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2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Latest Article finds on the Web |
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| Modern collectibles
revealed: 11th Generation 2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird
by Andre Smirnov |
Nice article on our T-birds. posted Nov. 5, 2011. (A+ in my ho) |
| Motoring Memories, by Bill Vance on Auto.ca | Discussion of the 2002 to 2005 Ford Thunderbird, July 8, 2011 |
| Used Auto Review on Auto.ca | Review of 2005 Ford Thunderbird, May 5, 2005 |
| First Drive by Greg Wilson on Auto.ca | Review of 2002 Thunderbird, June 11, 2001 |
| The 11th Generation Thunderbird by GLEN WOODCOCK on autonet.ca | Review February 2011 |
| The Weekly Driver.com - by Dan Jedlicka | Review of the 55-57 Thunderbird |
| The Ford Thunderbird--Classic Car Turns 55 | About the 55th Thunderbird Anniversary June 2010 |
| Classy convertible - LA Examiner May 25, 09 | Nice review of the Retrobird by Tom Anderson |
| Living - The OverInfluencers | Short Reviews of various people of past and present who have affected our lives - One is of J. Mays |
| Retro-Design - 2002 to 2007 Thunderbird by Del Coates | Essay on Thunderbird design |
| ThunderbirdConcepts.com | Thunderbird Dead? editorial and reader's comments |
| Edmunds.com | 2002 review of the Thunderbird + |
| Geneology site | Last Thunderbird - scans of newspaper articles |
| WoodTV.com | Wixom closing after 50 years of production |
| Myrtle Beach | Convertible Drivers say cars are the Tops |
| peoples choice awards | about the award - 2002 winner photo |
| RideDrive.com | 2004 review |
| AutoMuse.com | 2004 review of black with sand interior |
| FordMuscleCar - article on 2002 Thunderbird | updated a very old link |
| Time Magazine | old article from 1999 |
| IDSA website | Thurnderbird article from 2001 |
| New Tech Spy.com | tbird mentioned in this article on retractable hardtops - not favorable but I & most owners don't agree with hardtop being a disaster. |
| Car TV . com - Steve Hamas | video of 2005 Thunderbird |
| Car TV .com - Steve Hamas | video of 2004 Thunderbird |
| Edmunds.com | old test article on the 2002 Thunderbird |
| Wikipedia.com | All Thunderbird article |
| The Globe | Article on the end of the Thunderbird |
| The Auto Channel - Andrew Frankl | Article on Men and the Thunderbird |
| Bangor Daily News.com | Article on who has the last Thunderbird |
| WLBZ news | AP wire storey on the last Thunderbird |
| Boston Globe picked up the Bangor news story | Repeat of Bangor Daily News article |
| Cayman Island News | July article on last Thunderbird |
| On the Blue Oval News | 50 years of Thunderbirds |
| From MSN Autos | 2005 dependability study |
| From USA TODAY | article on JD Powers study |
| From JD Powers | 2005 review |
| From CNN | article
on JD Powers 2005 dependability study
and the list |
| from Canadian Driver - Jil MacIntosh | 2004 review |
| from Canadian Driver -Grant Yoxon | 2002 review |
| Case study of a journalist following the Thunderbird.
Is he truthful or is he just trying to attract your attention? Here's some owner's comments:
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Oct 15,
2001 - first review
2003 review July 5, 2004 latest article - March 21 2005 |
| CNN News | Thunderbird retiring |
| Yahoo News | Tbird retiring |
| BON News | Tbird retiring |
| BON News | Thunderbird retiring |
| Ford News | Thunderbird memories again |
| ABC News | Last Thunderbird |
| KFMB radio station | Last Thunderbird |
| FindLaw | Last Thunderbird |
| CBS News | Last Thunderbird |
| PalmBeach Post | Last Thunderbird by Dee Ann Durbin* |
| * This AP report by DeeAnn Durbin is all over the net so I've only listed the top google finds. | |
| Automotive Advertising | 2002 IAAA gold award for Thunderbird Collection Set |
| Automotive,mytelus.com | 2005 Anniversary Edition review |
| Design Museum | show exhibit of J. Mays designs |
| from Edmunds.com | review of automotive designs |
| carconnection | history of Thunderbird with photos - Feb 2004 |
| T-bird Winner | Cigar Afficiando Mag contest last spring 2004 |
| AAA award | T-bird gets 2004 Cool car of the Year award from AAA |
| 2001 Galpin Auction | Very old webpage but can't seem to find it in my article links - about one of the first t-birds on the market |
| AARP | Retro article with mention of the 05 special edition |
| The Auto Channel | unveiling of the special edition at Miami |
| MacLeans.ca | 50th anniversary edition - 3 page article about Wixom unveiling. |
| CarTest Canada | old article by Bill Roebuck |
| Detroit News - week of Nov 15, 2004 | 2 articles on Wixom plant during 50th anniversary special edition unveiling. 1st & 3rd articles on that page. short term page so read it while you can. |
| Edmunds.com | Instant Classics (old article) by John DiPietro |
| Automotive Intelligence News | 50th Anniversary Edition |
| WFC Courier website article by Jon Erickson | Man Stamps Passion For T-bird |
| on Ford's website | 50th Anniversary of the 1955 Thunderbird |
| on the auto channel | 50th Anniversary of the 1955 T-bird |
| on Canadian Driver | A little Creativity for your Garage |
| Chicago Sun Times | by DAN JEDLICKA |
| Ford Media | New Stamp issue to come out next summer |
| Bloomberg.com | Mustang article with Thunderbird references |
| Star Tribune | 2004 Review by Ken Chester - June 16, 2004 |
| The Indian Express | Bond car test drive in India |
| Gizmo.com | 2003 concept supercharged article - old news |
| Chippewa Herald | 2004 article with PCR photo |
| Woman Motorist | very short 04 review by Sandra Kinsler |
| Holland Sentinel | 2003 convertible sales - Thunderbird dropped a couple notches. |
| Miami New Times | review of 04 by Ric Green and Joe Castello |
| Nebraska State lottery | article about Nebraska lottery summer 2003 |
| Movie Trivia | Fab 1 Thunderbird article |
| from Ford's media | Pacific Coast Roadster |
| Hardtop Maker - Venture | Article in Automotive Engineering about the making of the hardtop - old but still on the net |
| INCODE | article about their involvement in the Valmet concept retractable hardtop Thunderbird |
| by Joe Campbell for the Houston Press | 2002 review - this is an old article but worth bringing back up. :) |
| theautochannel | 2003 review by Des Toups :) |
| auto.consumerguide.com | 2004 review - interesting prediction |
| by Jim McCraw on New Car Test Drive.com | review of 2004 T-bird, very long article |
| Ford news release for the 2004 thunderbird | overview of features - no pics of the 04s though. |
| Ford's site | James Bond edtion |
| Automotive News | Used to be able to get the weekly production figures from this page. With Thunderbird out of production, don't need anymore |
| Ford's Centennial Event
http://www.ford.com/en/heritage/centennial/default.htm |
Ford's Centennial celebration 2003 - no longer available |
| Ford's Corporate media center
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/index.cfm - link has changed |
News from Ford Motor Company - search their archives for Thunderbird articles - no longer available. |
| More links to articles:
Articles 2002 - 2003 | Articles 2001-2002 | Articles 1999-2001 |
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