FREEDOM — Bill Bates has two beautiful vintage Ford Thunderbirds parked side by side in a nondescript garage in the Owen County town of Freedom. Bill Bates has owned this 1959 Ford Thunderbird for a ...

A new Thunderbird came out in 1964, but Ford operated several big changes in the following years, including an optional 428 FE engine with 345 horsepower offered alongside the standard 390 with 300 ...

Ford operated several big changes on the Thunderbird in 1967, and the new cars weren't only longer and heavier but also launched without a convertible flavor. The American carmaker launched a new four ...

The Ford Mustang and GT40 may be the brand’s models that Carroll Shelby is most associated with, but his interest in its cars went even further than that. A 1966 Thunderbird Town Landau that belonged ...

FREEDOM — Bill Bates has two beautiful vintage Ford Thunderbirds parked side by side in a nondescript garage in the Owen County town of Freedom. When he heard a local filmmaker was shooting a movie ...