May 16
The 1978 Thunderbird didn't just pull up; it materialized out of a heavy cloud of stage fog like a glorious land-yacht deity descending to Earth. That massive chrome grille, the hidden headlights, and a vinyl landau top so majestic it could comfortably hold its own zip code. Wetting down the asphalt to get that pristine mirror reflection is peak late-70s luxury marketing. It says, "Yes, I am ridiculously long, wildly inefficient, and absolutely magnificent."
Source: Ford Times, October 1978.
