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Gentlemen,

I'm going to look at one on Saturday. Supposedly one owner, #s matching, mostly original, one repaint at a very manageble price. Curious if anybody here ever owned one and what do you think of them overall ?

Thanks,

Lou

4speed455

Two door or suicide door four door? My uncle has a 2 door and my cousin has. 69 four door. They are neat cars but parts can be hard to find.

Blackpage

Two door, non brougham.

4speed455

Bucket seat with overhead console? Look like the inside of a cockpit.

ent72olds

Very nice riding cars, with quiet power. Had a '64. Loved that car. My uncle had the suicide 4 door when I was a kid. It left a lasting impression on me.

Blackpage

Yeah. Hidden headlights, sequential tail lights (which I'm really digging).

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It's got it's original 390 in it. The interior looked mint from the pictures I saw.

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Only pics I have. No overhead console. Bummer.

4speed455

Depending on price, I like it. Power window, power locks, power trunk, wrap around dash, tilt away column, hideaway headlights, sequential tail lights. A lot of neat stuff if you ask me.

ent72olds

Very cool ride! The 390 can move that 'bird along effortlessly, and with a c-6 and 9" rear, it's bulletproof. If the interior is nice and clean, and the car is all there, it is worth getting. I won't ask how much, but if it is less than $4,500..... You are getting a lot of car for small money!

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There are a lot of very cool features. I never gave 60s era T-Birds a second thought. There is a lot to like.

I'm a little gun shy because the biggest piece of **it I ever owned was a 1988 T-Bird Turbo Coupe. Don't want to make the same mistake again.

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It is reasonably priced. If it all checks out I figure I can drive it for the rest of the summer and into the fall. My two Olds' are nowhere near road ready. This car might just scratch the itch until they are.

I'm pleasantly surprised no one poo pooed it. Thanks for the input Gentlemen.

rocketraider

I also have some interest in 67-69 'Birds but all the nice ones I find are way away from here. I don't want to take on a project because they're complex cars without much parts support.

Talking with people who fool with Glamour Birds, they say 67 has a lot of one-year parts and quirks and the 68-9 have more in common with later Fords. I like the 67 styling best as I think it's the purest and cleanest of the three years (yah the 70 is basically the same car but I don't like that beak).

I'm also real picky about the bodystyle. First choice is the hardtop coupe without vinyl roof, then a vinyl roof car, then the four-door. Absolutely do not want a Town or Landau Coupe because of those huge blind sail panels.

An uncle had a 68 four-door which was a nice car but sprung too soft for me. An hour's ride in the back seat of that car would make me carsick and that's the only car that ever did that to me. That one also had a lot of power window troubles but I think that was because the dealer kept replacing window motors instead of finding out why they were failing. Several times he didn't get back home with the car before the windows would quit again. But, that was before I started fooling much with cars and especially their electrical systems.

The sequential taillights are beyond cool (notice Ford brought them back on Mustang) but the early electro-mechanical stepper switches can be troublesome after many years. The great thing is there's electronic conversions for them. Buddy put the electronic on his 67 Cougar after three years fumbling with the stepper switch and is well pleased.