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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.
Various delays conspired to have production start only on December 20, 1957, much later than the normal start expected in September; the 1957 Thunderbird was thus built for three extra months. The new Thunderbird captured Motor Trend 's Car of the Year award in its debut season, making history as the first individual model line (as opposed to ...
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 car manufactured August 1, 1957 was the Lincoln Capri, and the last was a white chocolate Lincoln Town Car which rolled off the line at 12:55 pm on May 31, 2007. [3] The plant only created components and manufactured complete Lincoln cars, as well as the Ford Thunderbird — along with the Ford GT40 of the 1960s and the Ford GT of
Galaxie production was started in Lorain, Ohio at Ford's Lorain Assembly plant for 1958 and continued through 1959 with 102,869 Galaxies produced there. Air suspension, called "Ford-Aire" became optional on all vehicles except the entry-level Custom 300 for $156 ($1,647 in 2023 dollars [10]) but was cancelled in 1959. Vehicles equipped with the ...
A look back in the Free Press archives to 1957 when Ford introduced the Edsel to fanfare. Carbuyers weren't impressed.
Ford production ended. Ford no longer owns a stake in Mazda. Ford Laser Ford Telstar: Plant owned by Mazda. Metcon Casting (Metalurgica Constitución S.A.) Villa Constitución, Santa Fe Province: Argentina: Sold to Paraná Metal SA Parts - Iron castings Originally opened in 1957. Bought by Ford in 1967. Monroe Stamping Plant Monroe, Michigan: U ...
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.