Book of the Ford Thunderbird from 1954 Book

Introduction and Acknowledgements     6
A Brief History of Ford     8
The dawn of motoring     8
The Ford Motor Company     9
The legendary Model T     9
The vintage years     10
WWII and the immediate postwar years     12
The First Generation     17
Origin of the Thunderbird name     21
Birth of the Thunderbird     17
T-Bird engineering     23
A new era begins     24
Birth of the Thunderbird     29
The 1955 model year     29
Flight of the Thunderbird     34
The 1956 model year     35
The 1957 model year     42
Chassis & body codes     51
The Second Generation     52
"Family car with sports psychology"     53
The 1958 model year     55
The 1959 model year     62
The 1960 model year     68
Chassis & body codes     75
The Third Generation     76
"A real change...for the better"     77
The 1961 model year     78
The 1962 model year     84
The 1963 model year     88
Chassis & body codes     93
The Fourth Generation     94
The T-Bird matures     94
The 1964 model year     98
The 1965 model year     102
The 1966 model year     107
Chassis & body codes     112
The Fifth Generation     113
Finding a clear concept     113
"A flight of fantasy"     114
The 1967 model year     116
The 1968 model year     120
The 1969 model year     125
Chassis & body codes     129
The Sixth Generation     130
Another new concept     130
The 1970 model year     132
The 1971 model year     136
Chassis & body codes     138
The Seventh Generation     140
More of the same     140
The 1972 model year     143
The 1973 model year     149
The 1974 model year     152
The 1975 model year     158
The 1976 model year     160
Chassis & body codes     161
The Eighth Generation     163
T-Bird goes on a crash diet     163
The 1977 model year     165
The 1978 model year      169
The 1979 model year     172
Chassis & body codes     178
The Ninth Generation     179
"The Thunder's still there"     179
The 1980 model year     181
"Happy silver anniversary, 'Bird"     182
The 1981 model year     184
The 1982 model year     188
Chassis & body codes     190
The Tenth Generation     192
Reinventing the T-Bird     192
The 1983 model year     194
The 1984 model year     202
The 1985 model year     206
The 1986 model year     208
Chassis & body codes     209
The Eleventh Generation     211
Evolution of the species     211
The 1987 model year     212
A year full of awards     214
The 1988 model year     216
Chassis & body codes     217
The Twelfth Generation     318
Project MN12     218
The 1989 model year     220
The 1990 model year     223
The 1991 model year     225
The 1992 model year     230
The 1993 model year     237
The 1994 model year      239
The 1995 model year     245
The 1996 model year     246
The 1997 model year     249
Chassis & body codes     252
The Thirteenth Generation     254
Back to the future     254
A new age mechanism     258
"Thunderbirds are go!"     259
The 2002 model year     262
The 2003 model year     267
The 2004 model year     273
The 2005 model year     275
Chassis & body codes     280
Appendix     281
Index     285