percent of t-birds

[ewclement]

Does anyone know what percnt of 55-57 all Fords were 55-57 t-birds and what percent of 02-05 all Fords were 02-05 retro birds?

ewclement

[Treken]

Re: percent of t-birds

Dot is the one to answer this but I will try...


There where 68,098 Thunderbirds made between 2002 and 2005 (June 5th.2001 to July 1st.2005)

16,155 1955
15,631 1956
21,380 1957
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53,166 Thunderbirds made between 1955 to 1957...


Total Thunderbirds made from Sept 9th.1954 to July 1st.2005 was 4,325,619

[snowbird]

Re: percent of t-birds

Does anyone know what percnt of 55-57 all Fords were 55-57 t-birds and what percent of 02-05 all Fords were 02-05 retro birds?

ewclement

Ford production for the years '55, '56,'57 as follows.
1955 production cars, 1,435,002 (includes t'birds)
1956 "" "" , 1,392,847 (includes t'birds)
1957 "" "" , 1,655,068 (includes t'birds)

note: these numbers do not include the Lincoln devision.

T'Bird numbers were given in post #2, so you can do the math.

Do not have numbers for the '02 to '05 Ford production yet
MartinB..

[LARRYH]

Re: percent of t-birds

Check me if I am wrong---the new T-birds were mamufactured in the WIXOM ASS PLANT which had been a LINCOLN PLANT. I have no idea where the 50`s birds were built??

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

Re: percent of t-birds

I WILL GIVE THIS A TRY, FROM MEMORY, THUNDERBIRDS WERE BUILT:
55-57 DEARBORN ASSEMBLY PLANT
58-76 WIXOM ASSEMBLY PLANT
77-79 CHICAGO AND LOS ANGLES ASSEMBLY PLANTS
80-82 CHICAGO AND LORAIN ASSEMBLY PLANTS
83-97 LORAIN ASSEMBLY PLANT
02-05 WIXOM ASSEMBLY PLANT

DOT, AM I RIGHT?

[5bird7]

Re: percent of t-birds

I think so, Ron. Don't know anything about the assembly of the tbirds for the late 70s to 90s birds.

[Treken]

Re: percent of t-birds

Here is some more research that I collected if anyone is interested...

1st. generation - Classic Birds
1955-16,155
1956-15,631
1957-21,380
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Total = 53,166

2nd. generation - Square Birds
1958-37,892
1959-67,456
1960-92,843
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Total = 198,191

3rd. generation - Bullet Birds
1961-73,051
1962-78,011
1963-63,313
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Total = 214,373

4th. generation - Flair Birds
1964-92,465
1965-74,972
1966-69,176
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Total = 236,613

5th. generation- Big Birds
1967-77,956
1968-64,931
1969-49,272
1970-50,364
1971-36,055
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Total = 278,058

6th. generation - Bigger Birds
1972-57,814
1973-87,269
1974-58,443
1975-42,685
1976-52,935
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Total = 299,146

7th. generation- Birds of a Feather
1977-318,140
1978-352,751
1979-284,141
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Total = 955,032

8th. generation- Box Birds
1980-156,803
1981-86,693
1982-45,142
______________
Total = 288,638

9th. generation - Aero Birds
1983-121,999
1984-170,551
1985-151,852
1986-165,965
1987-128,135
1988-147,243
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Total = 885,745

10th. generation ?
1989-122,909
1990-114,040
1991-84,719
1992-75,149
1993-130,750
1994-121,082
1995-115,397
1996-112,302
1997-85,276
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Total = 961,624

11th. generation - Retro Birds
2002-31,368
2003-14,678
2004-12,757
2005-9,295
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Total = 68,098

Here is another stat... Less than 1 in 35 made were 2 seaters...

[robbie199]

Re: percent of t-birds

05 being the fewest produced for any year including year of introduction...

[snowbird]

Re: percent of t-birds

So, back to the original question from 'ewclement',

""" Does anyone know what percent of 55-57 all Fords were 55-57 t-birds and what percent of 02-05 all Fords were 02-05 retro birds? """


For 1955, if my calculations are correct, The percentage of '55 Birds of the total 1955 Ford production would be 1.13%. For '56 it would be 1.12% and for '57 it would be 1.29%.

Still trying to find total Ford production for the 2002, 03, 04, and 05 years. I would venture to guess that total Ford production for these years was much higher than back in the 50's, so the percentage of Retro Birds would probably be much lower than the 'baby birds'. Does anyone have those numbers.

MartinB.

[Treken]

Re: percent of t-birds

05 being the fewest produced for any year including year of introduction...

Yes...

1 in 465 of all Thunderbirds ever made...

That is .2% of all Thunderbirds made...