Here is a series of caches that celebrates one of the coolest models of cars ever built, the Ford Thunderbird. I've never owned one, but one day I'd love to buy and old classic example. I'd cruise from cache to cache with the top down! Man, that would be the life.
428 V-8 Engine option
390 Special V-8 receives horsepower increase
to 315, up from 300 in 1965
AM Radio/StereoSonic Tape Player option
Highway Pilot Automatic Speed Control option
Full-width tail lamps with integral back-up lamps
Town Landau and Town Hardtop models
introduced (Town Hardtop 1966 only)
Safety Warning Flasher standardized on all models
Overhead Safety-Convenience Control Panel
standardized (Town models only)
Contoured Headliner (Town models only)
Chrome trim on wheel openings (1966 models only)
Convertible model discontinued at end of model year
Rear Seat Belts introduced as standard
Parchment and Sage Gold Levant Grain Vinyl Roof
colors introduced (available in 1966 only)
6-Way Power Seat option
Grille-mounted Thunderbird emblem
Reclining Passenger Seat option mandatory with
Leather trim option (1966 only)
Pleated and biscuit-design upholstery pattern
introduced
Timer added to "Fasten Seat Belts" light circuit
during production to extinguish light automatically
First time for painted sheet metal below front bumper
America's Personal Luxury Car
ABC launched the biggest hit in its history in the Fall of 1966, with "Batman." Adam West and Burt Ward starred in this offbeat show as the "Caped Crusaders", protecting the fine citizens of Gotham City from fiendish criminals like Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin, and King Tut.
If one campy show was good for the ratings, two must be better. "The Green Hornet" also debuted, but lasted just one year. The Surveyor One Probe was launched on May 30, 1966, and landed on the Moon June 2, 1966. It was the first U.S. spacecraft to make a safe landing on the Moon, and its purpose was to obtain close-up images to determine if the terrain was suitable for manned landings in the future.
On the radio, Petula Clark was riding high on the charts with hits "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and "My Love", and The Mamas and The Papas continued their popularity with "Words of Love" and "I Saw Her Again Last Night".