TIL: Some 1st gen Thunderbirds had a rumble seat.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 08/31/2015 at 10:06 • Filed to: None

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Called a “Birds’ Nest”. Not as weird as Mustangs with a rumble seat, though. Room for six in a Mustang? WAT

$kaycog > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:09

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I have never seen this before. Interesting.

itschrome > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:12

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man that ride all the way back there must have been bouncy! and wtf? mustang rumble seats? was that a factor option?? that’s just weird.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > $kaycog 08/31/2015 at 10:12

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I’m pretty sure the Thunderbird rumble seat has leg room for the penitents in suffering people in the back. Not so sure on the Mustang. Apparently Studebaker also offered a rumble seat in the Hawk series, and AMC had one on the concept AMX - ‘68 is just about the last appearance of one in a semi-serious vein, then.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > itschrome 08/31/2015 at 10:14

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Apparently not factory exactly, but factory organized and factory approved. Available at least until ‘69, which is way later than I was aware of any kind of rumble seat being available.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Archive/Event/…

itschrome > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:17

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Huh, now I know.. that’s crazy

$kaycog > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:18

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I learned something today. Thanks!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:20

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What.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/31/2015 at 10:23

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Don’t lie, having a punishment seat would be really useful. Especially if you have three kids and they fight too much in the back seat of the Mustang normally. Also, these means the ability to store live hookers in the trunk. A REVELATION.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:24

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I almost like it and almost want it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > $kaycog 08/31/2015 at 10:25

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The Mustang was actually in ‘69, so that’s past the AMX concept. The last hurrah.

pjhusa > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:35

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What I think of when I hear “Bird’s Nest”.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pjhusa 08/31/2015 at 10:37

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I usually just think of “Birdcage”.

jjhats > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 10:37

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sounds similar to the baby seats dealers were fitting to c2 corvettes:

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 11:03

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That is news to me very interesting

pjhusa > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 11:05

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Hmmm. Okay.

JD Bartlett > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 11:22

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Sitting directly on top of the gas tank seems perfectly safe. Seriously, the trunk “floor” is just the top of the gas tank on these.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JD Bartlett 08/31/2015 at 11:35

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I think you’d have other issues to worry about in an accident bad enough to goose the gas tank. Like, a broken neck and the rumble lid crushed into your spine, and no legs.

JD Bartlett > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 11:55

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All good points. Although I think having no legs was a requirement to get in that seat in the first place.

Brian, The Life of > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 17:24

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TIL I’m not as much of an Old Ford fanboi as I thought I was.