And while the fact is well disguised, the Thunderbird and Continental shared some glass and interior structure, aka black metal. (Learn more about the groundbreaking 1958-60 Thunderbirds here.) And the exterior sheet metal was all new, but with some obvious roots in the 1953 Ford X-100 dream car (read about it here) and the 1961 Lincoln Continental-especially in the nose and grille, as shown above. And the third-generation 1961-63 Thunderbirds, with their pure, projectile-like styling, will forever be known as the Bullet Birds.īuilt on a unit-construction body/chassis with 113-inch wheelbase, the Bullet Bird was similar in size and layout to the ’58-’60 Thunderbird, maintaining a winning formula. The second-generation four-seaters of 1958-60 won the name Square Birds. The original two-seat Thunderbirds of 1955-57 are called the Baby Birds. Somehow, the generations of Ford Thunderbird often manage to inspire nicknames. With their pure, projectile-like styling, the third-generation 1961-63 Thunderbirds have become known as the Bullet Birds.
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