Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

The wind is legendary. Try running in it. Absolutely brutal during track season.

Hah! Wish I would have know that that day! We were the NorCal invaders unaware of local conditions.

 

[JIO]

white with black trim…74, paid 425 with ohsc in 81…replaced the neck pup with dual Jbass pups wired as a humbucker and angled like on Roger Glover’s….later removed the frets and had it refinished natural……finally, used towards bar credit in Spain (place we played at called Las Griegas) in 87…..what an idiot……

Good story though...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I was broke and the air leaked out of the left front tire as fast as I could put it in.

It got ten miles to the gallon going double nickel- much less if I stepped into it-

Now this part will really set you off- I paid 800 USD for it back in 1985- what I paid for a bicentennial edition Firebird Reverse in 1982!

a whole lotta car…those were the best handling of all the generations and 0-60 in 4.8 sec with Hemi…brutal..

 

[ectoflanger]

I just remember the wind.

Me, another lifetime ago... lean, mean bike-racin' machine.

View attachment 5326718

Reminds of my dad and I riding - him on a Raleigh and myself on the Motobecane Grand Jubilee he gave me as a hand-me-down

 

[MCF]

you favor Rics?

Nah. I keep thinking I want one. And I play a few thinking I’ll find one. But they just don’t fit me. Once Martin got his Thunderbird from Overend, he never went back to a Ric.

 

[ectoflanger]

Nah. I keep thinking I want one. And I play a few thinking I’ll find one. But they just don’t fit me. Once Martin got his Thunderbird from Overend, he never went back to a Ric.

Mind you I had wanted a Fireglo since 1988 and finally pulled the trigger in early-2018. And was not disappointed in the least, apart from that sore left pec-

 

[dagrev]

I had a redheaded (with freckles) gf for a brief period... alas, wasn't meant to be. ~sigh~

A good many of them are not for the faint of heart!

 

[ectoflanger]

We don't have that "salt crap" in FL. ('cept in the air)

I hear you- I live on a sailboat in a sometimes sleepy little Texas town on Galveston Bay-

 

[MCF]

Mind you I had wanted a Fireglo since 1988 and finally pulled the trigger in early-2018. And was not disappointed in the least, apart from that sore left pec-

I don’t know what it is. Circa 2018, the Fountain Valley GC had three in stock, one 4003S and two 4003’s (the store is fairly close to the factory). I spent close to two hours playing them. Left empty handed.

 

[Stealth57]

Oh, hell, I'd drive my own-the "Gigmobile":
View attachment 5326708 Could even fit the Ka$ino and 67NR* in there. But I'd still need someone to man the house, feed critters, bring in the mail-good and junk, pay the bills, etc. For 2 1/2 weeks, minimum.
There are advantages-and drawbacks-to living alone.
*
View attachment 5326716

Just get someone off Craigslist

 

[Stealth57]

We don’t use salt here. Cinders only.

Sand up at Tahoe.

 

[RedVee]

Sorry. Good luck finding replacements-and 'graduating' to being the bass player.

Thanks. Although I do enjoy a bit of washboard. I’ll keep that going if ever needed.

 

[ectoflanger]

I don’t know what it is. Circa 2018, the Fountain Valley GC had three in stock, one 4003s and two 4003’s (the store is fairly close to the factory). I spent close to two hours playing them. Left empty handed.

That reminds of when, at the age of 15, a nice lady at the local country music store let me play a brand new 1976 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, along with a Heil Talkbox back in 1977.

I left empty-handed too!

 

[Nocturnal]

Would you consider a trade for a Vox Bass Amplug and cash from me?

Sure! But it would take a lot more cash than amp!!

 

[dagrev]

We don’t use salt here. Cinders only.

We don't get much snow and the city has tried about everything. Cinders (briefly and rarely), brine, rock salt...even a beet juice concoction. Do cinders work well? It never developed into a thing anywhere around here. I'm guessing I didn't work that well. In the 90s we had a big (for us) snow that shut the city down and UPS, who's main air hub is here, and I believe Ford (two plants), told the city they better figure it out or they would be gone.

 

[RedVee]

We haven’t talked cars in a few days. Whats up?

Don’t forget the Packard

 

[MCF]

That reminds of when, at the age of 15, a nice lady at the local country music store let me play a brand new 1976 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, along with a Heil Talkbox back in 1977.

I left empty-handed too!

 

[ectoflanger]

View attachment 5326727

 

[Stealth57]

View attachment 5326736

Went to the record store (can’t remember which) at midnight to be one of the first to get it.

 

[MCF]

We don't get much snow and the city has tried about everything. Cinders (briefly and rarely), brine, rock salt...even a beet juice concoction. Do cinders work well? It never developed into a thing anywhere around here. I'm guessing I didn't work that well. In the 90s we had a big (for us) snow that shut the city down and UPS, who's main air hub is here, and I believe Ford (two plants), told the city they better figure it out or they would be gone.

They’re a mess. They provide decent traction on ice, but are slippery when the ice starts to melt. The locals know how to drive on them. But when the AB&B types come up, they’re clueless. An Escalade rolled over last week and the conditions were pretty mild.