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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 ...
The first generation of the Ford Thunderbird is a two-seat convertible produced by Ford for the 1955 to the 1957 model years, the first 2-seat Ford since 1938. It was developed in response to the 1953 Motorama display at the New York Auto Show , which showed the Chevrolet Corvette .
1960 Ford Thunderbird hardtop 1960 Ford Thunderbird in Sultana Turquoise Rear view showing the six tail lights added for the 1960 model year. With more trim changes, most notably the addition of a third tail light in the rear clusters, 1960's sales figures hit another record: 92,843 units sold, including 11,860 convertibles.
The American Ford line of cars gained a new body for 1955 to keep up with surging Chevrolet and Plymouth, although it remained similar to the 1952 Ford underneath. The Mileage Maker I6 was bumped up to 223 CID (3.7 L) for 120 hp (89 kW) and the new-for-1954 Y-block V8 was now offered in two sizes: Standard Fords used a 272 CID (4.5 L) version with 162 hp (121 kW) with 2-barrel carburetor and ...
T-Bird is a colloquial name for Ford Thunderbird automobiles. T-Bird or T-Birds may also refer to: Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, a subsonic American jet trainer; Golden Circle Air T-Bird, a family of ultralight aircraft produced by Teratorn Aircraft; Parker RP9 T-Bird, an American, high-wing, T-tailed, single-seat, FAI Open Class glider
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The 1958 model used the 1955 Canadian Meteor grille with a four-pointed star and 1956 Meteor side trim. [9] The 1958 ‘star model’ was badged as either a Customline or as a Fordomatic [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Production ended in September 1959 with the introduction of Australian assembled 1959 Fairlane 500 , Custom 300 and Ranch Wagon models. [ 10 ]
Models included the 1957 Chevy Bel Air (pictured at the right), the 1963 Ford T-Bird, and the 1965 Pontiac GTO. There were also track sets in similar retro packaging, and 1:18 scale Hot Wheels Classics. The Classics version of the Purple Passion was released with Real Riders tires at San Diego Comic-Con.