Back when automakers let us remove half the roof for more driving fun.Although the T-top roof's heyday has come and gone, ...

At the same time, the Thunderbird doesn't seem as sappy as other ... a lever beneath each porthole. The top stows vertically on a rollaway cart that Ford provides for the purpose.

Ford chose gold for the one-millionth T-Bird because it looked like ... At 53 years old, the Thunderbird is far from perfect. Its vinyl top, once white, displays stains, while there are paint ...

Love driving this fun car. Maintenance has been an issue and will probably only get worse... Item: Like most modern cars, there are no grease points in the suspension. So when the little rubber ...

As a direct response, Ford created the Thunderbird ... could get an optional folding convertible top as well. Unfortunately, the early hardtop didn't include the porthole, although some ...

and that consumers shouldn't have to wait five years for every new advancement to be incorporated. In what may well be the finest platform makeover in Ford history, the Thunderbird delivers all ...

Yet, in 2002's "Die Another Day," a shiny new Ford Thunderbird was indeed ... Likewise, the 007 T-Bird came with both a black convertible soft-top and a slick white hardtop complete with opera ...

Mind you, it wouldn't have that many rivals in the United States, yet we reckon that if priced similarly to the modern-day open-top Ford Mustang, a fresh Thunderbird could become popular.

The Ford Thunderbird used to be a desirable ... more pedestrian 1967 T-Birds with upgrades like that blue Landau top, woodgrain interior accents, hilarious looking rear-seat reading lamps ...

Imagine overall T-top success in America if he'd killed production of the T/A. Ford's first "personal automobile" was the Thunderbird, and it offered the "T-Roof Convertible"—what the Blue Oval ...

Then Ford dropped off a T-Bird spray-painted in first-year-only Thunderbird Blue and kitted ... To the rear, the canvas top luxuriates in a yawning bay while the hindquarters take their time ...