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Don't get too excited though.

Thunderbird is one of Ford’s most significant car nameplates from the past. The name was used on a number of different cars, ranging from a two-place roadster to a big, four-door sedan. We even had the idea that it may be a good alternative to the Mustang Mach-E for Ford’s first all-electric crossover because the thunder portion of that name creates an immediate association with electricity.

Unfortunately, Thunderbird disappeared from the Blue oval’s lineup in 2005 when a two-passenger convertible with that name was discontinued. It turns out that Ford hasn’t completely forgotten about the moniker as a recent patent, unearthed by MuscleCarsAndTrucks, shows the company has reacquired an old Thunderbird trademark.

Ford Patenting Old (And New) Names:

Ford’s original patent for the name dates back to June 23, 1956, and for some reason, the automaker abandoned it in March last year. Then, just a few days ago - on January 16 this year, the company decided it wants to protect Thunderbird again and filed a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The trademark application hasn’t been approved yet and “has not yet been assigned to an examiner.”

Unfortunately - as exciting as this trademark filing sounds - it is probably not related to any production or concept model coming soon. Of course, we don’t know Ford’s exact plans and there might be something in the cards for later this decade, but we wouldn’t bet on it.

If you let us speculate just for a minute, we’d love to see a large four-door all-electric sedan from Ford wearing the Thunderbird moniker. As MuscleCarsAndTrucks points out, if the company can call a high-riding EV a Mustang, then nothing is impossible for the Thunderbird name.

Source: USPTO via MuscleCarsAndTrucks

Although Thunderbird will run on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or above, the latest installers for Thunderbird require Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Windows Vista with update KB2763674. To work around this issue, a two-step process is necessary to install the latest version of Thunderbird. Windows XP and Vista users should follow these steps:

1. Download and install Thunderbird up to version 38.5.0 (link to download).
2. After installing this version you can use the Thunderbird updater to install the latest version of Thunderbird. See the article Updating Thunderbird for details.

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On Windows XP SP3 or up-to-date Vista operating systems, you can download the full installer for the latest version of Thunderbird from https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/

For example, to download the Thunderbird 38.6.0 Windows English (US) full installer, navigate to /38.6.0/win32/en-US/ and choose the file Thunderbird Setup 38.6.0.exe.

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