His boss at the time had a Honey Gold T-Bird with 40,000 miles on it that a local dealership was only going to give him $200 for on trade. Steven got his sports car in the mid-70’s while he was working at the Ford plant in Monroe. Dad had to have the luxury car, and I had to have the sports car.” “My father loved that car, and when he brings this (sales) book home with his new car that he bought, I look in the book and there’s this Honey Gold, 1965 Thunderbird. “Back when I was a little boy, about 11 years old, my father came home with a brand new ’65 Ford LTD Brougham,” Steven said.
The ’65 Thunderbird was Steven’s dream car from the moment he first saw one in a Ford brochure. The Johnsons were not surprised to discover that the organizers of the show were interested in their ride, a low-number car with a rare paint scheme and a paltry 50,000 original miles on the motor. That was a quick six-to-eight weeks,” Steven said. “You send a bunch of pictures of the car in and then they are supposed to get back with you in six to eight weeks to let you know if they’d like to use your car as a feature display car.” “The lady I talked to said ’Do you have a nice T-Bird?’ I told her we have a really nice one, and she said to go back to the web page and go into this special place, (where) there’s an area to fill out an application. “We called there to see what to expect when we got there,” Steven said. The couple says they originally only intended to show their car with the rest of the general admission in the outside event space. Ford celebrated the 65th anniversary of the Thunderbird nameplate at the show, which was postponed from its original July date due to COVID-19. The Monroe County residents recently took their ’Honey Gold’ T-Bird to Carlisle, Penn., where it was a featured car in the Carlisle Ford Nationals Car Show. The 300-hp, 6.4-liter engine allows the old-school cruiser to sprint to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in almost 11 seconds.Steven and Norma Johnson love their 1965 Ford Thunderbird.
The online listing also mentions the 390-cu in V8 with the four-barrel carburetor, three-speed automatic transmission, and a 9.0-inch rear axle with 3.00 gears. On the upside, the underbody looks great despite some superficial corrosion.Īccording to the selling vendor, “the restored value of this car is $106,000 as per NADA Guides valuation.” That’s a whole lot of moolah when you think about it, but nevertheless, a whole lot of money and elbow grease have to be invested into the 1965 Thunderbird to bring it back to its former glory. The top has to be replaced, and the system flushed, the passenger-side power window doesn’t work, the A/C system has to be recharged or converted to R-134a, the paint has seen better days, and some of the exterior trim isn’t up to snuff. Still, there are plenty of areas that need tender loving care. Currently showing a little over 49,000 miles (78,860 kilometers) on the odometer, the Thunderbird has also received a new master brake cylinder, gas tank, fuel sending unit, rubber hoses, and PerTronix electronic ignition for additional peace of mind. Parked sometime in the 1980s, the open-air cruiser with seating for two features the original hubcaps, pretty straight chrome trim, the factory R-12 air conditioning, and a tilting steering wheel. Listed on eBay by National Muscle Cars with a buy-it-now price of $19,950 or best offer, the T-Bird “starts right up, runs smooth, drives, and stops.” The drivetrain appears to be solid after all these years, and the same can be said about the electrical stuff such as the solenoids for the convertible top.
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