This particular Thunderbird was a Tennessee car it's entire life until this past summer when I bought it and took it to Georgia. This car is 1 of 750 built in 1994 with the 5-speed manual transmission. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all.Up for sale is my 1994 Ford Thunderbird SC. "He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. "My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community," said Bill Ford, Jr., Ford's current executive chairman.
He retired and assumed the position of director emeritus in 2005. In a 2013 Detroit Free Press story, retired CFO Allan Gilmour said Ford had an eye for design, and was once able to pick out when a fiberglass model of a Ford Contour was asymmetrical, off by an inch on one side. Ford also held a position as chairman of the design committee, as well as the chairman of the executive committee and vice chairman of the Board of Directors during his tenure with the company. He was 88.įord spent 57 years with his grandfather's company, joining the board of directors in 1948 before graduating from college. William Clay Ford, retired vice chairman of Ford Motor Company and the last surviving grandchild of company founder Henry Ford, died this morning after a bout with pneumonia. His 210.364 mph record had stood for 26 years until now. That's enough to annihilate the previous record that was set, also under Ford power, by Bill Elliott while placing his Thunderbird on pole for the 1987 Daytona 500 that he would go on to win. The car, released just last week, is powered by a new 3.5-liter turbocharged V6 from Ford's EcoBoost family, and just obliterated the top speed at the track with a blistering 222.971 miles per hour through the traps. What you're looking at is the new Daytona Prototype being prepared by Riley Technologies for the new United SportsCar Championship. But this - this is the fastest car ever to lap the legendary raceway. heck, the infield lake has even hosted powerboat racing. Some mighty machines have lapped the banks of the Daytona International Speedway over the years: thunderous V8-powered stock cars, Le Mans-conquering Group C prototypes, open-wheel Champ Cars, knee-dragging superbikes. Ford EcoBoost smashes records at Daytona Thu,
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