The car was mostly summer driven and stored for the majority of its life, so it was complete when it arrived at Driven Restorations in late 2018. The Thunderbird fulfilled its duties faithfully for three decades until mechanical issues forced the family to park it the early 1990s. The Colonial White car was purchased in 1961 for the current owner’s mom to use as a daily driver, thus earning the name “Mom’s T-Bird.” They’ve built everything from muscle cars to classic trucks, many of which have sentimental value to their owners. Steve and Molly opened Randoph, WI-based Driven Restorations in 2009. Steve and Molly Gursky of Driven Restorations are hard at work getting a 1959 Ford Thunderbird finished in time to make the show. It remained the only two-seat convertible Thunderbird until the eleventh-generation was unveiled in 2002.The 2019 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV is less than four months away, something the folks building display vehicles for the show know all too well. While light weight for its era and fitted with a standard V8 engine, the Thunderbird focused more on driver comfort than speed, and was not a direct rival to either the Corvette or European sports cars. The car built upon the heritage of the bespoke roadsters of the 1930s, yet was constructed largely of existing components, marking the first step toward the evolution of the personal luxury car as a mass market segment in the United States. Dubbed a "a personal car of distinction" by Ford, this appellation was also used by the motoring press at the time. The Corvette in turn was developed in response to the popularity of European sports cars among Americans. It was developed in response to the 1953 Motorama display at the New York Auto Show, which showed the Chevrolet Corvette. The first generation of the Ford Thunderbird is a two-seat convertible produced by Ford for the 1955 to 1957 model year, the first 2-seat Ford since 1938.
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