1952-59 Ford Fords from the past.

Must be sit on the fender of a T Bird day somewhere, needs to be a national holiday!

 

Some places also celebrate sit on the bumper of a T Bird day!

 

Some places include models other than T Birds in the celebration!

 

Sit on a Little Bird Day!

 

For those who prefer to celebrate in a more comfortable variation of the national sit on a T Bird day - there is also a sit on the seat day!

 

Annette?

 

Yes, Annette Funicello. A few more...

 

Not quite a Ford but Annette......

 

The picture of the purple car is a 57, not a 56 as the photo caption says. She really is in love with the car and that's what is important!

 

Thanks for the clarification. I missed that. The 57's fins are visible on the picture of the purple car. The captioned picture shows a 57 grill.

Pictures borrowed from the Porthole Authority.
http://www.portholeauthority.com/thunderbirdETC/tbird/tbirddesc.html

 

I had a huge crush on her and was devastated when she died. A beautiful woman and a fine actress. Good taste in cars, too.

 

Painted by Larry Watson..

 

What is that mad man up to? PUT DOWN THE GUN AND SURRENDER!

 

The kids want everyone to remember Mom on Mothers Day!

 

Louisville, KY

 

A few more from Louisville, KY

 

Watch out for that cat!

 

Toronto

 

This has probably been posted already, if so sorry. My car was built in Mahwah on Dec31st 1955, probably by these guys working on the longroof.





July 20, 1955: The****embly line at the Ford Motor Company’s new plant in Mahwah, N.J., during the first week it was open. The plant promised to produce as many as 800 cars and 250 trucks in a one-shift day, reported The Times, replacing a Ford plant in Edgewater, N.J., which on the day of the Mahwah opening rolled out its 1,817,938th and last vehicle. Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times

 

Picture and description from Old Cars. Maybe this inspired some of the amusement park rides. https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/car-of-the-week-1956-ford-fairlane
This strange device undergoing testing is an automobile roll-over simulator. Being put through its paces at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, it features a 1956 Ford four-door sedan body mounted between two turntables, which rotate while recording the motion of the “dummy” occupying the front seat. Another dummy (right), representing a six-year-old child, was also used in the tests. Getty Images