1977 Thunderbird

[hotelguy]

A friend has a 1977 Thunderbird that has, according to a former assembly line worker, a Mini Mark conversion. The line worker said that some Ford dealers could send the Thunderbird to approved coachbuilders to have the fiberglass deck lid styled like the Mark V added, some grille and headlight trim, and the modified roof and headliner converted so that the car would resemble the Mark V but sell for about $5,000 less. He said that this conversion was popular and that he owned one back in the seventies, but I am unable to find any other information regarding such conversion. Would you know where I might look to find if there is actual proof of what the line worker has told me? If true, it would seem that this is now somewhat rare. Thanks, Jack

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[Don Holton]

Sorry I am late to this party … No Mini Mark conversion ever rolled out of the Thunderbird assembly plants of Chicago or Los Angles! There may have been a after market campaign which would have put the conversions at the dealership level ONLY. I have seen the Continental / Thunderbird trunk lid on eBay and on a car for sale both in OH which may be the common denominator!