Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

This one..........
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It's only money, just "add to cart"


I will say that I think basses Mike built will go up in value in the future.

Well it’s a bit heavier than I like, but under 9 1/2 still isn’t bad. If it is still there in July, I may just do it once I’ve had the chance to play it. You can go with me and talk me into it.

 

[TBird1958]

I'm sure Uwe has one.

Not a Thunderbird, he did have a beautiful Sage Green Victory as I recall.

 

[Bent77]

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-

262 cid

 

[TBird1958]

Well it’s a bit heavier than I like, but under 9 1/2 still isn’t bad. If it is still there in July, I may just do it once I’ve had the chance to play it. You can go with me and talk me into it.

I think we may take a little trip around Seattle music stores.............The Bass Shop and Mike and Mike's Guitar Bar, lunch and The Museum of Flight.

 

[JIO]

I love the history of Link Wray’s Rumble.
It was banned in several US radio markets, because the term 'rumble' was a slang term for a gang fight, and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency.
The record is the only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the United States and originally called "Oddball".
It was an instant hit with the audience.
Wray said the band struggled to replicate the sound live they made in the studio so He punched holes in his guitar amplifier speakers. The effect was to produce distortion that set the world on fire in 1958. Kinks guitarist Dave Davies says he used a similar method of slitting his speakers to fuzz up the group’s guitar sound (this was just before the invention of the fuzz box). So much behind the scenes music history!

Yes, I watched the vid on it recently.

 

[JIO]

I think we may take a little trip around Seattle music stores.............The Bass Shop and Mike and Mike's Guitar Bar, lunch and The Museum of Flight.

I'm there.

 

[JIO]

My grandfather worked on that, did the set decoration

wow - cool!

 

[JIO]

Tuesday morning shiny bits.

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best knobs for metal?

 

[JIO]

I learned to drive in the snow by doing donuts in a big empty parking lot.
I remember a cop pulling up and asking what the hell we were doing. I told him I was practicing. He smiled and said to just watch out for the light poles.

I did the same. And once with a frt wheel drive Ford Fiesta.

 

[JIO]

Sliding around is the only way you can understand what to do when it happens.




Practicing.... yeah, right!

Many miles driving in snow-storms educated me.

 

[Stealth57]

I think we may take a little trip around Seattle music stores.............The Bass Shop and Mike and Mike's Guitar Bar, lunch and The Museum of Flight.

We could show up at Lull's and scare the bejeezus out of them.

 

[MCF]

I think we may take a little trip around Seattle music stores.............The Bass Shop and Mike and Mike's Guitar Bar, lunch and The Museum of Flight.

Excellent! You know me, I’m in.

 

[RedVee]

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.

… and I thought the Triumph 6 into the GT6 was ambitious

 

[TBird1958]

We could show up at Lull's and scare the bejeezus out of them.

It wouldn't scare them, but while there are some basses and guitars for sale and they do have a demo room unless someone is really serious about buying it may not be the best idea. The other issue with it is that the shop is in Bellevue, across Lake Washington and the traffic makes it an unpleasant trip at best - and then you realize you're in Bellevue and that just makes it worse!

 

[MCF]

retirement kinda sounds good……
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why they call it Silicon Valley….
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Ya think? I can’t wait to leave the burbs and be a full time mountain man.

 

[MCF]

262 cid

I knew a guy who had a Vega that was so rusted out after eight years, he just junked it. In Southern California.

 

[Nocturnal]

retirement kinda sounds good……
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Totally agree!

 

[Stealth57]

Ya think? I can’t wait to leave the burbs and be a full time mountain man.

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No basement photos?

 

[JJR58]

We could show up at Lull's and scare the bejeezus out of them.

Oh, I’m sure they’re used to that by now.

 

[MCF]

Many miles driving in snow-storms educated me.

As an avid skier, I’ve had a lot of experience in the snow and on ice. And with the place in the mountains, I have more. But that didn’t stop me from totaling my new to me ‘22 Outback last year. Went around a corner at around 15 MPH and the huge bolder that apparently just came down and was in the middle of the road did me and the car in. Came to find out that it had been called in about an hour before, and the association maintenance people were on their way. I was a bit pissed that whoever knew it was there didn’t put out flares, cones, or anything on the top before the corner to warn about it.