Word: thunderbirds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...breadwinner, the Ford division, two years later group vice president for all car and truck divisions. As group vice president, McNamara had an active role in bringing out the Falcon, also is given the credit for a decision that some auto buffs still disapprove: changing the sporty Thunderbird from a two-seater to a sedate four-seater. McNamara knew the market for a four-seater would be much bigger-as it has proved to be-even though the bird lost some of its flash...
...last year in the first ten days, the best since their record 1953; Dodge delivered nearly twice as many Darts as it did last year; Ford sold 12,361 Falcons in the ten days, expects to have a backlog of 12,000 to 15.000 orders for its new Thunderbird by the time it is introduced Nov. 10. Good sales were reported by Chevrolet. Studebaker and Pontiac. Industry spokesmen expect that 6,600,000 to 7,000,000 1961 models will be sold (including foreign cars), which would make a good if not spectacular year...
...Tree of Life. Off the lot, Presley couldn't so much as polish Juliet's Thunderbird, for many good reasons, not the least of which is that Frankie got there first. They met on the set of Can-Can. She was "terrified of him," but soon she fell for the bony build, that dimpled chin, those big blue wisecracks. He, in turn, was more entranced than Khrushchev by her cancan, and-in another scene of the film-must have got ideas when she slid sensually down from the branches of the Tree of Life, dressed in blue-green...
...Ford's Falcon sales jumped 17.5% over March to 44,600. The Thunderbird also hit a monthly sales record...
...vent grille that sometimes leaked (corrected), and it has run up the best record for gas consumption (average: 25 miles per gallon in city driving). Said a Detroit Falcon owner: "I'm driving the Falcon all the time; I've let my wife take the Thunderbird." Chrysler's Valiant also has had only minor troubles, quickly corrected, gets less mileage than the Falcon because it is a heavier and more powerful...