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Thunderbird Club

#219,162
icefly said:
Nice car and color.
Was sold in Brazil, they are rare.

Jump a few years, to 70’s, there were Vw SP1 and SP2

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I have never seen one of those before. Looks good.
 
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PillO said:
We (much of the western world) are already in a recession. The politicians have not yet admitted such. Worse, for the last year, I have been seeing the signs of stagflation; the economists have finally caught up that they see "a risk". Welcome back to the 70s with high interest rates, decreases to real wages, high unemployment, and some shocks to government (tax) revenues.
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Strings are relatively cheap, neck dive is under control, Thunderbird prices are somewhat stable, but apparently new Gibson NR cases have skyrocketed of late.
 
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My recent acquiiton has a bit of a neck dive. Having a wide strap with suede backing helped. Might as well go all out and change the tuners to ultralights. Also found the bridge on the hipshot ebay store, the have blemishes that they sell. Got the ultralights with the mini clover there too for a good price. I know, its gold. I like it lol. All were drop in, neck dive cured (it wasnt much to begin with). Liking the roundwounds on it still, but man flats are calling me again.

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ColdEye said:
My recent acquiiton has a bit of a neck dive. Having a wide strap with suede backing helped. Might as well go all out and change the tuners to ultralights. Also found the bridge on the hipshot ebay store, the have blemishes that they sell. Got the ultralights with the mini clover there too for a good price. I know, its gold. I like it lol. All were drop in, neck dive cured (it wasnt much to begin with). Liking the roundwounds on it still, but man flats are calling me again.

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Blemished? Oh, yeah, I can see the zits from here.;)
 
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ColdEye said:
My recent acquiiton has a bit of a neck dive. Having a wide strap with suede backing helped. Might as well go all out and change the tuners to ultralights. Also found the bridge on the hipshot ebay store, the have blemishes that they sell. Got the ultralights with the mini clover there too for a good price. I know, its gold. I like it lol. All were drop in, neck dive cured (it wasnt much to begin with). Liking the roundwounds on it still, but man flats are calling me again.

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Those Dunlop Straploks really make the bass. But you do need them in gold and maybe some gold knobs.

STRAPLOK® STRAP RETAINERS DUAL DESIGN - GOLD
 
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Stealth57 said:
I have no memory of that. I must have been in another country for a few weeks :)...truthfully, never saw the end of the '89 Battle of the Bay series since it was delayed due to the earthquake and by the time it resumed I was in Spain...apparently, beisbol isn't a big deal in Spain since they don't kick the ball.
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No, here we have the opium of the ignorants; Soccer. The way people worship Soccer "starlets" here is sickening. It's like a cult.
 
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PaleAngel_90 said:
What car is that an old Porsche?
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That’s a Karmann Ghia. Basically an air cooled VW Beetle with a sports car body. They were designed by Ghia (Italian) and hand built at the Karmann factory in Germany (that also did the VW convertibles) on a slightly wider Beetle floor pan.(56-74)
Unfortunately in those days, there was no rust proofing applied at the factory, so the ones that ended up in wet climates deteriorated quickly. I replaced most of the bottom 10 inches of mine with new sheet metal.
 
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