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The 1959 Thunderbird's sideview mirror is round. The 1960 model features a square one. ... It was parked alongside a road near Crane with a for-sale sign in the window. The man who owned it had ...
A new V8 engine, the 345-hp 430 cu in (7.0 L) MEL-series, was available in small numbers. Sales almost doubled again, to 67,456 units, including 10,261 convertibles. Thunderbird advertising in 1959 targeted women in particular, showing glamorous models in country club and other exclusive settings, and the sales figures bore out Ford's marketing ...
The Ford Thunderbird is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company for model years 1955 to 2005, with a hiatus from 1998–2001.. Ultimately gaining a broadly used colloquial nickname, the T-Bird, Ford Introduced the model as a two-seat convertible, subsequently offering it variously in a host of body styles including as a four-seat hardtop coupe, four-seat ...
It was used in the Ford Thunderbird, 1959-60 Edsel, Mercury, and some high-end Ford cars. The Ford version was the P-code "Thunderbird V8", which for cars equipped with a manual transmission had a compression ratio of 8.1:1 and was rated at 193 bhp (144 kW) at 4,400 rpm and with 280 lb⋅ft (380 N⋅m) at 2,600 rpm.
Featured vehicles include a 1931 Ford Model A Cabriolet hot rod with a DuVall windshield; and a heavily customized Model T that runs on two engines simultaneously, driven by a man named Gordon whose collection also includes a 1973 Dodge Challenger, a 1956 Ford Thunderbird with its original paintjob, a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, a 1957 Chevrolet, a 1969 Corvette Stingray and a street-legal ...
The Thunderbird for 1961 introduced several firsts for the automotive market. The most distinctive feature of the 1961 to 1963 Thunderbirds was the highly touted 'Swing Away' steering wheel. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] With the steering column installed transmission gear selector in the park position the steering wheel would slide approximately 18 inches (460 ...
The V8 lineup included a 272 CID (4.5 L) Y-block making 190 hp (142 kW), a 292 CID (4.8 L) Thunderbird version making 212 hp (158 kW), a 312 cubic inch V8 making 245 HP and a supercharged 312 CID (5.1 L) Thunderbird Special making 300 hp (224 kW), and designated "Police Interceptor" on the glove box. Two dual 4-barrel versions of the naturally ...
The Thunderbird came with a removable fiberglass top as standard equipment, with a fabric convertible top as a commonly specified option. The engine was Ford's 292-cubic-inch OHV 292 Y-block V8, [15] which got 18 mpg ‑US (13 L/100 km; 22 mpg ‑imp). The exhaust pipes exited through twin bumper guards bolted to the rear bumper.