On the visual front, it has a new face, with a Mustang-like flair, longer doors to facilitate ingress and egress, shorter roof, and redesigned rear three-quarter panels. Finished in Fiesta Red with a Colonial White porthole hardtop and two-tone red and white interior, it is amply equipped with Swift Sure power brakes, fender skirts, a Continental kit, full-size wheel covers over wide whitewall tires, heater and defroster and an upgrade to Pioneer AM/FM sound.Still, not long ago, they used to have a mid-size car in their portfolio, the Fusion – aka the Mondeo overseas, and it was this one that was used as a starting point for a modern-day Thunderbird rendering by Jlord8 on Instagram. This sharp 1956 Thunderbird convertible was optioned with the P-Code 312 CI V-8 fitted with a single Holley 4-barrel carburetor and finned Thunderbird script valve covers, and it's backed by an automatic transmission. Even in the recessionary year that was 1956, the second-year Ford Thunderbird sold well and found wide appeal with its smooth driving character, graceful styling and more power with a new 312/215 HP V-8 engine. Ford debuted the all-new Thunderbird “personal automobile” for model year 1955 as its answer to the Chevrolet Corvette, going all-in on the fledgling American two-seat sports car theme with steel unibody construction instead of fiberglass, roll-up windows in place of the Corvette’s ungainly side curtains, a choice of one or both soft and hard tops and-in yet another contrast to Chevrolet’s inline-6-292 CI of V-8 power.

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