Ford prefers to call it a "personal car." The thinking behind this, as brought out in a discussion with W. R. Burnett, Chief Passenger Car Engineer for Ford, is that "although the Thunderbird has ...

Me & My Car: Danville man’s ’55 T-bird so much more than just a ride First-generation model a trip down memory lane from his courting days, hobby he enjoys with friends ...

Bob DeCheney, another well-known local drag racer, said Eaton's car was far too powerful for the Thunderbird track, and, in his opinion, the track operators should have stopped him from using it.

Although the Ford Motor Co. is the first one to deny it, they have a sports car in the Thunderbird, and it’s a good one.

Our own assessment, expressed in a T-Bird test in the June 1956 issue of C/D predecessor Sports Cars Illustrated, described the car as "best suited to turnpikes and drag strips." But we digress.

The Thunderbird was a low-volume seller, fitted with a 4.8-liter Y-block V8 engine rated at up to 198 horsepower. On paper, the 1955 Thunderbird is no match for the 2019 Taurus SHO.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Mooneyes, everywhere you goooooo… especially if you went to Irwindale Speedway last Saturday for the Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show & Drag 2017. Over 1000 kustoms ...

Bobby Sirkegian's 1951 Triumph Thunderbird Drag BikeThis 1951 Triumph Thunderbird is the same Baby Mine Bobby Sirkegian, then 15, rode for the “You Asked For It” show back in 1954.

It was certainly one of the best looking cars from 1962 and I remember I ran to “Jack’s Toyland,” in Vineland, N.J. back then to buy the AMT 1/24 1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster model kit ...

My father is quite sure it’s original, but a lot of them apparently were put together from regular Thunderbird convertibles. His car is a red 1962 with red interior and it has the 48-spoke wire ...