The elder Ford’s cronies were finally swept away, but the Ford Motor Company was in very bad shape. In 1945, Henry Ford II, then 28 years old and newly released from the Navy, took the reins of his grandfather’s ailing company. To understand the origins of the Thunderbird, we must step back to the end of World War II. This week, we try to sort out the origins of the 1955 Ford Thunderbird. In the wake of its success, nearly everyone involved with its conception claimed credit for it, slighting each other and playing up their own contributions. Immediately embraced by everyone but sports car purists and Ford accountants, it remains among the most beloved (and most coveted) of all American cars. The old adage, “Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan,” could well have been coined for this week’s subject.
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