Joining the company before the United States had entered the Second World War, he worked his way up the ranks of Pontiac before departing in 1968. If you’re looking for something different to take to Cars & Coffee, this Ford would certainly qualify.Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen had a long and successful history as a General Motors executive. The custom interior looks great, and we assume the car runs and drives as it should, although the seller doesn’t elaborate. If we follow the timeline correctly, the wheels and tires have been swapped more recently. But that could have been changed or modified when the body was redone. It was pulled out in the 1990s to have the engine and transmission rebuilt, which we assume was the original 390 with an automatic transmission. But watch how you park that thing with its extended nose!įast-forward 50 years and the car has been in storage for most of that time. This work was not done recently but in the early 1970s when the car was fairly new. We assume this was a standard ’67 T-Bird hardtop when new, but the roof was lowered and both ends of the auto extended in length, presumably with fiberglass. The seller doesn’t elaborate on the transformation of this car other than to cite the builder as Dave Migaleto of Sacramento, California. A 390 cubic inch V8 engine was standard fare in the 1967 Thunderbird. The convertible, which had not been a bigger seller, was dropped and a 4-door model with “suicide doors” (also like the Lincoln) was added.

It shifted from unibody to body-on-frame construction with rubber mountings between the two to improve noise/vibration. Located in Madera, California, this one-of-a-kind custom T-Bird is available for $18,500 here on Facebook Marketplace.įor the fifth generation of the Thunderbird (1967-71), the car would become bigger and move closer to Lincoln in execution as Ford opted to emphasize the luxury part of the “personal luxury car” designation. For the past 40 years, it’s been in storage for most of the time, though the powertrain was rebuilt. This ’67 T-Bird coupe was heavily customized in the 1970s. The concept of the automobile changed, witness the fact that you could get one with four doors for the first time. Ford redesigned its personal luxury car, the Thunderbird, in 1967.

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