Thunderbird is a Modern Collectible

[5bird7]

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and the next challenge, Frits, is?

[FritsB]

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and the next challenge, Frits, is?

wrong thread...?

[5bird7]

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uh oh. computer is giving me fits!

[snowbird]

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dyslexia just a far fetched excuse in this case. bet all he remembered was the 8.

I checked what appeared to be his source and that source had the correct number.

Seems that 'proof readers' and 'spell checks' are no longer affordable by a lot of mags , newspapers etc.

[jerrym3]

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Any car, especially a two seater convertible, will eventually become a collector car.

Question is, how collectible? 57 Chevy status or 57 Dodge?

A lot depends on the buying and viewing public and the popularity of the car when it was new.

At the car shows I attend, the crowds gather around cars that were popular with the buying public "back then". You commonly hear "my dad/I/my uncle/Aunt Mary, etc owned one of them."

If my Galaxie weren't a convert, except for diehard Ford fans, I'd get little attention.

Some really nice cars don't get the appreciation they deserve.

Example, compare a Ford Galaxie with an Impala, same year and condition. Unless it's a really big block Galaxie, the Chevy wins, hands down. (Check out Mecum. Beautiful 62 Galaxie went for $8,500. 62 Impalas went for a lot more.)

But, no matter. By the time mine hits that magic 25 year mark, I'll be 85 years old, and probably not too concerned about resale value, collectibility, and cars in general. But, if my kids attend old car shows, I'll bet they'll get a kick out of seeing a car that their dad once owned.

[Rondor]

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Good article and I agree. Any limited production car espcially a 2 seated roadster is destined to always have a market and a realative higher value. Then the variables come into play as to how much value. Very few reach a value higher than the original price, but enjoying owning and driving make up the difference. I haven't seen anything in the past that is a guarentee too the future in any collectables.

[HMGBRD]

Modern collectibles revealed: 11th Generation 2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird

Interesting article

http://www.tflcar.com/2011/12/mo.html

[2K2BIRD]

Re: Modern collectibles revealed: 11th Generation 2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird

Yep, been talking about it a couple of days or so.

http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/forum...ad.php?t=32861

[Markies]

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This is a good article and we all should be appreciative of the praise. But, I would guess not that many of us bought our T-Bird for it potential appreciation as a collector car. I would think that we are a bunch of "drivers" that like the way these roadsters handle and the feel of the wind in our face when crusing????

Markie

[FEsTbird]

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I think we were motivated like the collectors are by a two seat convertible car--especially when it has a hard top with port hole windows. Just early to own it and enjoying it!!!

If I still own it when mine reaches 25 I will be 90. Not really expecting to do much driving then, I hope I can get to the grocery store and back.

[BlakkazBird]

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Good article which I agree with. I've had my 2003 Thunderbird for four months and have entered it into three local car shows, which it placed in all three. I was worried when I entered it in my first contest, that it was to new, etc... It only took a short amount of time that I changed my mind. Persons of all ages commented on the appearance and when seeing the V8 under the hood, most were impressed. I have had people in parking lots come up and tell me they really like the car (men and women). If a Thunderbird gets this much attention and interest now, it will only increase as time passes.

[jerrym3]

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Wonder how parts availability might affect collectability?

Mechanically, being a close cousin to the LS will help, but, a great many parts will not be available.

With relatively low production figures, it doesn't make much economic sense for smaller companies to reproduce parts, like they do for Mustangs.

[Lindy]

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This brief article (in my interpretation) nailed all the strong points of the final generation of T-Bird for the collector: Desirability (it's design "DNA"), that is, it's royal lineage, plus its a two door, its a soft-top and a hard-top with the signature port-hole. Rarity is some 68K units, only 37,000 of the '03-'05's, fun factor (x3), public acclaim and iconoclastic recoginition. Great analysis!

Lindy

[Rondor]

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Wonder how parts availability might affect collectability?

Mechanically, being a close cousin to the LS will help, but, a great many parts will not be available.

With relatively low production figures, it doesn't make much economic sense for smaller companies to reproduce parts, like they do for Mustangs.

History doesn't show that to be true. While there may be a period of limited availabilty todays manufacturing technology makes re producing much more viable than 20 years ago, Pick up a toda'ys car mag and look for the ads that wre unheard of not long ago, and for a mu.ch more limited market than our retro's. I am continuosly amaized at what comes on the market and still ask how can they do it

[AZTB]

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GOOD ARTICLE, BUT WONDER WERE THE FOUR EXTRA INCAS CAME FROM?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWqi9...eature=related