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The green paint is custom and not the factory hue.
Like most luxury-oriented cars of its day, the back seat of the 1968 Ford Thunderbird offered ample space and would fit three adults comfortably. The comfy interior is spacious and comfortable for five people. 1968 was the second year for the completely redesigned Ford Thunderbird according to the seller.
This 1968 Ford Thunderbird is a four-door car with the ever-popular suicide doors that are probably most famous on Lincoln Continentals of the ’60s. While the early cars were two-seat convertibles, by 1968 the Ford Thunderbird was a bigger four-door beast that combined luxury and muscle for someone not wanting to rough it in a Mustang. This 1968 Ford Thunderbird is a perfect example of the larger generation of the car. The early Ford Thunderbird cars were very small two-seaters, but within a decade or so they had grown much larger.
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