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.

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 ...

Constructed on the same rear-wheel drive platform as the Lincoln LS and Jaguar S-Type, ... the 2002 Thunderbird also offered an optional hardtop reminiscent to the 1956 factory version complete with a ...

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 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 ...