1968 Ford Thunderbird Commercial - Mod Girl, cool music

[@billdenton57]

My dad surprised my mom with a brand new loaded '68 2-door (no landau top thank God) in January '68. She was nuts about it. The 429 engine was a beast, so fast...they drove the wheels off it, they loved it so much. The car held up well (the C6 tranny NEVER had a problem, nor the engine). By mid '68, my dad HAD to have one of his own, and bought a used '67 (brittany blue with a darker blue landau top) 4-Door 'Bird with the last year of the 428 engine. Also a great, very sturdy car. It was fun growing up in a 2 T-Bird household. My job was to keep them both perfectly waxed and detailed, which I did...went my proms in them!

[@marcomoreno8188]

When I'm ready to retire I wanna but a '67 2 door with a Landau top hey I like those coach emblems on bv the sides , and a 390 in it as well. If n it, a '69 landau with no center console. It will have a 429vthunderjet engine in there. Ooo yeah 😄

[@BillofRights1951]

@@marcomoreno8188 If you can find a '67 with a 428 in great shape, buy that one. The 428 was very quiet, very refined. Not, as brute fast as the 429, but very nice neverthe less. I loved that car. The 4-door landau interior in '67 was super luxe, and it held up better than the '68

[@rdavid7965]

Your family must have been rich

[@joe6096]

Went to your promS in them...... yeah I'd reckon with 2 hot Thunderbirds in your family's garage you could probably go to prom all 4 years you were in high school. And homecomings. And a lot of other dates. Each time with a different girl.

[@johnscanlan9335]

Those really were beautiful cars!

[@toddbonin6926]

When I was a kid in the late 60s, this was the ultimate car.

[@trentbdog]

Thank you for posting these vintage commercials. They are so awesome to watch. Appreciate you!

[@barberjeff67]

I had a 68 coupe. Great car

[@yettobseen]

Holy moly I actually remember this commercial! Must have been around 10

[@cradiecast8407]

Those 4 door T-Birds were one of the most elegant cars of the day.

[@bradwooldidge6979]

That “mod girl” is like, 80 now.

[@davidmeyer8133]

What a great commercial for a great car. Car commercials today are so boring..

[@calebproductions5970]

And the cars are so but ugly and they only come in a couple of colors black white gray and maybe red .

[@melockavich9596]

What a smile at the end.

[@krugmeister7301]

The BEST Days of FORD..🤗🤗

[@papocam3853]

Those were 'BIRDS that FLEW!

[@bryanweis]

wish I had a thunderjet in my 67 right now

[@jamesh7571]

Right before the sedan intro, thought we were going to see a Thelma & Louise situation, Lol... Very cool interesting classic, I prefer the coupe.. Well done indeed

[@TRR64]

Nice music by Shelby Flint. Cast your fate to the Wind.

[@shyphyre]

I noticed the resemblance.

[@texasmotorist3072]

Thanks for posting this and all of your ads. If I had my way, they would still be making a 4 door thunderbird. That's my choice. I'll take the girl as well, although I'd probably opt for her daughter. She'd me more my age.

[@cdnpont]

She for sure chose the 4 door guy.

[@viciouspoodle5543]

Kind of reminds me of Thelma and Louise driving off the cliff at 37 seconds! Maybe that inspired them.

[@benjaminmuroa.1212]

Great músic !! , Gran fondo musical

[@rosendodominguez-dw4rt]

WAT AAAAA KOOL CAR ILOVEIT

[@spyrovette]

Not sure if anyone else noticed that the shot of the rear tailights is not the final OEM set up, but a prototype set. It's missing the center section. Odd that they would allow this to air like that!? Terry

[@mikepapillo5728]

as an 8 time lincoln owner i could say ,,, 1968 and 1975 the thunderbird was the identical car,,, in quality and workmanship ,, ford new how to make cars then,, not like the lincoln today

[@pcno2832]

Ford had some cheesy commercials in the late 1960s, but this sure was not one of them. "Cast your fate to the wind." was a perfect choice for a T-bird ad, even if the car itself as a bit bloated by this time.

[@bradsmith6972]

Hotwheels made this one in purple my favorite

[@spectrum10]

Was that the hot wheel that was called 'splittin' image'?

[@dagr382]

Vietnam, the Cold War, racial tension, environmental pollution, but I wish I could go back to 1967!

[@machinos7]

David Russell it’s sounds that times haven’t change much...sadly.

[@henrystowe6217]

I'll take 1967 in a minute over today. 35 cents gas, big cars and no safety or pollution equipment. Free road maps at the gas station, open roads And, before the 55 mph speed limit.

[@michaelwitas9482]

You've done a great job posting this and other late 1960's Ford commercials. It's nice to see them in color without the red tint. The video and audio quality are both very good. Thank you for posting (and in some cases, re-posting) them. Ford had a pretty good sales year in '68, considering that the year started out with a strike. Just one thing you might want to correct. . .The first year of the 4 door Thunderbirds was actually 1967, not 1968.

[@OsbornTramain]

Yes, it's an expensive process to get the red out, but I'm really trying to re-upload any previously posted films with the red removed. The other benefit is that it's HD now so the clairity is much better besides the color. You can see more details.

[@michaelwitas9482]

Just curious. . .what process do you use to remove the red tint? I thought once the film had turned red, nothing could be done.

[@OsbornTramain]

Yes, you are correct, nothing can be done....but we live in a world of technology and there are electronic processes using computers to colorize electronically. The films will always be red, what you're seeing is a electronic version made from the film but enhanced digitally in HD format. Nothing that I can do, I have to pay a company to do it....the equipment they use is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars....there's a whole business out there restoring film.....many people are doing this with home movies.

