1971 Ford Thunderbird

The 1971 Thunderbirds were the best built Thunderbirds to date. Printed circuitry, introduced in 1968, continued to make the instruments reliable and accurate. Thunderbird's smooth ride was designed by computer. Their interiors were pressure tested at the factory to check for air leaks. Since this body style had been around for four years, they left the assembly plant pretty much perfect. Thunderbird advertising in 1971 asked the question, "Whatever happened to individuality?" As the curtain came down on one of the most interesting, and under-appreciated, body styles to ever bear the name Thunderbird, we wonder how long it will take for others to recognize how special these cars are. Will they someday climb to the ranks of the two seaters and Sports Roadsters? This white landau coupe with blue cloth interior represents the high water mark of the model. Outfitted with a Thunder Jet 429 V-8 Engine (360 Horsepower) and the SelectShift Cruise-O-Matic Drive, this bird has all the comfort of your living room on wheels. Power steering, ventilated disc brakes, power windows, full instrumentation, cornering lamps, center arm rest and a complete compliment of interior lighting options provide just some of the standard features found on this one.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1971
• Ford
• Thunderbird

[MaharishiMahaYogi]

I could do some serious pimping in that craft.

[Thunderchicken1997]

This was built during the era when "Ford has a better idea". The idea of putting the radio antenna on the driver's side of the car wasn't one of their better ideas. Love this car.

[sweettooth80]

i would love to have something lke that but insurance would be hell for me :(

[lasuvidaboy]

Fun car. Talk about blind spots w/that landau roof! 

[429cuinTbird]

Pretty Lady..Check out my site for the MF'in bitch you'd all want...No 70's are cool. Cant find 'em any more...Shame..

[jgs9001]

Wow! - dig that rusty exhaust! and is that genuine FoMoCo dirt caked all over the oil leaking out of the diff? I'm sure glad he took so much footage of all that stuff...

[TheMarilyn1969monroe]

The best Thunderbird ever !

[merbenz47]

I had a 1971 Thunderbird with bucket seats. It was white with a black top and interior. I've had almost every kind of car including Mercedes Benz's since then and the Thunderbird was my favorite car!  Man that thing was fast.

[The6000Sabre]

The 1970-1971 Thunderbird's were restyled in those years to compete with the 1969-1970 Pontiac Grand Prix which cut into T-bird's sales considerably. The front of end of T-birds in this era reflects a Pontiac look as Ford hired designers from GM's Pontiac Division.

[zythepsarian]

i dislike fords but that one is a classic and i admire all the domestic classics..though i only consider dodges to be relatively reliable in that class, fords then were designed to break and be hrd to fix, at least chevs had parts and accessibility, and dodges, man, no need to ever fix em...dodge is like toyota and reliable makes