GTP Cool Wall: 1955-1957 Ford Thunderbird

[Jahgee]

1955-1957 Ford Thunderbird nominated by @Xilor

Body: 2-Door Convertible
Engines: 292 C.I. (4.8 L) V8, 312 C.I. (5.1 L) V8
Transmission: 2-Speed Automatic, 3-Speed Manual
Drivetrain: Front Engine, Rear Wheel Drive
Power Output: 245 HP

 

[TheCracker]

The only remotely cool Thunderbird.

 

[JAHHAJ]

Solid cool, looks how a 50s American car should look in my opinion, I think it represents its time fairly well.

 

[Dagger311]

Sub-Zero. Best generation Thunderbird.

 

[JMoney]

It's a classic 50's Ford, which makes it cool. There's really not much else special about it to make it cooler, or anything to make it uncool. Power output was very good for it's time.

The first Thunderbirds were meant to compete with the Corvette, and it did outsell the Vette until the 60's, when the Mustang took over as Ford's sports car.

 

[cbarbosa]

Iconic American car = Sub-Zero

 

[Turtle]

Cool, but far from Sub-Zero.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Sub-Zero for me, I looove thunderbirds.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Sub-Zero, one of the first 50's American cars I learned about.

 

[MrUnknown]

Cool!

 

[Wiegert]

Sub-Zero. Few cars out there wear black better than a first-gen Thunderbird. Gives it a sinister edge while maintaining an effortlessly cool appearance.

The only other T-Bird that even comes close is the third-gen.

 

[Jahgee]

Who will be the first below-Cool vote, my guess is @Roger the Horse

 

[Panoz]

Cool, very close to Sub-zero.

The photos above is the factory supercharger option only available for 1957. Only 194 examples of the "F-code" T-Birds were made. Horsepower levels was boosted upwards of 325 to 340 HP.

 

[Parker]

Easy cool.

 

[Roger the Horse]

If it's painted pink then it's sub zero, otherwise it's just kinda meh. I'll give it a low cool.

 

[Famine]

Isn't this a girls' car?

 

[Zenith]

Isn't this a girls' car?

This car isn't manly? Did you even look at the tiny hp per liter cubic inch?

 

[Tornado]

This was the 1950s. Women didn't need cars in the kitchen.

 

[Dagger311]

This was the 1950s. Women didn't need cars in the kitchen.

Shots = fired.

 

[Jahgee]

This was the 1950s. Women didn't need cars in the kitchen.

 

[Liquid]

One of the best sounding car names ever. Just think about it in that sense. Thunderbird. Wow.

Equalled only by the Ford Thunderbolt, but that was only a one-off, sadly.

Cool.

 

[Dagger311]

One of the best sounding car names ever. Just think about it in that sense. Thunderbird. Wow.

Equalled only by the Ford Thunderbolt, but that was only a one-off, sadly.

Cool.

I'd assume they took the name from the equally as cool myth.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)

 

[mustang fanatic]

Sub-zero. Beautiful, classic, American legend.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Meh. I'd actually prefer the 9th gen turbo model and 10th gen 5.0 V8..

 

[JMoney]

There are absolutely zero reasons it is uncool.

 

[Jahgee]

Meh. I'd actually prefer the 9th gen turbo model and 10th gen 5.0 V8..

But they look way worse than this

 

[GranTurismo916]

Meh.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

But they look way worse than this

To you, maybe. But I actually like the looks of those gens.

 

[Bopop4]

The only time I ever saw one was a little black one at a gas station owned by a woman in her 60s, cool person for a cool car.

 

[Slash]

Meh. The 292 is a good engine but the whole car doesn't do much for me.