[@lauribricker9439]

Does the red tint come from deterioration due to the film's age?

[@OsbornTramain]

Yep, as film ages, it turns red and becomes soft.

[@maddywendall2980]

Great style, not respected for it at the time, but more appreciated today.

[@stranahanhigh8910]

Wish I kept mine 😢

[@waynewright2886]

I Missed the T-Bird Convertable, I was 5 When Ford Decided to Drop T-Bird Drop Top after the 66 Model Year, didn't Understand as a Child, but Today as a 61 Year Old Man, I still don't understand why Ford Ended the T-Bird Drop Top after 66.

[@stenakenordin]

I chosed the red landau. I owned one from 1978 to1998. Then i could not afford the fuel consumption, so i sold it. It makes me a litte sad today, 25 years later, but i know that the car is still alive.

[@ce9345]

The 67 to 69 T-Birds were some of of the best Ford's of the time. They weren't the Lincoln T-birds of the 70's nor were they the coupe only birds of the early to mid 60's. Good size car.not too big not too small.

[@utbob2010]

Hate be "That Guy," but 1969-1971 Mark was a Lincoln/T-Bird.

[@Big_Ben1988]

Shit it got the suicide doors too? That's Gangster as fuck bruh!

[@displayfireworks]

It was fast as hell also.

[@CarFacts81]

yea ok whatever

[@youtold7727]

@@CarFacts81 …429 Thunder jet was no slouch. Big torque pull you like you’re ready to take off

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

My brother's '70 Thunderbird 2-door was quick about going through the gas I put in, when I borrowed it in high school. 7-8 mpg as I recall, it did feel a bit like you were lifting off when you put your foot into it.

[@LouieDoesaThing]

Love this.

[@geoben1810]

I was 12 years old. The T -bird was beginning to change but it still retained the spirit of the original, iconic Thunderbird. After this Ford and GM pretty much abandoned any sense and semblance of automotive style and class and with few exceptions, ( '70 '71Tbird) built garbage for a good part of the next 20 years.

[@SunsPhan75]

No choosing...it was the 60s.

[@lauribricker9439]

Is the music "Cast Your Fate To The Wind"?

[@pcno2832]

Yes, sounds a lot like Shelby Flint's version.

[@roger628]

I love the vids and appreciate what you do but there is an error in your narrative about the 4-door. It was introduced in '67, not '68, and lasted for 5 years, not 3, 1971 being the last year.

[@OsbornTramain]

Thanks. I do appreciate you're comments and will fix the error. I get them wrong sometimes and do appreciate the correction, my pet peave is internet errors and myths....so I don't want to create one! lol

[@Johnnycdrums]

The "Glamour Bird" , another fantastic era of the T-Bird.

[@ericlbell6500]

@@Johnnycdrums yes,thank God I was able to get my hands on one.69 4dr suicide in restormod protouring cursiner phase. Check my UTude channel out.

[@djcannon3430]

I would love to have the soundtrack to this commercial. Does anyone know who recorded it

[@OsbornTramain]

I'm guessing just a studio Bank in Los Angles for the Advertising Agency, probably never even titled.

[@pcno2832]

It sounds a lot like a reworking of Shelby Flint's version of "Cast your fate to the wind.", though the Sounds Orchestral version is my favorite. Many people still prefer the Vince Guaraldi original, from 1963.

[@DSRQ1]

Music was close to, but not quote, "Cast Your Fate To The Wind."

[@piercehawke8021]

I thought the 429 came out for 1969?

[@shafts2447]

Huh…..I thought they still ran 428 FE mills in 68.

[@davidthayer6969]

the vast majority got the n code 429

[@Johnnycdrums]

What was the "n" code 429? I thought the 68' T- Bird only came with one iteration of the 429.

[@davidthayer6969]

@@Johnnycdrums the 390 was also available but the vast majority of 68s got the 429.

[@TomLibby100]

It would be a whole lot funnier if the two guys had a date with each other, and ignored the girl.

[@dagr382]

Such things were unthinkable in 1968!

[@hlk5887]

Those cars had reclining seats so it would have been possible.

[@bws1971]

Yeah, that's the 2020 twist. It'd be funny to do a series of sketch comedy involving old commercials looking and sounding as they did, but updated to match today's mores

[@jamesrecknor6752]

That is just so San Francisco

[@jrnumex9286]

"and yes, great handling. take your new thnderchicken down some nast a.. dirt dusty road as soon ans you drive off the dealership".

[@drwho534]

Hope nobody tried to fly in their 'bird' as the ad insinuates!! LOL!!

[@kascnef]

How about a 4 door mustang

[@ElCid48]

NO, PLEASE!

[@desiderium3243]

One year later with the mustang Mach E this just seems more funny

[@MisterMikeTexas]

It's here, and it's all your fault!! 😡😡😡😡

[@douglasstark1657]

@@MisterMikeTexas I finally saw a 4-door Mustang; it reminded me of a play by Shakespeare, because I wanted to gouge my eyes out. I will never understand how a company that produced such a beautiful car as this T-Bird could consciously choose to produce such a train wreck as the four door Mustang. It's a sad day.....

[@MisterMikeTexas]

@@douglasstark1657 Well GM has bastardized many of its iconic badges over the past 50 years, and more recently installed a quota hire female CEO! Ford is playing catch-up, it looks like.

[@walcoman]

What, no GOGO BOOTS?😂😊