12/8/2023 0 Comments 1957 ford thunderbird![]() An original steering wheel, clean as a whistle, and you will be left awestruck, when you slip into the overstuffed red vinyl bench seat that envelops the passengers when inside.Ī flip of the front hinged hood and more bling with some sting with a 292ci “Y” block now factory bored to 312 cubes. A metal lower dash also in painted red and some red vinyl covered kick side panels accentuated by deep pile red carpet can be seen covering the floors. A town and country AM radio is neatly installed and as we gaze across this big padded curved top dash we can note temp, fan controls, and a nearly hidden glove box, but the deeply inset keyhole gives it away. For the dash a big curved overhanging cowl in padded red vinyl for the topper, and more machined aluminum and a litany of round gauges and chrome bezel black knobs and pulls. ![]() A long padded armrest in smooth red vinyl stretches across the mid door, and below are power window toggles. The red mixes with machined swirl pattern aluminum inserts for the actuator. Swing the door and be met with red vinyl panels that have no idea what a straight line is as to their design. These are wrapped in 205/75R14's in wide white wall trim for your viewing pleasure. Before I move on, we need to give a shout out to the shiny Kelsey Hayes polished wire wheels. A black canvas convertible top is underneath a red tonneau when it's in the down position, and presents as very clean and tear free with a clear rear window in plastic. Mirror like chrome bumpers, egg crate grille, and for the rear in bumper exhaust ports, this car screams steel sex. All straight steel bathed in Colonial White paint showing like it was just sprayed last year. When you pen a thin bodied, long hood with a chrome trimmed edge scoop in its middle, and throw in canted tail fins, make it a 2 seater car, add on some jet age styling for the taillights, a convertible top in black canvas, add on fender skirts, a wraparound windshield, and some chromed trimmings, you have this car. And best of all this bird can go topless. 1957 saw Ford add some extra options including power which this one has a 312ci which now comes with a 4-barrel carburetor, 3-speed Ford-O-Matic and retains its larger “G” heads in raw 312 cubes. This would be the last year for a good while for this two seat configuration, and is widely thought to be the best year of the first generation T bird. ![]() Ford knew that the sports cars market was very limited and that calling the Thunderbird a "personal car" would give it much broader appeal.įor consignment, a personal car, as dubbed by Ford, 2-seater adult getaway vehicle. It's given the 1955-57 Thunderbird the same description, although Ford stressed from the get-go that its new baby was a "personal car". The mass media often has mistakenly called any sporty looking car, such as the Ford Mustang, a "sports car". It's been put in television shows, movies and print advertisements, not to mention being pictured on a U.S. The 1955-57 two-seat Ford Thunderbird is among the most recognized iconic American cars.
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