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31/03/2024 3:16 am
Thunderbird, 1958-59-60.
58 - Hexagon pattern in the grille. Chrome hash marks on the sculptured side-rocket, on the door. Dual tail lights surrounded by the same hexagon pattern as the front grille.
59 - Horizontal lines in the grille. Sculptured side-rocket now has a chrome “nose cone” and the word “Thunderbird”. No hash marks. Dual tail lights surrounded by the same horizontal lines as the front grille.
60 - Square grid pattern in the grille with added chrome “teeth”. Sculptured side-rocket has only the word “Thunderbird”. Hash marks on the rear quarter panel. The only one of these three years to have triple tail lights, surrounded by same square grid pattern as the front grille.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
31/03/2024 6:37 am
Back in the day, spoiled by the love affair that most guys (me included) had with the '55 - '57 "Baby Birds", I hated the new four-seater with all those headlights! Two were much cleaner.
But over the years as people mellow, sometimes, I have accepted the familiarity with them and embraced the Square Birds.
31/03/2024 8:37 am
@perrone1 I have always much preferred the Baby Bird as well, but like all T-Birds from '55 thru '63. Of the '58 - '60 design I like them in this order; '59, '60 and '58.
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31/03/2024 8:52 am
@perrone1 I have always much preferred the Baby Bird as well, but like all T-Birds from '55 thru '63. Of the '58 - '60 design I like them in this order; '59, '60 and '58.
I would support those choices as well!
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31/03/2024 9:26 am
@perrone1 I have always much preferred the Baby Bird as well, but like all T-Birds from '55 thru '63. Of the '58 - '60 design I like them in this order; '59, '60 and '58.
I would support those choices as well!
Same here!
John Bono
North Jersey
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