There were no roll up windows, just side curtains that leaked like a sieve.īy 55 when the Corvette got the V8 buyers were completely turned off by the cars reputation and they only produced 500 of them. The 53 - 55 Corvettes were great looking cars but the 53 and 54 only had 6 cylinder engines and the build quality was terrible. In 57 they were back to being a great little car.Įverybody thinks the Corvette walked all over the T-Bird in the early days but the 55s were pretty close with the performance edge going to Ford. If you went into a curve or corner too fast with a 56 you were going off the road backwards. In 56 Ford de-emphasized racing softened the suspension and hung a heavy continental kit on the back and then add 70 pounds of reinforcement to the rear frames because they were cracking. The 55s were hot for their day and good handling for their time and pretty quick with solid lifters.
I put some miles on 55-57 Birds back in the day.
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