So what exactly IS it about these cars?

[Lindy]

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...were the 2002's equipped with the Jaguar engine? Anybody know?

--Lindy

[SixPac]

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I don't know about the engine, but I do have a piece of paper from FoMoCo that shows the transmission in my late 2003 Desert Sky Blue was built in France.

[Welker]

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To me it is like recovering my lost 55 TBird without all the aging that old bird has suffered.....not to mention it was a six volt misery. The one I have now makes me feel like I used to feel in the 55 before we both lost our youth.

[MObird]

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The car looks as though it is in motion even when sitting still or in a picture.
THAT'S great design.

[RustyFrye]

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The car looks as though it is in motion even when sitting still or in a picture.
THAT'S great design.

..... or a photographer with an unsteady hand. HA! I KILL ME!

[UncleTurbo]

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My T'bird just takes me back in time. When I was a kid I knew every car on the road and the Lincoln Continental Mark II, 55 T'bird, 56 T'bird, and '57 T'birds were my favorites. The T'birds were just awesome cars and always a rare treat to see one. The look of my '04 T'bird is true enough to the original that it makes me smile. It is still a rare treat to see any 2 seat T'bird and they always make me smile.

[Johnny TBird]

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I AGREE WITH BRUCE....EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID......

Happy Trails

[CaliforniaBird]

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I work in Palm Springs every day and there quite a few retro birds out there, along with the Bently, Rolls, Jag, and every other exotic you can think of and the the Little Birds still get a ton of attention. I've had people in crosswalks stop and motion me to go ahead and then say as I drove by "I just wanted to look at your car" Not just owners who like them!

[timothy]

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I have been enjoying staring at the Retro TBirds since 02. I think a big part of it is the owners of them. I can't remember seeng one that looked "beat" or even dirty. There is so much pride in ownership.. They always look great' and I am so proud to be an owner myself now. TRowand

[capslock]

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Great stories people! Ford Publish these!

[5bird7]

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...were the 2002's equipped with the Jaguar engine? Anybody know?

--Lindy

not interchangeable but essentially same base block - heads and everything else - different.

[tbird6t4]

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My first Thunderbird experience was at age 10 when a relative showed up with a brand spanking new 1956 Black T-Bird. I went for a ride and swore I would own one someday. Never could afford an early Bird, but managed at the ripe old age of 21 in 1967 to buy a 1964 Thunderbird which I still have and love 42 years later. I purchased my 02 in 05 and low and behold it is Black........promise kept.

I don't drive, I THUNDERBIRD! Truely a unique experience in all the world.


Just to reinforce what everyone else has said here, it is a thrill to drive either one and a bigger thrill to see the looks on others faces when they see my Thunderbirds and flash the thumbs up!

[eboose7]

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I knew I had to own a two seat Thunderbird the day my parents took me to shop for groceries at a store that was holding a drawing for a brand new, black, 1956 Thunderbird 53 years ago. The car was a vision of loveliness as it sat perched on a wooden platform in front of the grocery store. I was nine years old and in love for the first time. There were no limits for me. There was no going overboard. Just sweet love for that gorgeous automobile.

Thus began a lifelong love affair with the first generation Thunderbird. I didn't have the largess to afford one then, and I couldn't talk my father into buying it for me. I had to wait 46 years. Fortunately for me, Ford decided to return to the original concept of the Thunderbird in 2002. By that time, I was blessed to be in a position to buy the model of my choice, a Torch Red Premium Edition with a full accent interior.

It's everything I ever wanted in an automobile. The way it looks, and satisfies, the 2002is the equal of the 56 in a contemporary way. That's reason enough to wait 46 years. And I experience the love firsthand each day I gaze upon the red beauty parked in my garage.