Thunderbird truisms

[Ediron]

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When you live in S.Fl. it rains when you have your sunglasses on.Try wiping down your Bird after washing and it starts to rain with the sun out.

Went to a furniture store today with the girlfriend.The salesgirl was a bit of a goofball . As we were going out the door she called and gave me her card . When I was leaving in the Bird she came out of the store gave a small low hand wave.My girlfriend gave a wave also ,a stiff left to my right arm for waving back.

These cars can get you into trouble.

[BJHEN]

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I'm a fairly new T-Bird owner but I can see that I am developing some obsessions that may become truisms. I suspect the longer I own the T-Bird the more obsessive about it I'll become.

Twice this week we (Bonnie & I) have found a GOOD reason to put the top down and go somewhere after sundown - it's cooler then because we live in South Texas. We find ourselves just enjoying an evening cruise - something we haven't done in years.

I always look back at the T-Bird after parking it and walking away.

I have washed, polished, waxed, treated the leather & vinyl, and cleaned and protected the softtop more on the T-Bird in the past month than I have done to my other vehicle in the past five years.

I seem to always have a big grin on my face; even more so when I'm driving the T-Bird.

I worry about the extra miles we are putting on the T-Bird when cruising and the extra gas we are burning just for a pleasure drive but not enough to stop driving it. Its my money, I worked 30 years for it and now I'm going to enjoy it.

Before getting the T-bird, when I would see a nice car parked cockeyed and taking up two parking space to avoid someone parking close to them, I would always think the driver must be a snob. I guess I am now a snob.

[Monty]

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Let's face it, Dot. We're all perfectionists and the birds are just part of our obsession.

[Chuck]

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If you have noticed an imperfection from the factory anywhere on the car your eyes immediately focus on that "spot" when walking by the car

[Daktari]

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Hi there,

Since we got our T-bird, it is the first time we have found ourselves always taking the camera and searching for impresive back drops to make interesting 'T-bird Portraits'.

Ok, I still take a lot of pictures of our grand kids but now, instead of a nice landscape, it is always a nice landscape with 'FLYAWAY' our black T-Bird, being featured in the foreground.

I know that lots of ya'll do this too, - admit it...

Gordon.

[David M 7173]

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My T-Bird stays in it's own garage with hard wood flooring, and I park on the carpet I put down. I have to go out and check on the Bird.
David

[Borla Babe]

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If you want fast, and if you want pretty, buy THUNDERBIRD BLUE!

[AZTB]

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If you want fast, and if you want pretty, buy THUNDERBIRD BLUE!

Oh, oh...here we go!

(BTW, my car, with photos, is in this weekend's Arizona Republic and PART of the story is that MY color is the rarest color for the Birds! )

[Borla Babe]

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Oh, oh...here we go!

(BTW, my car, with photos, is in this weekend's Arizona Republic and PART of the story is that MY color is the rarest color for the Birds! )

Wow Jim, keep us posted on that, and send us a link when the article comes out.
BTW, also I should probably contact the Arizona Republic and ask for whoever is responsible for that article, and let him know that they might be right about the Inca being the rarest color, BUT .....that THUNDERBIRD BLUE is the prettiest and the fastest!

[AZTB]

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...you baited me...let's see if I can be like ol' blue, that huge bluegill in my uncle's pond that refused to take the bait!

[5bird7]

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looks like we're off target a little bit but, JIM, do let me know if they post the article. Do you have a website for them?

(truism - if you post about an article, Dot or Steve's going to ask "Where" and pant, pant, pant)

[Ol'Dave]

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when you clean your Bird everyday, even though it probably doesn't need it (according to others)

when you always look back, more rthan just once, when you dare to actually park it somewhere.

when in the middle of the night you can't sleep, so you go to the garage instead of the refridgerator.

when you sit in our hobby room, and think of differnt ways to display them, but them realize you just can't move just one. Sooo, you sit and stare around the room, grin, then leave.

when at gatherings of Birds, you nonsalauntly examine the other ones for their cleanliness, then snicker to yourself that they missed that obvoius spot (hood latch, behind hood hinges, wheel weels, etc. And to top it off, you wait for the right moment, and reach in behinf the spokes of a wheel to see if the really love there Bird.

Yes I am a Thunderbird Nut.........and Proudly can say, I'll alway's be one....:)

[Chuck]

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Ok here's one --> when one of your buddies birds gets a blemish, every time you look at your bird you immediately think of them and are as bummed about it as you would be if it were you

[MObird]

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You have a long list of very good reasons why you do not have a front plate on your car if you live in a 2-plate state in case you get stopped.

[ge0rge]

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Members' poll:

Do you have more bling-bling in your T-Bird than in your house?

YES

NO

WHAT'S BLING-BLING?

Fess up!