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Just a bit of unverified trivia regarding the 'Thunderbird' name. I read somewhere recently that Triumph 'owned' the name 'Thunderbird' back in the 50's and licensed Ford to use it at their request for a car they were designing. This is akin to a verified bit of similar trivia regarding how Triumph (the separate car company) received permission from Supermarine to use the name 'Spitfire' and a new sports car they were about to market, which was up to that time, code-named the 'Bomb.'
Very interesting John.
But I think with too much Ford/Triumph/ Supermarine stuff bouncing around you got a little mixed up.
I think that it was the Ford Pinto code-named "The Bomb"
 
Last edited by bigbill; 09/12/2008 1:04 PM.
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