The base version used a single four-barrel, while the optional engine used a trio of two-barrels. There were still just two engine selections for the domestic market, but this time they focused on the number of carburetors topping a 390cid V-8. Trim varied to keep the car fresh, but there was no point in messing with a successful formula. Despite production and quality issues, in its first year, sales of the new T-Bird topped 73,000. Three was also the number of choices for the body: hardtop, hardtop with sunroof and convertible.
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There were three transmission choices: three speed- manual, three-speed manual with overdrive and the automatic, which was the only game in town if the big engine was specified. Steering was also power assisted.Įngine choices were limited to a 352cid or a 430cid engine. Brakes were power-assisted drums front and rear. Front suspension was independent, while the rear featured a solid rear axle. Riding on a 113-inch wheelbase, the new bird stretched 205 inches from bumper to bumper. Totally new cars, the 1961 Thunderbirds were longer, lower and wider than those they replaced. They were striking and modern and the shape suggested the turbine of a jet engine. The front end was sleek and the sides gradually tapered to a rounded rear quarter panel. Kennedy narrowly won the presidential election. The models known as the 'Bullet Birds' were introduced on November 10, 1960, just two days after John F.
Sales just kept on climbing for what had become a powerful personal luxury car. Fans of the 1955-1957 Thunderbirds were quite irked, but Ford was very happy with a decision that sent sales of the bird soaring from just over 21,000 units in 1957 to 37,893 for the first year of the four-seat Thunderbird in 1958.
By 1962, the days of the two-seater T-Bird were long gone.
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