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Thunderbird Club
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But she traded it for a Vega?
Retiring in July, I’ve put my notice in. Even better, I’m taking Long Service leave from Easter.
Im just over it all.
Do you remember those Chevy small and big block Vega kits listed in the hot rod magazines in the 70's and 80's?
Knew someone who had a Vega but not a modded one-
Also calls to mind some local in Texas who had modified an AMC Gremlin to house a 327-
Another Chevy that comes to mind is the Monza- I believe they had a 260 or some other odd size small block-
Congrats! Best career move I ever made (way back in 2012 when I was 55). And that’s coming from a person that loved his job.Retiring in July, I’ve put my notice in. Even better, I’m taking Long Service leave from Easter.
Im just over it all.
My advice to everyone, retire as soon as you can financially afford to. You’ll add years of quality time to you and your loved ones lives.
That is about the color the fretless 'Bird will be when it is refinished. I hope sometime this spring or early summer. As I recall, that one is not metallic. This is the color the fretless will be:
There's probably something intrinsically wrong with my urge to paint Thunderbirds GM colors, since car Thunderbirds are all Fords.
That was to be my next question- were there any rare factory fretless 'Birds as there were short scale ones?
Saw a Pinto with a 351 running around town when I was in HS. Not much clearance on the oil pan.
We didn’t get them but I remember hearing that the Monza had a 350 available.
We had one here racing in the (highly modified) Sports Sedan class and winning… a lot.
I saw a Monza on the weekend and was struck by how small it looked.
Miguel Ferrer's character in Night Flier drove one in that 1991 film-
Thanks George.
My theory is that I don’t know if I have 10 years life left (or 10 months or 10 days)… so time to stop work while I’m well enough and active enough to enjoy it.
My Dad retired at 62 and did some stuff but by 65 he had a bad cancer. Of the remaining 17 years he had far too many of them that were a trial rather than a joy.
(I turned 62 a couple of weeks ago. So born in 62, retire at 62 has a nice symmetry to it).
Planning on the end of this year for it.
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What? They won’t let you call it in from Germany?
I’ll be leaving my job. What’s there to call in?
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Six years to being part time. Not that I'm counting or anything.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
There was a lunatic around where I grew up who had managed to stuff a small block Ford into a Triumph Spitfire. I'm not sure if the frame bent or stayed straight when he got on it. It was a ratty looking car, but it sure was quick. And noisy.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
No factory fretless 'Birds that I'm aware of. Mine started life as a Pro IV, with an active preamp and whatever those pickups were. I hated the electronics and hated the frets. The frets felt huge to me, and I was used to small frets. At the time, I didn't have a fretless but wanted one. The solution to the problem was obvious.
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I haven't ever seen a factory made fretless Bird, but.....We are talking about Gibson.
There are liquid cooled servers….
