1968 Ford Thunderbird Reviews

Drive shaft u joints.

Freeze plugs.

I bought this car for $50. It was sitting in someone's driveway not running. I bought a new battery, did a tune up and put a new 2 1/2" dual exhaust w/hush thrush mufflers. I took it out of the shop for a test drive, and lit the back tires up for about 200 feet. That car had a mountain of torque. I had a lot of fun with that car, and never turned down a race and never got beat, even when it was the PD. :o.

Transmission started leaking slightly at about 75,000m.

Starter motor died at 210,000m.

Steering box started leaking some power steering fluid at 230,000m.

Some rust just above rear wheel lips.

This car is amazing!

It's closing in on 250,000 miles and has yet to be rebuilt once.

The big 429 has enough power to push this 6000lb car to 15 second quarter mile times. Which is usually enough to whoop up on 5.0 Mustangs and more than it's fair share of Camaros and Firebirds.

It's floaty, like most Fords from the era, but that's what makes driving it so nice. Most comfortable car I've ever driven.

It has 2.90 highway gearing, so gas mileage is surprisingly good. Even though you have to fill up with the highest octane you can find... which can sometimes be difficult.

Other than the problems I listed before, the only other problem with the car is sometimes you have to jiggle the gear lever around in park to start the car, because of the safety switch which keeps you from starting the car in gear.

All in all, I'd have to say it's one great and often overlooked piece of engineering history.