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.
Sure Track Brake System option (introduced mid-year)
Interval Windshield Wipers introduced
(very rare option)
Electric Power Sunroof option for Tudor and Fordor
Landau models
Electric Defrost Rear Window option
Thunderbird emblem added to Rear Side Marker Light
Transistorized Turn Signal Sequencer introduced as
standard (mid-year)
Last year for concealed headlamps
Last year for optional front bucket seats and console
in Fordor models (Brougham option required)
Last year for Whitewall Tires with Red Band option
Internal spring in headlamp door motor raises doors
automatically if vacuum system fails
1969 only year in classic era to not have "Thunderbird"
script appear on exterior body or interior of car
Front seat headrests become mandatory standard
item (January 1, 1969)
Dark Brown Vinyl Roof color re-introduced late in year
Color-Keyed Simulated Styled Steel Wheel Covers
(available in five colors) (1969 only)
Front Cornering Lamps standardized early in production
Interior door lock plungers on 2-door models moved
forward for easier access from front seat
Optional Power Seat controls relocated higher on seat
side shield (Production change on 3/17/69)
Door pulls/power window control panels in armrests
made wider on late production units
Oil pressure gauge normal band was offset to high side
of gauge, instead of being centered
Front seat belts moved back to floor mounting position
First year for lights on warning light and buzzer in
Convenience Check Panel
Front and rear door arm rests modified during production
(From December 15, 1968 new C9SZ parts used)
3-Door and 5-Door Birds for 1969
This was the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon. His famous statement, "That's one small step for...man, one giant leap for mankind" was not actually what he said. Because of static, that's what the world heard, but he actually said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Bethel, New York was the host of Woodstock, an outdoor concert that attracted 500,000 people, and caused a traffic jam up to 20 miles long. The concert ran August 15-17, 1969. "Midnight Cowboy" won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The X-Rated movie starred Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, and dealt with topics never before addressed in a motion picture.
On September 2, 1969 a group of students and a professor at UCLA in an engineering lab linked two computers together, creating the first network. Today, it's known as the Internet.