1967 Ford Thunderbird: The Fifth Generation Adds Four Doors

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Also in 1967

• AMC Rebel and Rebel Machine The Rebel name returned on AMC's new intermediate, offered with a 280-hp 343 four-barrel V8. This is host-car context for the later Machine.
• Buick Riviera A new 430 V-8 (360 hp, 475 lb-ft) replaced the Nailhead; 4,837 cars had the GS handling option.
• Buick Skylark Gran Sport, GS and GSX A new 400 cu in V-8 made the Gran Sport the GS 400, joined by a 340 cu in GS 340 and a California GS coupe.
• Buick Wildcat The new 430 V-8 (360 hp, 475 lb-ft) replaced the Nailhead.
• Chevrolet Chevelle and Malibu SS Second year of the SS 396 series: 59,685 sport coupes and 3,321 convertibles, front disc brakes newly listed, and a late, barely documented L78.
• Chevrolet Chevy II and Nova Super Sport production fell to 10,069 in the source table. Enthusiast-compiled production: 106,430 cars; Super Sport 10,069.
• Chevrolet El Camino SS No factory Super Sport El Camino is documented for this year; the record carries the host El Camino production as context.
• Chevrolet Impala SS The SS427 (RPO Z24) arrives: 2,124 of about 76,000 Impala Super Sports.
• Dodge Charger The first-generation fastback's second and last year: the 440 Magnum joined the options, and production fell to 15,788.
• Dodge Coronet R/T and Super Bee Dodge's first R/T: a Coronet hardtop or convertible with the 440 Magnum standard and the 426 Hemi as a special-order option; its production total is published two ways.
• Dodge Dart GTS, Swinger and Demon The restyled 1967 Dart GT offered a 235 hp 273 four-barrel and, for the first time, a 280 hp 383; Over-Drive counts 437 383-engined cars within 38,200 GT hardtops and convertibles.
• Ford Fairlane A facelifted second year for the big-block Fairlane: GT and GTA continued as Fairlane 500 hardtops and convertibles, and a 427 was offered in small numbers for drag racing.
• Ford Galaxie The last year of the approved Galaxie performance range: the 7-Litre quietly disappeared, while the 428 and a 425-hp 427 remained on the order form.
• Mercury Comet and Cyclone The Cyclone and Cyclone GT continued as hardtop and convertible, and a handful of Comets were built with the 427 side-oiler.
• Mercury Cougar Mercury's first pony car arrived as a single hardtop body, added the XR-7 at mid-year, and built 150,893 in its first season.
• Mercury Marauder and S-55 The S-55's last year: 570 hardtops and 145 convertibles with the 428 four-barrel, per Wikipedia's table.
• Oldsmobile Cutlass, 4-4-2 and Hurst/Olds Multiple carburetors were gone, the 4-4-2 was trimmed as a Cutlass Supreme, and the W-30 cold-air package became a regular factory option on about 500 cars.
• Plymouth Barracuda and 'Cuda The redesigned second-generation Barracuda added a notchback hardtop and a convertible to the fastback, and the Formula S could now carry a 383.
• Plymouth GTX, Belvedere and Satellite Plymouth's first GTX put a 375-hp 440 Super Commando in a dressed-up Belvedere hardtop and convertible, with the 426 Hemi as the only engine option.
• Pontiac Catalina 2+2 and Super Duty The 2+2 returned to option status with a standard 360 hp 428, and only 1,768 were built.
• Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Pontiac's late entry into the pony-car field: a Camaro body with a Pontiac nose, five engine-defined models, and 82,560 built in a short first season.
• Pontiac GTO Tri-Power gone, the 389 grown to 400, and a Ram Air option that Car Life ran to a 14.5-second quarter mile.
• Pontiac Grand Prix Concealed headlamps, a standard 350 hp 400, and the only Grand Prix convertible: 5,856 built.
• Pontiac Tempest and LeMans The Sprint six grows to 215 hp and the 326 HO continues; 109,413 LeMans built.
• Rambler and AMC Marlin The last Marlin moved to a 118-inch wheelbase with 290 and 343 V8s listed, the top one a 280-hp 343. Only 2,545 were built.