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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 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 1959 Thunderbird's sideview mirror is round. The 1960 model features a square one. The sideview mirror on Bill Bates' 1960 Ford Thunderbird. He’s pretty happy with his current collection ...
The 1958 H vin coded 352 was designated as Interceptor V-8 Thunderbird Special. [7] The Interceptor was the base-performance engine in 1958. For the 1959 model year, the FE engine series was renamed the Thunderbird V-8 and the Thunderbird Special V-8. [5] When installed in Mercury vehicles, these engines were named "Marauder".
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.
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 ...
No. 426 Thunderbird Squadron, of the Royal Canadian Air Force; Thunderbird, a surviving B-17 painted to replicate a high mission-tally B-17 of World War II; Thunderbird (missile), a British Army missile in service circa 1959–1977; Thunderbird Field No. 1 and Thunderbird Field No. 2, World War II airfields in Arizona, U.S.