San Clemente woman can't recall a time when her '57 Thunderbird wasn't a part ... - OCRegister
Lorem ipsum dolor Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu sit amet quam egestas semper. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu sit amet quam egestas semper. Kelly Lynn doesn’t blare the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” from the stereo when she drives her 1957 Thunderbird. Lynn, 52, has been driving – or riding in – the car for a long time. It was purchased used in Costa Mesa by her father as a gift to her mother around the time Lynn was born and was given to Lynn in the mid-1980s as a college graduation present. Later, when Lynn got her driver’s license, she took her driver’s test in the T-Bird. Chevrolet had launched the Corvette in 1953, and Ford needed a two-seater of its own to compete. It was never described by Ford as a sports car, rather the company marketed the T-Bird as a “personal car,” that was more refined and offered more features than the Corvette. Celebrities took to the sleek convertible immediately – Frank Sinatra was an early owner – but the ride of the so-called “Little Bird” was short and ended with the 1957 model. Ford wanted more sales volume than a two-seater could ever provide, so it was replaced by the four-seat Thunderbird in 1958. That made the two-seater an instant classic, a status. Source: www.ocregister.com
