Best Automotive Interiors: 1967 Ford Thunderbird and Its Tilt-a-Way Wheel!

Design was king during the mid to late sixties. A golden age.

OMG...so Beautiful...in 1972 when I graduated from high school, my best friend had a 1967 Cougar XR7 and his Dad had a 1968 LTD Wagon...with the "green glass" which told the world it HAD Air Conditioning! His Dad also had a 1967 Thunderbird with this tilt steering wheel....I got to sit in the drivers seat and operate it....was like the deck of the Starship Enterprise to me, a kid who drove a 1962 Rambler American! I swear it was this bronze brown color, but I can't be sure...too many years ago.....Congratulations to your friend for this STUNNING T-Bird.....Jim Farley should bring his entire team to see this car design and get FORD out of the ditch!!!!!

I've always loved old Thunderbird dashboards. Absolutely beautiful!

I am VERY G.M. oriented but, I have no choice but, to admit that Ford did an excellent job with the Thunderbird, Mustang, and the Lincoln Mark series. I love the wrap-around rear seat backs. They always gave the Thunderbird that extra touch of exclusivity. This year Thunderbird used some of the softest springs ever placed in an automobile. With these cars, it is vital to keep the shock absorbers up-to-date.

Our family had a new '66 Town Landau. As a boy, I became jealous of a neighbor that bought the new '67 the night they came out. I frankly thought our '66 interior was more elegant.. especially with the formal Landau top that did not have side windows in rear seat..( which they brought back again in 69 and then 71), which was super private with its button tufted upholstery and elegant wood with silver inlay trim. But I swooned over the '67 and their many features. One item that our neighbors new T-bird had was a 'service indicator'. It was a little box under the dash near the ignition switch. it would spit out a little card. After a few weeks of ownership, a card came out, thanking them for their purchase, and welcomed them to the private world of Thunderbird. At 3,000 miles, a little card came out reminding them to do an oil change. Back in those days, Ford would send Thunderbird owners little presents every 6 months or so. One was an inscribed owners plaque that you can mount on the dash, or outside on the door.. another was Thunderbird porcelain tea cup set. Another was a 1/25 AMT model car- all put together with a transistor radio built into it. - I LOVED that gift! Thanks for the memories and another great video!

The interior of the Thunderbird is just as beautiful as the exterior. And once again we are fortunate to have Mark comment on it.

Both real landmark cars - gorgeous too. All 1960’s era T-Birds are fabulous cars with intriguing design and high quality materials and construction.

Gawd I loved the 1960's Thunderbirds. My Father owned a 1966 T-Bird. It had the Push Away Steering Wheel. I was so sad when he sold it.

that interior belongs in a museum for industrial design

The fit and finish on the Ford products looks so much better than GM cars of that era. I remember GM cars in the seventies with misaligned body panels, poor paint, and tinny sounding doors when closed.

I have an incredibly rare 1967 Mercury Cougar XR7 manual with the 4 piston Kelsey Hayes front disc brakes, factory mag wheels and the Swingaway wheel.

Amazing cars!! Am I the only one who misses seeing a beautifully sculpted hood throughout a drive?!

It is a beautiful standard interior of a well optioned Thunderbird! Such amazing attention to detail everywhere one looks. Marc, that steering wheel "flower pot" chrome is reproduced and relatively easy to replace. The shifter is closer due to the Tilt-Away mechanism, which was made optional for '68 and '69 (when it included a collapsible steering wheel per new Federal regulations). Fun fact: the Mark III's header panel with the warning lights was used on Thunderbirds as well beginning in '68. Adam, I still hope that someday a 4-door Thunderbird Landau makes its way into your collection, preferably in a dark color.

When, I was a kid my neighbor had one...I thought he was the coolest dude on the block next to my dad with his muscle car:trophy-yellow-smiling:💪👍

The QUALITY is superb in these shared platform cars. Having owned both a 1966 Thunderbird and a 1968 Lincoln Continental, which rather ‘bracket’ the production and features of these automobiles, I quite enjoy this video!

Amazed by this car's interior. Never saw this before. I am 65. TY Adam.👍👍

Had a beautiful black 4-door '67 Thunderbird. It had the most comfortable, quiet and smooth ride I've ever experienced! And the 8 track acoustics in the interior were incredible. Loved that car!

I was in high school when the Mark III came out. I've never gotten tired of looking and learning about them. Still prefer the '69 interior over the later designs, especially the high back seats.

That brushed metal dash is 1000 % more elegant than the 1968 treatment. Same with the steering wheel. This really is one of the great interiors of the 1960’s. I owned a 1987 Turbo Coup. manual transmission with the standard cloth interior that was just fabulous. The whole car was very special, but as we all know, this kind of dash no longer existed.

IMHO, the BEST interior design ever!!! The Mark III gets an honorable mention.