Tag: Thunderbird

TweetBy the end of the 1976 model year, the Ford Thunderbird was an extremely long car that weighed as much as today's Ford Explorer Sport. It progressed from a two-seat roadster/coupe that outsold the contemporary Chevrolet Corvette 23-1 to a victim of the OPEC oil crisis. In-between came “Camelot” and some adventures into the first …

TweetSixty years ago, Ford introduced a magical car that would elevate it to new heights. Not only that, it became a cultural icon through most of its iterations. Before the fall of 1954, Ford was locked in battle with General Motors that forced two mergers between competitors, the end of passenger car production for another …