One-Owner 1957 Ford Thunderbird Is a Window to ’50s and ’60s Custom Car Culture. ... The rearend is a Ford 9-inch riding on a period-correct leafspring rear suspension.

Ford introduced portholes to the Thunderbird in 1956, ... If you noticed, that particular model had a small oval window cut into the back sides of the hardtop.

In December 2020, meanwhile, Ford’s global brand director for battery electric vehicles, Jason Castriota, said that the company would be open to mining its past to bring back erstwhile nameplates.

The Blue Oval then pulled the Thunderbird from the lineup, only for it to reemerge as a retro-styled coupe in 2002 with elements from the mid-’50s and early-’60s. It ran for a few more years ...

1980s Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe Goes Back in Time, ... It’s the 1962 Ford Thunderbird “Vista Bird” custom ... packing an upgraded and turbocharged version of Blue Oval’s 2.3-liter ...

The classic 1954-1997 Ford Thunderbird was not an electric vehicle, and neither was the short-lived modern Thunderbird that graced the showrooms from 2002 to 2005 (versus the 2023 Ford F-150 ...

Ford has renewed the trademark multiple times in recent years, most recently in 2016, Muscle Cars & Trucks noted. 1956 Ford Thunderbird parked on the second floor of McCarran International Airport ...

Ford hoped the Thunderbird would remind people of the roadsters from before WWII and thus considered it an "image car" that might sell 10,000 units a year. So, when they sold 16,155 in 1955, Ford ...