Gone was the 427, in was Chevrolet’s new pavement pounding 454ci V8! This was the biggest news for the 1970 Corvette. The four-speed manual transmission was made standard, replacing the former three-speed.
Ford had beaten Chevrolet in the sales war with their Thunderbird outselling the Corvette for the first three years of the Thunderbirds existence. The Thunderbird was quickly becoming a crowd favorite, production numbers and sales would prove that to be true for years to come.
The Ford Thunderbird had done everything Ford intended for it to do. It captured the hearts of America, brought people into Ford showrooms so they could see it first hand and marvel at the craftsmanship of this fine automobile.