1976 Ford Thunderbird: Three More Luxury Groups

This record's own dek states that the record holds the production total and the luxury-group option prices only for this sixth-generation personal-luxury year; this record's own overview repeats that Wikipedia's sixth-generation table gives 52,935 Thunderbirds for 1976 across all bodies and engines, with no body, engine or option split found in a citable source, and this record's own coverage field is marked partial rather than complete for the year.¹

This record's own overview also states that Wikipedia lists the 1976 luxury-group options as a Creme and Gold Luxury Group at $793, a Lipstick Luxury Group at $546, and a Bordeaux Luxury Group at $700; this record's own options section carries those same three entries at the same three prices, tying the overview's Wikipedia-sourced figures directly to this record's own priced rows.¹

This record's own overview also states that Wikipedia lists the 460 V-8 for the sixth generation without year-by-year ratings, and that no Ford specification source for 1976 was read, so engine ratings are left unrecorded; this record's own interiors section carries 35 entries from the Automotive Mileposts interior trim page: the standard Aurora nylon cloth and vinyl codes, Kasman cloth, Super-Soft vinyl and leather codes by colour, and the luxury-group codes RD and RY in leather with QD and QY as Media Velour alternatives. Its engines, transmissions, keyFacts, specifications, performance, identification, conflicts and unpublished-leads sections are all empty for the year, leaving overview, production, prices, options, paint and interiors as this record's own only sources for 1976.^1,2

This record's own production section carries a single row, the 52,935 whole-line total, sourced to both Wikipedia and Automotive Mileposts and labeled a whole-line total rather than a performance-configuration count. This record's own prices section carries a single row, $7,790 for the Thunderbird two-door hardtop, sourced to the Automotive Mileposts production page beneath its TOTAL PRODUCTION and INTRODUCTION DATE lines; no other body style carries a priced row for 1976. Its basis field reads "base price as compiled by the site" and its effective field reads "1976 model year", so the figure is a compiled base price for that body style alone, and every option price this record carries sits in its options section rather than here.²

This record's own options section itemizes 54 entries, two of them flagged in their own names as new for 1976: Kasman Cloth Trim at $96 and Wide-Band WSW Steel-Belted Radial Ply Tires at $59. Simulated Wire Wheel Covers at $88 carry a note that this record's own text states directly: standard with the Bordeaux and Lipstick Luxury Groups, with a $163 credit if specified for the Creme and Gold Luxury Group instead, a third cross-reference between the options list and the luxury groups named in this record's own overview. Other entries include Deep-Dish Aluminum Wheels at $251, Leather Seating Surfaces at $239, and a Starfire Glamour Paint option at $204.²

This record's own paint table carries 18 colours, coded from 1C Black and 1J Silver Starfire through 2M Dark Red and 2U Lipstick Red, the last of these flagged as available only with the Lipstick Luxury Group, a fourth cross-reference between the paint and options sections and the luxury groups named in this record's own overview. Sourced throughout to Automotive Mileposts, it stands together with the overview, production, prices and options sections as this record's own only remaining source for 1976, with the interiors section, which carries the codes from the same site's interior trim page.²