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    Wixom Plant sold

    Time moves on. The factory where the retrobird and many other Ford Thunderbird models were built has now been sold:

    http://www.detnews.com/article/20090...470/1409/METRO

    http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=30961

    The following is not worth reading.
    http://www.automotiveworld.com/news/...an-energy-park
    Last edited by 5bird7; Sep 13, 2009, 07:07 AM.
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    Re: Wixom Plant sold

    [quote=5bird7;364012]Time moves on. The factory where the retrobird and many other Ford Thunderbird models were built has now been sold:

    http://www.automotiveworld.com/news/...an-energy-park[/quote]

    Ford has agreed to sell its idled Wixom assembly plant in Ohio to California company Clairvoyant Energy and Texan firm Xtreme Power. The new owners intend to produce energy storage systems and solar p...

    When did they move the plant to Ohio??????????
    Last edited by JAB02LHS; Sep 13, 2009, 06:52 AM.
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      Re: Wixom Plant sold

      lol, I didn't catch that part of that news line! Maybe I'll just remove that article from the list!
      looks like it was truncated from the original post on their site anyway.
      Last edited by 5bird7; Sep 13, 2009, 07:05 AM.
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      • #4
        Re: Wixom Plant sold

        Originally posted by 5bird7 View Post
        Time moves on. The factory where the retrobird and many other Ford Thunderbird models were built has now been sold:

        http://www.detnews.com/article/20090...470/1409/METRO

        http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=30961

        The following is not worth reading.
        http://www.automotiveworld.com/news/...an-energy-park

        Someone asked me some time ago if I know what may have hapened to the Bird that was sitting up on the roof at Wixom. Have no idea and not sure if it would have been just the shell of a Bird or the complete unit. Anyone on this site know ?
        MartinB.

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        • #5
          Re: Wixom Plant sold

          Sad.........
          TFORTWO

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          • #6
            Re: Wixom Plant sold

            I was at Wixom in late 2004 to watch the first Cashmere come off the line and it was quite an interesting experience and there was a lot of fan fair. The Water Wonderland Thunderbird Club was there with examples of Thunderbirds 55 thru 66 which were parked in the plant. They parked the Cashmere in the middle of all the oldies. That is when they announced that Wixom was being closed for good.

            Ford sent us home with some nice momentos of the day. Alas, it's over! Ford announced the Thunderbird was going on the shelf at least for now so maybe somewhere down the line they will come up with some other incarnation of the Thunderbird............perhaps a 4 seater if history repeats itself!
            Last edited by tbird6t4; Sep 13, 2009, 09:01 PM.

            Drive it like you stole it !!!

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              Ya never know... however, there someday should be another verrrry unique Thunderbird niche....
              TFORTWO

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              • #8
                Re: Wixom Plant sold

                Originally posted by snowbird View Post
                Someone asked me some time ago if I know what may have hapened to the Bird that was sitting up on the roof at Wixom. Have no idea and not sure if it would have been just the shell of a Bird or the complete unit. Anyone on this site know ?
                MartinB.
                I don't recall seeing any Thunderbird on the roof when we were there in 2005 but they did have cars on a display platform near the gate. the cars on that changed but don't know how often.
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                  WE were fortuate to be in two tours that YLO BRD conducted. They are well remembered. In addition to that, they spent the whole day that our 007 was on the line, took tons of pictures for us and sent them to us. We have a picture of a 007 and Lincoln in front of the plant. Tweety and mom to 03 007

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                  • #10
                    Re: Wixom Plant sold

                    Originally posted by 5bird7 View Post
                    I don't recall seeing any Thunderbird on the roof when we were there in 2005 but they did have cars on a display platform near the gate. the cars on that changed but don't know how often.
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                    • #11
                      Re: Wixom Plant sold

                      ahh, not a photo in my stash that I recall.
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                      • #12
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                        Thanks for that picture John: A little hard to make out but the white one looks like a Lincoln. Do you have any idea what the other two were ? Perhaps one of each model that they were producing so one may have been a Bird.
                        MartinB.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Wixom Plant sold

                          Originally posted by snowbird View Post
                          Thanks for that picture John: A little hard to make out but the white one looks like a Lincoln. Do you have any idea what the other two were ? Perhaps one of each model that they were producing so one may have been a Bird.
                          MartinB.

                          The one on the left looks to be a Torch Red retro Bird.
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                            The dark one is probably an LS.
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                            • #15
                              Re: Wixom Plant sold

                              The one not in the pic was a Yellow Ford GT, it was on the roof above the area they were built. And they were all there in 2005 when we were there. That was a Fun Day, does anybody remember going back in that one room or staging area where all the Ford GT's were built for the Rich and Famous and Movie Stars . Thanks, Rick

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