The Stainless Steel 1960 T-bird
At our February 8, 2024 club meeting our vice president, Mike Hall, gave a presentation entitled "The Allegheny Ludlum Stainless Steel 1960 Thunderbird". Subsequently, Mike and Brett Andrews, our newsletter editor and webmaster, prepared an article based on Mike's presentation that is to be published in our April 2024 newsletter. Due to newsletter page constraints, not all the fantastic pictures of the stainless steel Thunderbird could be included. Mike's briefing also identified two other stainless steel vehicles commissioned by Allegheny Ludlum to be built by Ford. So, for those who missed Mike's live presentation, click on the link below to access his full briefing. Enjoy!
At our February 8, 2024 club meeting our vice president, Mike Hall, gave a presentation entitled "The Allegheny Ludlum Stainless Steel 1960 Thunderbird". Subsequently, Mike and Brett Andrews, our newsletter editor and webmaster, prepared an article based on Mike's presentation that is to be published in our April 2024 newsletter. Due to newsletter page constraints, not all the fantastic pictures of the stainless steel Thunderbird could be included. Mike's briefing also identified two other stainless steel vehicles commissioned by Allegheny Ludlum to be built by Ford. So, for those who missed Mike's live presentation, click on the link below to access his full briefing. Enjoy!
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The 1967 Thunderbird "Apollo"
On March 7, 2024 Mike Hall, our club VP, gave a talk and presented a video on a little known 1967 GlamourBird known as the "Apollo". As with the stainless steel 1960 Thunderbird highlighted above, Mike and Brett Andrews authored an article based on Mike's presentation and supplemented it with additional details about this phenomenal car. That article will appear in the May 2024 TSWO club newsletter once published. TSWO newsletters can be found on this website under the "Club Newsletter" menu item. To see Mike's presentation charts, click on the "Download File" link below. To view the YouTube video of an Apollo on display at the 2014 Hershey Fall Meet, click the arrow in the center of the picture.
On March 7, 2024 Mike Hall, our club VP, gave a talk and presented a video on a little known 1967 GlamourBird known as the "Apollo". As with the stainless steel 1960 Thunderbird highlighted above, Mike and Brett Andrews authored an article based on Mike's presentation and supplemented it with additional details about this phenomenal car. That article will appear in the May 2024 TSWO club newsletter once published. TSWO newsletters can be found on this website under the "Club Newsletter" menu item. To see Mike's presentation charts, click on the "Download File" link below. To view the YouTube video of an Apollo on display at the 2014 Hershey Fall Meet, click the arrow in the center of the picture.
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The 1963 Thunderbird
"Principality of Monaco"
At our April 11, 2024 club meeting and for the third month in a row, our club T-bird connoisseur and vice president, Mike Hall, gave another intriguing presentation about a little-known special Thunderbird, the '63 Principality of Monaco. As some in our club but not all knew, we have one of these unique Thunderbirds in our club and it is owned by Tom Tirey and Gina Hoctor. To see Tom and Gina's special T-bird, go to the "Member T-Bird Gallery" menu item. To view Mike's full chart presentation, click on the " pdf Download File" link below. To view the video of a Principality of Monaco on display as the Car of the Week at the OC South Cars and Coffee, click the video link below.
"Principality of Monaco"
At our April 11, 2024 club meeting and for the third month in a row, our club T-bird connoisseur and vice president, Mike Hall, gave another intriguing presentation about a little-known special Thunderbird, the '63 Principality of Monaco. As some in our club but not all knew, we have one of these unique Thunderbirds in our club and it is owned by Tom Tirey and Gina Hoctor. To see Tom and Gina's special T-bird, go to the "Member T-Bird Gallery" menu item. To view Mike's full chart presentation, click on the " pdf Download File" link below. To view the video of a Principality of Monaco on display as the Car of the Week at the OC South Cars and Coffee, click the video link below.
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The 1961 Thunderbird
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car
On May 9, 2024, Mike Hall gave another presentation at our monthly club meeting on another little-known Thunderbird, a '61 T-bird that served as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 race. To view Mike's slide presentation, click on the .pdf file below. The see the 8mm film of the "61 Thunderbird Pace Car, click on the "Video" in the second link below.
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car
On May 9, 2024, Mike Hall gave another presentation at our monthly club meeting on another little-known Thunderbird, a '61 T-bird that served as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 race. To view Mike's slide presentation, click on the .pdf file below. The see the 8mm film of the "61 Thunderbird Pace Car, click on the "Video" in the second link below.
