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I AM WRITING TO APPEAL TO ANY remaining Ford Motor Company workers who worked in the Dearborn facility in August of 1955. It was in this month that my 1955 Thunderbird was built. The “experts” tell me the upholstery combo my car has was not available from the factory, and that all blue Thunderbirds came with a light green and white seat cover.

I purchased this original 89,000-mile car from a lifelong Thunderbird enthusiast who owned my car for 48 years, during which time he was a judge at many Thunderbird-sanctioned events. Hard to believe that the same dark green material they used on the dashboard wasn’t used to make the dark green and white seat covers that exist on my late production car.

Paul French

Apple Valley, California

RICHARD’S COLUMN IN HCC #184, “Hershey Tradition,” brought my Hershey hangover back with a vengeance. Having attended Hershey for the last 40 years or so, I have experienced everything Richard describes and more. Here are my additions to his observations:

• Hershey humor, much of it perilously close to the edge of propriety. I keep a little file of the best entrants, and here’s the 2019 variation on the “what do I tell my wife” theme: “For an additional $4.95,