Is your T Bird the color you really wanted?

[V8 Cat]

Re: Is your T Bird the color you really wanted?

YES! My preference would be the evening black, but since it is really my wife's car, she wanted the medium steel blue (we had the choice between the two) over any other color. Since the MSB was one of MY top two or three colors, it only made sense to get it.

[FUN X 3]

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Yes, Thuderbird Blue was my only choice. I added the white hardtop later to complete my ideal combination. If I couldn't have this color combo, then a PCR would be my next choice.

[Leroy]

Re: Is your T Bird the color you really wanted?

I wanted EB with full Black interior, but when I found my 04 with only 7K miles on it and the partial Red interior, it was just perfect. The only thing was it was born topless. Now I've got a MSG hard top for it and I had every intention of getting it painted EB but everyone likes it MSG and so do I. So now I have a NM clone. Leroy

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[EpTxGuy]

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I love my torch red thunderbird, but I wish it had the two-tone interior. As long as I'm rubbing the genie lamp, I also wish I had a white hardtop instead of red. But all things considered, I'm happy with my bird.

[justjon]

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I wanted a red one but I am really glad I got a black one. More sophisticated and less in your face for a daily driver and of course faster.

[Dizzbe]

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When I finally got mine I had already pondered over and lost out on two year old on the lot "new" birds. One was Mountain Shadow Grey, the next was black with a white hard top and white interior accents. Both were beautiful, but both were sold out from under me.

Then I saw the current year Merlot, and it was my TAH DAH moment. I knew right then and there that this was my car color. LOVED it then and LOVE it now.

[texasbird]

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Black with the full red interior became my favorite from the point when I first started looking. That color combination reminded me of a T-Bird toy from my childhood that probably cost no more that maybe $.29 when new. The body and bumbers were 1-piece molded black plastic. The chassis and interior was 1-piece molded red plastic and the 2 pieces snapped together. 2 metal axles and 4 tires completed the assembled toy. Having always preferred toy cars and trucks over guns or plastic figurines, I probably had other color combinations of the same toy, but the black and red is the one I remember most vividly.

In the summer of 2006, I was about to pay off a Ford Ranger Edge that I didn't particularly like. We had co-signed for the truck for my son, and as soon as the new wore off he lost interest, so I had reclaimed it in order to maintain my personal credit rating.

I had followed the retrobird from it's earliest proposal, and even ended up with one of the yellow 1:18 scale prototype models that were on toy store shelves in 1999. Unable to afford a new one, I did many internet searches for used ones and the black and red was the color choice that continually perked my interest. "Texasbird" was found at Park Place Motors in Dallas in the summer of 2006, shortly after I had received a job promotion. When I showed the Cars.com listing to Linda, she fell in love with it as well.

We contacted the Dealership that Saturday afternoon about holding the car and arranging for an appointment. I sought Blue Book estimates on the Ranger so I would know what to anticipate, and drove it to Dallas the following Monday in case the car ended up being "the one." Their appraisal and offer on the Ranger was within $200.00 of its high end value by Blue Book, so we worked the deal and made the purchase after the initial test drive and inspection of the T-bird.

The comments we've received and the friends we've made along the way (especially through TBN) as a result of the purchase of the car have been icing on the cake. If I had room for more, I would also like to get my hands on a Coral 007 and a Cashmere, but not let go of this one in the process. In reality I don't see that happening, but one can always dream, can't they?

[AZTB]

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I special ordered it, so yes. IG was the last color produced on the 2-seaters back in '57 and it was the last color introduced in 2005, not to mention the lowest number (82). I have one of only 3 that was purchased in this combination: IG body, white HT, partial white interior and SS transmission.

[5bird7]

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We special ordered our Tbird blue with full blue accent and white hardtop so YES, it's the color we wanted.

[Mark501]

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White with Black Accents is what I wanted and got. Looking back, Vintage Mint Green looks good to me as a runner-up!

[SixPac]

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After going thru a 2002 WW and a 2003 DSB, we finally got a color that we are happy with.........the Monterey Mist Green.

[WyrdBird]

Re: Is your T Bird the color you really wanted?

Nope.

I wanted British Racing Green.

Might still two-tone it with BRG on the bottom half.

[BirdsAndBugs]

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I had fond memories of a silver Thunderbird friends of mine owned back in the 70's. I would have preferred silver, but Mountain Shadow Grey was the closest to that color at the time and I've always been fond of charcoal gray cars.

[007Cruiser]

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YES....my dealer had a huge selection with every color available. Narrowed it down to a MSG with saddle interior and the 007. The rest as they say is history. After nearly nine years I haven't regretted my choice once.

[Rondor]

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I had never seen a PCR untill we found this one. I looked at dozens of pic's of the car but didn't get a true appreciation of it until we saw it.. The amaizing thing is how much it grew on us in a few days. My wife has said many times that she would never sell it, like she did her 67 mustang convert. It was white with blue interior and I have never seen another one, but there has to be one somewhere. She actually likes the bird better,,,, never thought I'd see that. I still may get a red or black one.