Naturally, the more value-minded buyers of the luxury-car crowd were quick to take notice. Yet when the ’72 T-Bird launched on September 4, 1971, it listed at $5,293, nearly $3,400 less than the $8,640 Lincoln.
Indeed, from middle distance it can be a little difficult to tell them apart, especially in profile. They shared the same 120.4-inch wheelbase chassis, structural black metal, cowl, and greenhouse-and a remarkable similarity in exterior styling.
But in most other ways the T-Bird (red coupe above) and the Mark IV (silver) are surprisingly similar cars.īoth were assembled at Ford’s Wixom, Michigan plant in the northwest suburbs of Detroit both were available only as two-door coupes, the classic personal-luxury body style. The 1972-76 Ford Thunderbird doesn’t have a Rolls-Royce-style grille or a faux spare tire bump on the deck lid like its close corporate cousin, the ’72-’76 Lincoln Continental Mark IV. For luxury car buyers, it was the deal of the century. The 1972-76 Thunderbird was a virtual clone of the regal Continental Mark IV, but it was priced at thousands less.
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