T-Bird Gets Luxurious
Apr 11, 2022
5 minutes
BY GERALD PERSCHBACHER, LLD
The design had to be changed — no question about it. But with that change would come a shift in the direction of the Thunderbird concept.
It was early in 1956 when corporate thinkers at Ford Motor Co. began to press their ideas into practical form for the next generation of Thunderbird. The 1955 version was a sporty, personal car all the way around, but in an American manner. It was not meant to navigate the narrow streets and roads of Europe, nor was it intended to climb mountains. It could do those things, of course, but the car was designed with American roads and driving patterns in mind. It handled more like an American passenger car and not like a European sports car. Its suspension
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