The Ford Thunderbird launched in 1955, only two years after the Chevrolet Corvette. Wanting to avoid direct competition with the wildly popular Corvette, Ford's marketing team emphasized the ...

Shortly after the introduction of the first-gen Chevrolet Corvette in 1953, Ford decided it needed a rival to its likes. Thus, they set out to work, and one year later they launched the original ...

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Most barn-found classics emerge from long-term storage in terrible condition. Rusty and often damaged beyond (reasonable) repair, they end up in the crusher or dismantled for parts. Some, however, are ...

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According to Ford Motor Company, the initial guidelines for the Thunderbird included that it would be a two-passenger, canvas-topped open car weighing 2,525 pounds, with an Interceptor V-8 engine and ...

Rick Steiner, 65, a retired engineer living in Tucson, Ariz., on his 1955 Ford Thunderbird, as told to A.J. Baime. My grandmother was a World War II Gold Star wife. What that means is, she was the ...

When introduced to the public, the 1955 Ford Thunderbird was an immediate sales success. The only negatives that Ford heard were the blind spots when the hard top was in place and a trunk that wasn't ...

For most of his life, Eric S. Clippinger has had a fondness for '55 Ford Thunderbirds, yet when he first saw this 'Bird under a tree in St Augustine, Florida, he walked away. One year later, he ...