Crusoe worked with Fords chief designer, Frank Hershey, to create the Thunderbird.
Henry Ford II reached out to Lewis Crusoe, a former General Motors (GM) executive, to help him develop a new car to make a swift response to Chevrolet. It’s easily the best-looking Thunderbird since the mid-’50s original (that wouldn’t be difficult) – and maybe even the best-looking of all. 1952 Frank Hershey, Louis Crusoe, and George Walker get the idea to have Ford Motor Company make a sports car. The Thunderbird was created as Fords answer to Chevrolets Corvette. Where even the likes of BMW have struggled (I never thought the Z8 was a pretty sight), Ford has successfully repeated this difficult visual manoeuvre with the latest Mustangs. Find a black one with a black cabin and you’d have a beautiful dual-purpose grand touring convertible that makes a rare and interesting alternative to those ubiquitous SLs.Īs the final iteration of the Thunderbird line (at least up to now), the 11th-generation cars probably suffer from being lumped in with all those other – mostly awful – ‘retro’ designs that appeared around the same time.īut I don’t think that criticism is justified for me, this is a car that evokes the best elements of its predecessors but still has a fresh, clean feel of its own. All cars had vinyl upholstery matching the exterior paint color. The car sold for a base price of 2,695 with the convertible selling for 2,765 and was available in five colors: Thunderbird Blue, Raven Black, Snowshoe White, Goldenrod Yellow, and Torch Red. The 1956 Thunderbird was very similar to the 1955 model with some notable exceptions. Over 16,000 units of the 1955 Thunderbird were ultimately sold. All cars had vinyl upholstery matching the exterior paint color. With eleven model generations to its name, the Ford Thunderbird was the first mass produced personal luxury automobile when it was launched in 1955. Here, possibly, lies the answer to the interior ‘problem’. The car sold for a base price of 2,695 with the convertible selling for 2,765 and was available in five colors: Thunderbird Blue, Raven Black, Snowshoe White, Goldenrod Yellow, and Torch Red.
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