“More important than the high performance is the completely effortless manner in which it is achieved,” they said. Still, the road testers concluded that the Thunderbird was worth every penny. To provide a measure of commonsense, a Ford Anglia cost £589. Fifty-four years ago, that was a great deal of money – only slightly less than an Aston Martin DB4 (£3968) and more than twice the price of a Jaguar Mk2 3.8 (£1179).
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Perhaps the only immediate downside was the British purchase tax, which raised the price from £2679 14s 2d to £3797 7s 9d, albeit with a heater, radio and electrically operated front seats, windows and windscreen washers thrown in. Given its 5.2m length, that was a seriously impressive figure, equivalent to that achieved by the five-metre-long Range Rover today. 1961 Ford Thunderbird Convertible 390 CI V-8 Engine Producing 300 HP Cruise-O-Matic Automatic Transmission Red Exterior over Red Interior White Power. Even a test best fuel economy of 15mpg was forgiven (it averaged just over 13mpg after spirited performance tests), due to the car’s two-tonne weight and the engine’s mighty cubic capacity.Įven more impressive – although perhaps less likely to excite a road tester – was the car’s 12.6-metre turning circle. Get the best deals on Thunderbird 1961 Cars & Trucks when you shop the largest online selection at. Ford boss: no plans to follow GM and leave EuropeĪcceleration, meanwhile, was “exceptional”, with 0-60mph taking 9.3sec and 0-100mph 26.3sec, and even the auto ’box was noted to “change so smoothly that sometimes it was impossible to detect the shifts”.
This increases the total efficiency of the A/C System by making the vehicle interior cooler much faster than other systems on the market. 1961 would have been very interesting with a Thunderbird that, in passenger-side profile, looked like a ’61 Cadillac shorn of its lower fins. By using separate coils we improve the cooling and heating capacity of the total system. The Perfect Fit™ 1961 Thunderbird air conditioning system is engineered to fit a 1961 Thunderbird It comes equipped with carefully sized, large, separate A/C and Heat coils just like factory (OE) systems, not combined A/C, Heat coils often found on aftermarket systems. 1966 Thunderbird (see 1966 note at end of list) 12 Dark blue crinkle vinyl and dark blue Sierra pattern cloth. The latter have black and white appointments, while the former have black appointments.
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Our RETROFIT designs give OE quality combined with better than original performance and reliability. 1965 Note: there are differences between the white interiors coded as 20/30/50/60 and those coded as G6/H6/P6/Q6. 1961 Ford Thunderbird Coupe The Jet Age is in full swing, the country is riding high on Beatlemania, towering beehive hair doos, fur boots, and getting. Every component was chosen for its superior design and quality rather than a low cost.
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First one being that it is a X color code car, and has been. Not Just Aftermarket Air Conditioning!Ĭlassic Auto Air’s Perfect Fit™ model specific systems are not your typical, one-size-fits-all, low-quality, aftermarket air conditioning system. This 1961 Ford Thunderbird convertible has a couple rare options. Each kit comes with detailed, easy-to-follow installation instructions and mounting templates when needed. The Perfect Fit™ 1961 Thunderbird air conditioning system is designed specifically to bolt into your 1961 Thunderbird with minimum modification to your vehicle. This will allow infinite adjustability over all modes, providing you with powerful air conditioning, heat on the floor, and dehumidified defrost. Our system is engineered specifically to use the original 1961 Thunderbird heater controls by providing you all new blower switch, brackets, cables and wiring to make your controls work like new. This model specific Perfect Fit™ system allows you to retrofit an original, standard, 1961 Thunderbird with full air-conditioning. Model Specific Perfect Fit™ A/C, Heat and Defrost.
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