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The 1958 Thunderbird was only 52.5 inches tall, nearly 9 inches shorter than an average American sedan; the Thunderbird had only 5.8 inches of ground clearance. Ford incorporated the higher drivetrain tunnel that was required in a lower car into a center console dividing both front and rear seats which featured ashtrays, switches, and minor ...
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 following is a list of land, air, sea and space vehicles that appear in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds or its adaptations.Many of the futuristic craft seen in the productions were designed by Thunderbirds special effects director Derek Meddings.
The fifth generation Ford Thunderbird is a large personal luxury car series, produced by Ford for the 1967–1971 model years. This fifth generation saw the second major change of direction for the Thunderbird. The Thunderbird had fundamentally remained the same in concept through 1966, although the design had been revised twice.
By 1976, the Eldorado had grown to more than 18.5 feet in length, had “opera” windows, weighed 2.5 tons, and had an 8.2-liter V8 engine that still somehow managed to generate only 235 ...
[32] [116] Models and puppet sets combined, more than 200 versions of the Thunderbird machines were built for the series. [117] A replica Thunderbird 2 model. The aircraft was given forward-swept wings to make it more distinctive. [118] During the design and filming process, Meddings' priorities were realism and credibility. [119]
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.
The Thunderbird was distinguished from the LTD II and Cougar 2-door models by its unique wrap-over "basket handle" roofline with opera windows and large rear side quarter windows separated from the rear window by thin C-pillars. Headlamps hidden with retractable covers and full-width dropped center taillamps made a comeback from the late 1960s.