Crusoe saw a painted clay model on May 18, 1953, which corresponded closely to the final car he gave the car the go-ahead in September after comparing it with current European trends. The concept was for a two-passenger open car, with a target weight of 2525 lb (1145 kg), an Interceptor V8 engine and a top speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h). Hershey took the idea and began working on the vehicle. Walker promptly telephoned Ford's HQ in Dearborn and told designer Frank Hershey about the idea. Walking in the Grand Palais in Paris, Crusoe pointed at a sports car and asked Walker, 'Why can't we have something like that?'
Crusoe and Walker met in France in October 1951. Crusoe, a retired GM executive lured out of retirement by Henry Ford II George Walker, chief stylist and a Ford vice-president and Frank Hershey, a Ford designer.
Three men are generally credited with creating the original Thunderbird: Lewis D. In 2002, a revived 2-seat model was launched, was available through the end of the 2005 model year.
Sales were good until the 1990s, when large 2-door coupes became unpopular production ceased after 1997. Succeeding generations became larger and more luxurious, until the line was downsized in 1977 and again in 1980. In 1958, the Thunderbird gained a second row of seats for greater practicality. Ford described it as a personal luxury car, a description which named a new market segment. It entered production for the 1955 model year as a two-seater sporty car unlike the superficially similar (and slightly earlier) Chevrolet Corvette, the Thunderbird was never sold as a full-blown sports car. Good luck with this.The Ford Thunderbird is a car manufactured in the United States by the Ford Motor Company.
#1964 thunderbird drivers
There's also a plate over the brake line just aft of the rear of the drivers door and corrosion can form there. The brake line from the back runs under the bottom of the driver's door and if someone jacked up the car at the wrong place, it's really easy to crush the brake line. There seem to be a number of options out there for front disc brakes that will use the existing spindle setup. There is a dual master designed to fit under the shock tower brace, I've heard also that the dual master from a '73 Mustang will bolt to the existing booster but you will need to replace the shock tower brace.
#1964 thunderbird install
Re: brakes, you can install a dual master but brake lines will need to be cut and you'll end up replacing the metal brake lines end to end, so it's a significant project. Putting a vacuum gauge on it is pretty non intrusive and would tell you a lot if the owner will let you do it. The valve seats were not hardened so beware of compression issues that might indicate the need for a valve job. When coupled with the vacuum emergency brake auto release, could be pretty dangerous so consider disconnecting that. Symptoms include not going into the gear you've selected, not staying in Park on an incline and shifting itself into Reverse, annoying stuff like that. Sloppy shift mechanism can be problematic and somewhere between simple and expensive to fix.
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