Used Car of the Day: 1976 Ford Thunderbird

by Tim Healey

Published: July 12th, 2023

used car of the day 1976 ford thunderbird

We here at TTAC love cars that get the "boat" designation, especially if they're also Malaise-era. This 1976 Ford Thunderbird would seem to fit the definition.

Coming to us by way of Indiana, this T-Bird has less than 23,000 miles on the clock. The seller says that it's been garaged and well cared for -- and wants $16,500 for it.

Eight cylinders of American with an automatic transmission. Front bench seat, sunroof -- yeah this car is pure '70s gold.

Literally, in a sense -- the paint job is gold and tan.

OK go ahead and click here to check it out.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ToolGuy on Jul 17, 2023

This is how we got CAFE

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ToolGuy on Jul 21, 2023

Only $13,900 on ebay as of today (I like this trend)

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