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During the two-day affair, the local drivers took three of the hill climbing events. Pete Magie (Flat) won the Class H; Jeff Barach (Volkswagen) Class G; and Rod Nerney (Ford Thunderbird) Class...
...bite-sized sentences of annoying simplicity. But if the book is as pre-digested as Gerber's baby-food, it presents some sobering facts about adult dreams: atomic autos, helicopters, and railroad trains. Men who contemplate their future autos probably give their atomic Ford the mental shape of a Thunderbird. Actually, as Woodbury points out, any atomic car would have to carry fifty tons of metal shielding, giving the auto the shape and price of a Stanley Steamer...
...Another dealer offered the $4,937 Lincoln Capri at an $800 discount. In Dallas, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Seattle, Plymouths were going at up to $200 off list, Pontiacs up to $500 off, DeSotos up to $700 off. Exceptions in the price war are Ford's Thunderbird. the big Chryslers, the new torsion-bar Packards (just going into production), and Cadillac...
...Mercury. Fanciest eye catcher: the Montclair, a new road-hugging car that will be close to the lowest in the industry. Last week brothers Henry, Ben and Billy Ford gave everyone a taste of the rugged kind of competition that they intend to serve up. They showed off their Thunderbird sports car and put a price on it of $2,695, f.o.b. Detroit, a full $500 below Chevrolet's Corvette...
...your story on the 45th Infantry Division (TIME, May 3). During my military service, I guess I griped as much as any other GI. But the 14 months in Korea that I wore the Thunderbird patch on my left sleeve were proud ones . . . Thanks for your tribute to a topnotch outfit...