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Thunderbird Club
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Since we’re all revealing:
1982-Sophomore HS
1995’ish Paradise Lounge SF:
The long hair came off in 2006 at 40yrs old. Glad to have done it.
2020, teaching my cat about beer…
disclaimer, he only gets a tiny bit off the very top of the bottle neck.. essentially the moisture left from when I took a sip…
1982-Sophomore HS
1995’ish Paradise Lounge SF:
The long hair came off in 2006 at 40yrs old. Glad to have done it.
2020, teaching my cat about beer…
disclaimer, he only gets a tiny bit off the very top of the bottle neck.. essentially the moisture left from when I took a sip…
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There was a time in the late 70s early 80s where they were not the hot six-figure cars they are today (adjusted for inflation!). I knew of guy that had six of them and lived in maybe a 1,100sf house in a very modest area. He would snap them up, fix them up and stored most of them someplace. At some point they took off and prices went crazy. Heck, when the first came out dealers had a hard time selling them and often had to discount them to get rid of them.
I have had items delivered to me and to the stores. One item delivered to my house was damaged and they took it back no problem. I ordered a combo amp and two of the wheels were snapped off during shipping. They credited me back a fair amount IMO. Didn't need to argue or anything. The manager offered the credit and we completed the deal.
About 1984. Not too long after meeting my then to be wife my hair kept getting shorter. Given how short it is I must have known her for a while. I think all my long hair photos were ruined in a flood. Would have been 23 here.
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I’ve bought scores of guitars from GC. I always have the guitar delivered to the store nearest me. Fewer porch pirates there, and I can pick it up at my convenience vs having to wait all day at home for UPS. I never bother to inspect at the store. Their return policy does not require any explanation for the return. I’ve never bothered to renegotiate a price if I wasn’t satisfied, I’d just return it and move on. On my last GC purchase that I returned I was not reimbursed the shipping costs, just purchase price and tax, not sure if that’s a new policy or just a store error. Good news is their shipping costs are exceptionally low, I think it was about $25. Inspect it when you get home and aren’t rushed, keep it, or return it if you want.
My '69 had the Super Bee stripe & six pack hood when I got it.
It had been used as a drag car at some point, and had some things missing, like all the original a/c stuff.
The engine that had been put in after its racing days were over was a 318 from a Dodge Diplomat police interceptor. One of the ones that came bored 30 over and with factory modded 360 heads. Had the cop car trans too, it had a different torque converter and shift mods compared to non-interceptors.
With 2.76? 2.72? gears, it'd barely get out of it's own way from a stop, but on the highway..... it'd blow past 140 (mph) and keep going for just as long as the driver was brave
By the time I parted with it, it had went through a lot of changes, and ended up with '70 Charger r/t suspension, huge disc/drum brakes from one of those huge '77/'78 cop cars, a 727 TorqueFlite with full shift kit, 3.93? 3.91? Gears in a sturdier rear axle, a 440 with 4-barrel, headers, cam, etc.
By then it was a *lot* of fun, but was no good for commuting ~350 miles a week at 7 mpg.
I've regretted getting rid of it, 25 years ago?, since like a day or two after
My favorite of the 1960’s Mopars!My '69 had the Super Bee stripe & six pack hood when I got it.
It had been used as a drag car at some point, and had some things missing, like all the original a/c stuff.
The engine that had been put in after its racing days were over was a 318 from a Dodge Diplomat police interceptor. One of the ones that came bored 30 over and with factory modded 360 heads. Had the cop car trans too, it had a different torque converter and shift mods compared to non-interceptors.
With 2.76? 2.72? gears, it'd barely get out of it's own way from a stop, but on the highway..... it'd blow past 140 (mph) and keep going for just as long as the driver was brave
By the time I parted with it, it had went through a lot of changes, and ended up with '70 Charger r/t suspension, huge disc/drum brakes from one of those huge '77/'78 cop cars, a 727 TorqueFlite with full shift kit, 3.93? 3.91? Gears in a sturdier rear axle, a 440 with 4-barrel, headers, cam, etc.
By then it was a *lot* of fun, but was no good for commuting ~350 miles a week at 7 mpg.
I've regretted getting rid of it, 25 years ago?, since like a day or two after
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an exceptionally incredible period in American manufacturing history we won’t see anything like in awhile imho…
oh man…..look at the bright side….you actually owned one…you know the feeling….My '69 had the Super Bee stripe & six pack hood when I got it.
It had been used as a drag car at some point, and had some things missing, like all the original a/c stuff.
The engine that had been put in after its racing days were over was a 318 from a Dodge Diplomat police interceptor. One of the ones that came bored 30 over and with factory modded 360 heads. Had the cop car trans too, it had a different torque converter and shift mods compared to non-interceptors.
With 2.76? 2.72? gears, it'd barely get out of it's own way from a stop, but on the highway..... it'd blow past 140 (mph) and keep going for just as long as the driver was brave
By the time I parted with it, it had went through a lot of changes, and ended up with '70 Charger r/t suspension, huge disc/drum brakes from one of those huge '77/'78 cop cars, a 727 TorqueFlite with full shift kit, 3.93? 3.91? Gears in a sturdier rear axle, a 440 with 4-barrel, headers, cam, etc.
By then it was a *lot* of fun, but was no good for commuting ~350 miles a week at 7 mpg.
I've regretted getting rid of it, 25 years ago?, since like a day or two after
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I just had a conversation about that guy a couple days ago with a friend. We said he is probably the only person out there that makes that look seem "right". But now I see that V made it work as well
Yeah, but different eras, to be fair. This Frankie fellow is doing it as retro, maybe with a wink. Who knows.
Right after high school, I went through my Mike Brady perm experiment phase. Somewhere there exists a photo of me, maybe my sister has it locked away so I won't destroy it. Happy to report it grew out, and I never did that again. Until my long mohawk right after Y2K, that is.
Well mine wasn't a perm, it just did the curls naturally, of course I really wanted straight hair and spent way too much time blow drying it and shooting Aqua Net at it........Dyeing it blue black didn't help it either!
I can't recall whose guitar I played sometimes[1] but for every hour spent playing, you had to wrestle the neck back into alignment 2-3 times. The neck screws were already dug into the neck; I think the neck was just too soft a wood or had somehow been softened. It was a Strat shaped object, but that's all I recall. Other than hating it.
[1] This was a long time ago, in a lifetime far, far away.
That does not look comfy, I'll stick with the ladies undies.
I'm sure you can get those with built-in electronics as well.
It's what she started out on. But she's played Thunderbirds for years now.
heavens Donnie!! are you slapping?!..
There's a pretty short list of people I'd happily crown planetary ruler. At least three are in this club. Dolly Parton's one, too (three (sic)).
+1Perfect! That’s one vote. Now I need to work on the other 6 billion voters in the world.
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