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'61 Thunderbird Indy Pace Car Video
The 1962 & 1963 Thunderbird Sports Roadsters
At our 13th June TSWO meeting, Mike, our club VP, gave another of his informative and educational presentation on the 1962/63 Thunderbirds Sports Roadsters. Below are two .pdf files of Mike's PowerPoint presentation and the two videos he also showed us. His presentation file had to be split into two files because as one file it exceeded the single file upload limit of 10mb permitted by the program owners (Weebly/Square). Part 1 contains Mike's narrative charts and multiple roadster pictures. Part 2 contains the remainder of the photos included in his presentation. Click on "Download Files" to see part 1 and part 2. Click the small arrow in the middle of the two pictures to view the videos.
At our 13th June TSWO meeting, Mike, our club VP, gave another of his informative and educational presentation on the 1962/63 Thunderbirds Sports Roadsters. Below are two .pdf files of Mike's PowerPoint presentation and the two videos he also showed us. His presentation file had to be split into two files because as one file it exceeded the single file upload limit of 10mb permitted by the program owners (Weebly/Square). Part 1 contains Mike's narrative charts and multiple roadster pictures. Part 2 contains the remainder of the photos included in his presentation. Click on "Download Files" to see part 1 and part 2. Click the small arrow in the middle of the two pictures to view the videos.
| the_1962_and_1963_t-bird_sports_roadsters_part_1.pdf |
| the_1962__and_1963_t-bird_sports_roadsters_part_2.pdf |
The 2002 Thunderbird
"Nieman-Marcus" Special Edition
At our July Club meeting Mike once again shared his knowledge of Thunderbirds by entertaining the group with a presentation on the 2002 Nieman-Marcus Special Edition Thunderbird. Below is a copy of his presentation and the accompanying video.
"Nieman-Marcus" Special Edition
At our July Club meeting Mike once again shared his knowledge of Thunderbirds by entertaining the group with a presentation on the 2002 Nieman-Marcus Special Edition Thunderbird. Below is a copy of his presentation and the accompanying video.
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The 2003 James Bond 007
Thunderbird Special Edition
At our September 12th club meeting our VP, Mike Hall, gave his monthly presentation on a unique Thunderbird. This month it was the James Bond 007 Special Edition. Click on the "Download File" link below to see Mike's complete presentation.
Thunderbird Special Edition
At our September 12th club meeting our VP, Mike Hall, gave his monthly presentation on a unique Thunderbird. This month it was the James Bond 007 Special Edition. Click on the "Download File" link below to see Mike's complete presentation.
| the_2003_james_bond_007_thunderbird_special_edition.pdf |
In addition, the presentation was accompanied by a YouTube video of an owner of a 007 retrobird being interviewed about his rare James Bond Edition. The YouTube video is entitled "268 ORIGINAL MILES ! 2003 Ford Thunderbird James Bond 007 & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile". "Click Here" to view the video.
The 2004 Thunderbird
Pacific Coast
Special Edition
At our 10 October club meeting, Mike gave us another presentation in his series on special and unique Thunderbirds. This installment highlighted the 2004 Pacific Coast Special Edition. To see Mike's full PowerPoint presentation, click here.
At the end of Mike's oral presentation, he showed a video of this special Thunderbird. Unfortunately, Mike's video was in the .mov format (movie) which the current version of our website build software will not support without upgrading to a more expensive version. So, I found a YouTube video to which our current website development software allows us to link. However, this video was produced by a car sales company, but it does do a decent job of showing off the Pacific Coast Thunderbird attributes. To view the video, click here.
Pacific Coast
Special Edition
At our 10 October club meeting, Mike gave us another presentation in his series on special and unique Thunderbirds. This installment highlighted the 2004 Pacific Coast Special Edition. To see Mike's full PowerPoint presentation, click here.
At the end of Mike's oral presentation, he showed a video of this special Thunderbird. Unfortunately, Mike's video was in the .mov format (movie) which the current version of our website build software will not support without upgrading to a more expensive version. So, I found a YouTube video to which our current website development software allows us to link. However, this video was produced by a car sales company, but it does do a decent job of showing off the Pacific Coast Thunderbird attributes. To view the video, click here.
The 2005 Thunderbird 50th Anniversary
Cashmere Special Edition
On November 14, Mike gave another insightful talk in his series on unique Thunderbirds. This month's he presented the 2005 Cashmere Edition Thunderbird. To see his full PowerPoint presentation, click here. Following his talk, Mike showed a video from a car dealership in Naples, Florida that highlighted the features of this special Thunderbird quite well. To view the video, click here.
Cashmere Special Edition
On November 14, Mike gave another insightful talk in his series on unique Thunderbirds. This month's he presented the 2005 Cashmere Edition Thunderbird. To see his full PowerPoint presentation, click here. Following his talk, Mike showed a video from a car dealership in Naples, Florida that highlighted the features of this special Thunderbird quite well. To view the video, click here.
