1956 Ford Thunderbird
The 1956 Thunderbird offered minimal changes from the previous year, the most notable including a new rear bumper, a winged badge on the nose, new taillights, front fender vents to keep the passenger compartment cooler, new interior seat, and door panels and new exterior colors. Like Corvette, Ford quickly learned that more power equated to more sales—newly optional was a 312 cu. in. V-8 producing 215 hp with manual transmission and 225 hp with the Ford-O-Matic automatic transmission.
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The 1956 Thunderbird offered minimal changes from the previous year, the most notable including a new rear bumper, a winged badge on the nose, new taillights, front fender vents to keep the passenger compartment cooler, new interior seat, and door panels and new exterior colors. Like Corvette, Ford quickly learned that more power equated to more sales—newly optional was a 312 cu. in. V-8 producing 215 hp with manual transmission and 225 hp with the Ford-O-Matic automatic transmission.