The very last tenth-generation Ford Thunderbird rolled off the assembly line


Thursday 4th September 1997

The very last tenth-generation Ford Thunderbird rolled off the assembly line. One Ford dealer even held a wake for the beloved Thunderbird, complete with flowers and an RIP plaque. Launched as a two-seater in 1955, it was rivalled only by the Chevy Corvette, going from 0 to 62 mph in less than 10 seconds, with a maximum speed of 112 mph. The ‘T-Bird’ was wildly popular for decades, but the oil crisis was to prove the downfall of this classic car. Ford relaunched the T-Bird in 2002 for its fiftieth anniversary, though only 1,500 models were produced.


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