching it up a couple of times. It certainly would be a challenge to put the earlier front end on one of those. Especially around the cowl.
Factory rear differential was 9 3/8" not 9 inch. 31 spline axles also. Original? Why does the body panels paint not match? BTW, Thunderbirds had sequential taillights first in 1963 for 1964 model year.
The driver door was damaged and repaired in 1974 and whoever painted it didn't do a good job matching the color. The rest of the paint is original. You're right about the rear axle and the rear axle is unique for as this car is equipped with the Sure Track ABS brakes. The speed sensors are internal in the center section and has separate lines for each rear wheel. 1971 was the last year for sequential turn signals in the Thunderbird.
I just want to save enough bones to buy one of these and fix it i have absolutely no idea how im gonna do this but i am starting to save up towards this good luck to all ladies and gentlemen doing the same blessings and salutations
It depends. In the case of this car years it was touched up long ago in the late 70s and only 1 panel. Most judging bodies consider a car restored when more than 3 panels are repainted. Or better than half. The most important part is that all the panels are original wit the dates and serial codes.
my much older brother had one of these ,loved this car totally especially the color ,learned how to wash /wax a car on this one-wow you're in ohio very high odds but this could possibly be my brothers old t-bird ?
@@gregdelagrange8573 after thinking about it its not ,he had power everything in that car and you would've had to of bought it from him and he sold it after it was maybe 3 years old . nice car though ,one of a kind esp now
Thunderbird was a separate division internally at Ford from 1955 to 1976. They were sold through Ford dealers and built in the Wixom Michigan Lincoln assembly plant during that time. It shares a lot of parts with the Lincolns but almost nothing else in the Ford lineup.
Better term would have been "un-restored". Other than some door damage (extent wont be known until stripped) and re-painted along with wheels that just bolt on, it's original. You're kinda splitting hairs when generally, even changing wheels most don't consider not the be an original car still lol.
