CuriousCarl
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- Thunderbird Year
- 1955
Hello,
I found your forum after extensive searching to try and identify the back of a 1955 Thunderbird. I would really appreciate any and all help. So here's the backstory. This car (pictured) in my great grandmother's garage for... a long time (as evidenced by the condition). I know VERY little about cars or Thunderbirds. I've learned a bit trying to identify the back portion of the car but I'm still stumped.
I'm fairly certain this is a 1955. The front sides have no flaps, and the exhausts are '55. I was also told that it's a 1955. However after that, it gets a bit strange. The back has an exterior spare tire which wasn't available on the '55. So it has to be a continental kit, right? Except no kits I've found online look like this one. The taillights are extended and there's no seam where a kit would have been attached. All the '55 continental kits I've seen online have the exhausts extended but not the taillights. There are also two radio antennas on the back which is abnormal. There's also two emblems on the front (the crossed flags and the Thunderbird) which is odd.
Does anybody happen to know what this is?
Thank you for any and all help.
I found your forum after extensive searching to try and identify the back of a 1955 Thunderbird. I would really appreciate any and all help. So here's the backstory. This car (pictured) in my great grandmother's garage for... a long time (as evidenced by the condition). I know VERY little about cars or Thunderbirds. I've learned a bit trying to identify the back portion of the car but I'm still stumped.
I'm fairly certain this is a 1955. The front sides have no flaps, and the exhausts are '55. I was also told that it's a 1955. However after that, it gets a bit strange. The back has an exterior spare tire which wasn't available on the '55. So it has to be a continental kit, right? Except no kits I've found online look like this one. The taillights are extended and there's no seam where a kit would have been attached. All the '55 continental kits I've seen online have the exhausts extended but not the taillights. There are also two radio antennas on the back which is abnormal. There's also two emblems on the front (the crossed flags and the Thunderbird) which is odd.
Does anybody happen to know what this is?
Thank you for any and all help.
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