1978 Ford Thunderbird [87-60H]

1978 Ford Thunderbird [87-60H] in Goodfellas, Movie, 1990 IMDB

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: US

1978 Ford Thunderbird [87-60H]

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G-MANN UK

2007-08-02 16:39

[Image: goodfellasfordthunderbird2.jpg]

-- Last edit: 2023-07-04 00:13:29

IHateFreedom US

2009-11-05 01:23

That is one f****** ugly Thunderbird.

-- Last edit: 2009-11-05 11:20:47 (Animatronixx)

rjluna2 US

2009-11-05 02:08

:no: Watch your language!

Commander 57 US

2009-11-05 19:05

Actually, I find the colors striking.

heinkelgirl US

2010-02-12 00:29

i want this car...

Commander 57 US

2010-02-12 02:35

You may have to fight me over it.
(The only thing I don't like is the wheels. They just don't look right. Stock?)

CougarTim US

2010-02-12 07:45

Those wheels were indeed factory options. The contemporary Mercury Cougar could also be had with these wheels and color combination.

vans1107 US

2011-03-10 08:28

i think they could have done a better job finding a background vehicle for this scene..this thunderbird looks BEAT for it supposedly being only 3-4 years old, looks more like a 15 year old daily driver..which is what it probably was in 1990..or whenever this movie was made.

maxman CA

2012-07-20 10:24

The scene, where they find out about Tommy being whacked, happened in 1979.

-- Last edit: 2012-08-14 07:58:03

portacker US

2012-09-26 07:02

This color combination was called the Bill Blase Edition T-Bird. A marketing scam by Ford, they got famous clothing designer to pick color schemes for Thunderbirds, in an attempt to divert consumers attention away from the fact that this car was a badge engineered LTD,
A piece of junk in itself. 1977 was kinda of a low water mark for Detroit cars.

maxman CA

2013-02-08 21:07

The 77-79 T-birds were actually a continuation of the Ford Elite.

night cub US

2013-02-09 01:10

These wheels were introduced in 1978, as part of the Sport Decor Group, which I think this has, in Dark Midnight Blue/Chamois, based on the colored matching wheels and stripes. The only thing that doesn't match is the bodyside mouldings, which should also be Chamois-colored, and not blue.

There was no Bill Blass package on the T-bird, it was on the Lincoln Mark V.

http://automotivemileposts.com/tbird/paint1978tbird.html

-- Last edit: 2013-02-09 01:13:17

maxman CA

2013-02-09 02:22

Which would make it even less accurate, since that would make it roughly a year old and not nearly two years old.

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