@CobraJoe -- Yeah, I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen in a good surviving 5th-generation Thunderbird, though I prefer earlier ones, before the Knudsen nose.
These were substantial cars, back to body-on-frame construction as of this generation in 1967, and were basically a sportier and more budget minded Lincoln. They would stay that way through the next generation; the two didn't go their separate ways until 1977.
Pretty fast on the open road, too, with the 429 engine, and so quiet you could hear the whooshing of the gas gauge needle.
Alas, no more convertibles...