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Last Thunderbird Made in 2002 -- Read Ford Motor Company's
press release:
All of the Thunderbirds have been built that
are going to be built. Ford Motor Company gave up the Thunderbird Ghost in 2002. The Classic Birds of 1955-57 and the
Retro Birds are now at rest. The final Thunderbird that men and women at the Wixom, Michigan Assembly
Plant created and blessed, and the nameplate was retired to the Future Product Vault.
The last TBird off the assembly line was probably not as deeply sad as
event as was the last 2-seater Thunderbird produced back in the late 1950s. However, there's still nothing like a Thunderbird
in car history. The name produces an emotional reaction even in people who are not car crazy. There's just something
about a TBird.
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Thunderbirds Fourth Generation --Flair BirdThe 1965 T-birds marked the last year of Ford's stock high-performance
cars. After all, all the hotrod kids wanted the Mustang. By the way, that is the very reason the 1965 Thunderbird is now referred
to as the sleeper muscle car. The only people who paid any attention to the TBird back in the day were Mom and Dad
-- it was a statis symbol for successful people back then.
Flair Bird a family luxury car
Today's muscle car enthusiasts, young kids back then, now see it differently. Back in the 1960s, all these guys saw was
the powerful, cool Ford Mustang -- some of these guys, as mature men, now say, "Hello Flair Bird! Where have you been all
my life?"
The standard TBird 390 315 hp engine hits 60 mph in about 11 seconds, and if the road ahead is clear of cops and
robbers, the driver can bury the speedometer past 120 mph.
Flair Bird Takes Thelma and Louise Flying Off Cliff
Thelma drives a Flair Bird when she speeds away in a cloud of desert dust, taking her friend Louise with her, out over
the void of the Grand Canyon – never to be seen again. Maybe the “Bird” flew and the ladies got away.
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