The sleek Sports Roadsters with headrests covering their rear seats that convert it to a faux two-seater remain the most sought after examples. Today, “Flair Birds” are experiencing a growth in collector interest, especially convertibles and the mere fifty 1964s with Sports Roadster caps installed as a dealer option. During that time, the model has seen changing body styles and engine displacements, swings from sporty to personal luxury to.
Sales dropped to the 70,000 range for the ‘Bird’s 1965 model year, perhaps due to increased competition from Ford's exciting new Mustang and Buick’s Rivieraįourth generation Thunderbirds were featured in Thelma and Louise, Coppola’s The Outsiders, and David Lynch’s Wild at Heart. 1966 Ford Thunderbirds for Sale The Ford Thunderbird was introduced for 1955 and remained in production through 1997, being revived again for 2002 through 2005. Luxurious interiors featured swing-away steering wheels, “coved” rear seating, “cockpit” style consoles, retractable seat belts, and flow through Silent Air ventilation.įourth generation T-birds’ innovative ventilation system featured outlets below its rear window, a swing-away steering wheel, sequential turn signals, and full-length consoles.
The area to the east of the church, in the atrium was the " Camposanto" or cemetery.Ford intended the 1964 T-Birds to feature sequentially blinking tail lamp turn signals, but obtaining legal permissions from fifty states delayed the feature’s introduction until the '65 model year, a freshening that also introduced Thunderbird's first disc brakes. It is located on the central plaza of the village and is dedicated to the Patron Saint of the village, St. This church was built in 1826 and is one of the oldest in the area. US Route 85 & I-25 are part of the CanAm highway, and both cross New Mexico, overlapping the old 1926 - 1937 alignment of Route 66 between Santa Fe and Romeroville, passing by San Jose. This "highway" has a total length of 1,975 mi (3,179 km) and is an international highway linking El Paso,Texas, USA with La Ronge in Saskatchewan, Canada. San Jose is a tiny hamlet which is enclosed by I-25 & US 85 on the north ( CanAm highway), Pecos River to the east and the railroad to the south. It was a stop on the "Santa Fe Trail" and the 1926 alignment of Route 66. The village of San Jose is one of the oldest in the area, dating back to 1803. The southern fork of the Trail passed through Las Vegas, San Jose, Pecos and crossed Glorieta Pass to reach Santa Fe. It was also on of the routes chosen by the settlers used it to reach California and the Southwest. The wagon trains used it to move goods into New Mexico. The Santa Fe Trail was opened in 1792 to link the town of Santa Fe, in the Spanish Nueva Mexico with the French trading posts on the Missouri River. To the west, along the old Route 66 are Pecos, Santa Fe (41 mi.) and Albuquerque (99 mi.) west of Romeroville" and 27 miles west of Las Vegas. to the northwest of Santa Rosa along the 1926 to 1937 alignment of Route 66.
Tornado Risk: read more about Tornado Risk along Route66. San Jose is located in an area with virtually no tornado risk: San Miguel county only has two (2) Tornado watches per year and mostly in the eastern fringe of the county. The rainiest months are June through Sept. Snowfall reaches 25 inches (63.5 in.) on average and can fall at any time between November and April. During winter (Jan) the average high is 48☌ (8.9☌) and the average low is 21☏ (-6.1☌), below freezing point. The average high in summer (July) is 86☏ (30☌) and the average low is 53☏ (11.7☌). It is relatively arid and has very dry air. The climate is hot in summer and cold in winter. Traffic fell along the Santa Fe trail and San Jose remained in a state of hibernation that preserved intact, its nineteenth century appeal. When the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad built the railway through the area, it set up a station at San Miguel and another north of San Jose, at Sands, leaving the town without a stop. San Miguel became a county in the New Mexican Territory in 1852. The territory change hands again in 1848 after the U.S. In 1821, New Mexico became part of Mexico when it won its independence from Spain and a stage stop was established there on the Santa Fe Trail in 1822. The River to the east added a natural barrier to deter the attacks of the Comanche and Apache Indians. The town was built with a central square or Plaza, where a church was erected in 1826, San Jose church, surrounded by sturdy adobe homes built closely to each other, like an enclosing wall. The "del Vado" part of the name means "of the ford", alluding to a favorable point for crossing the Pecos River. A popular name among Catholics in Spanish America. It is the name of Saint Joseph, the husband of the Virigin Mary.
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