Damien Scully
For today's #NameThatCar challenge for #WeirdCarMastodon it is one for the lovers of #Americana, or at least of American cars of a certain age! As I think it's tough, you can have two images for this one, and possibly the weekend to think about it!
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Jun 9, 2023 at 5:18pmWeb
Show threadDamien ScullyJun 12, 2023
The answer to the weekend #NameThatCar challenge for #WeirdCarMastodonwe was as a number of you correctly identified a 1970 Thunderbird landau.
I was impressed that one or folks got the model year and someone even found the uncropped photo! Well done if you got it, 4 doors are definitely not what the name Thunderbird conjures for me!
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Show threadjohnniesan 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽Jun 12, 2023
@DazzlingDamo I love all your quizzes, but this one was particularly great. I didn’t know there was a version of the 4-door suicide door Thunderbird without covered headlights! Fun to learn new car trivia from your quizzes.
Show threadBrett MasonJun 12, 2023
@DazzlingDamo thanks I had no idea this one existed either!
Show threadEdwinAdamsJun 9, 2023
@DazzlingDamo Thunderbird
Show threadjohnniesan 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽Jun 9, 2023
@DazzlingDamo The door pic makes me think of the early 70s era when the Ford Thunderbird became a four-door sedan. But those headlights don’t seem quite right – they give more of a Plymouth/Dodge impression to me…
Show threadjohnniesan 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽Jun 11, 2023
@DazzlingDamo I’m still puzzled by this. The door pic says Ford Thunderbird to me, but the headlights don’t. More Plymouth or maybe Mercury. Did Mercury ever make a Cougar version of the suicide-door Thunderbird? If so, I don’t remember it.
Show threadDamien ScullyJun 11, 2023
@johnniesan that I could not tell you! I have a feeling this particular version of this long running nameplate may have not lasted very long before a face-lift.
Show threadFritz AdalisJun 9, 2023
@DazzlingDamo
'70-'71 Ford Thunderbird. That's some tricky cropping on the front, nice work.
Show threadNoms De GuerreJun 9, 2023
@DazzlingDamo ‘63 Lincoln Continental with the infamous suicide doors.
Show threadBrett MasonJun 10, 2023
@DazzlingDamo I think it’s a 1970 Ford Thunderbird Landau. The sidelight gave it away as our P5 LTD and Landau raided that parts bin. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTeG4znuEtDBw9MX7ZwAiEyEqEwGtsNcJmHwAc8U2zeSFXqkAU9Hv30nndU&s=10
Show threadDamien ScullyJun 10, 2023
@brett that looks a big old beast of a thing. I am intrigued by the idea of headlamp covers! I can't think of a car here that came with them but they seem cool if risky given how reliable 70's technology was 🤔
Show threadBrett MasonJun 11, 2023
@DazzlingDamo it sure was! They took the long wheelbase Fairlane version of the Falcon (116 inches) and added another 5 inches to it. They used three roof panels from the Fairlane and to cover the welds a vinyl roof was mandatory. BL used to advertise that the TR7 had more legroom than the LTD! https://www.shannons.com.au/club/news/super-models/ford-ltd-lincoln-type-design-australian-style/
FORD LTD: ‘Lincoln-Type Design’, Australian style - Shannons Club

The unique Australian Ford LTD launched in July 1973 was one of several cars that demonstrated Ford Australia’s marketing brilliance in the 1965 to 1...