Word: thunderbirds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brass were waiting to welcome them home. Along Broadway the traditional ticker tape slithered down on the marching men-the first to return from Korea as a unit-and a crowd of 250,000 New Yorkers cheered them on their way. After the ceremonies, the men of the Thunderbird Division dispersed, some to other units, others to civilian life, and the 45th, a National Guard outfit, was honorably retired from active duty and sent back to its home state, Oklahoma...
...minded groups have sprung up across the country with members driving everything from British MGs ($2,250 and up) to Jaguar I 20s ($3,345 and up) to 4.5-liter Ferraris ($15,000 and up). Detroit is obviously perking up and taking notice. The Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford Thunderbird (TIME, Feb. 2, 1953), though probably not sporty enough for European purists, are efforts to meet 1) the conditions of the U.S. highway network, and 2) the tastes and pocketbooks of a potentially good-size U.S. market...
Ford, which hates to take a back seat to Chevrolet, this week showed off its answer to Chevrolet's Corvette sports car. On view at Detroit's Auto Show is the company's first production sports car, a handsome racy-looking convertible called the Thunderbird...
...enough for comfort (102 in.) yet short enough for good roadability. With the top up. the car is only 51½ in. high. Under the hood is a modified Mercury V-8 engine with a four-barreled carburetor that can churn up 160 h.p. From a standing start, the Thunderbird can leave the standard (130 h.p.) Ford far behind. For amateur racers, there is a set of competition instruments (tachometer and elapsed-time clock), for family drivers such familiar extra equipment as radio and heater, power brakes, power steering, and push-button window controls. A new feature: two tops...
Ford said it would start the lines rolling this fall on the Thunderbird, sell it for about $3.050 (plus taxes and optional equipment), or some $400 cheaper than the list price on Chevrolet's Corvette...