Thunderbird Club

[WillyW]

all pickups turned to poopie once they went started sell for over $15,000

some dumbass at work was looking at $70,000 pickups she was expecting her boyfriend to pay for.... she don't even work on a ranch... and the truck wouldn't be up to the task if she did

 

[Rickplaysbass]

You Ford truck guys. We had a ‘98 Navigator. Hands down the worst vehicle we ever owned. Had to tow it to the Honda dealer in ‘05 to trade it for a Pilot. It didn’t make it to 100k. The 4 wheel drive was good in the snow though.

I am not a Ford guy in the slightest. Grew up with bowties my whole life. This is my first Ford. I traded in a 15 GMC pickup and I got a loaded 16 w/ 25k miles certified pre-owned w/ 75k powertain warranty for $8k less than a base model 15 Chevy with 48k miles when I bought it. Couldn't argue with the numbers.

I've made it to 160 and my biggest issue has been a two cylinder misfire caused by the spark plugs being gapped too far. Every plug was 8-15 thousandths off when I pulled them.

 

[MCF]

OJ died.

 

[Rickplaysbass]

OJ died.

 

[Stealth57]

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Sick, but funny

 

[Stealth57]

Scratched Ford off my list after I bought a new, 79 LTD. They came with a variable Venturi carb that was nothing but cheap diaphragms. Stalled out going around turns. Arseholioh regional service director for Ford came out, coasted the car down a small hill in downtown LA and said the car was getting 40mph and was fine.

Moved to Louisiana and my wife worked with the wife of the service manager of the largest Ford dealer in Louisiana. Told him the issue and said I guess it’s time to sue Ford. He made a few calls and swapped to a better carb and never had another issue. Though it was 1982 by then.

 

[RedVee]

Filmed in Sydney with Sydney Sweeney? May just have to remember to check it out.

That’s the one.

love going out to eat with you....btw, pizza may have never made it to our shores had it not been for anchovies...

??? Why is that?

 

[RedVee]

OJ died.

RIP OJ

 

[Haji]

From Jason at FN. Surprising enough, I kinda like it.
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LOTS of people will hate that, particularly guitar players, which of course pushes it to the top of my list.

 

[Haji]

Me and one of my Buddies were recently talking about those old muscle cars and how they felt so fast. The thing about the 60's cars if you were going 75MPH+ the engine and intake with the loud exhaust, wind noise, steering and handling, you knew you were going fast.
I have a Honda Accord VTEC V6 that is really fast for a smaller engine but now when I'm going 75MPH+ the wind, road noise, handling are all quieter and feels more stable. Half the time I don't even realize I'm speeding until I look at the Speedometer...or my wife tells me! lol

I had a 1977 Chevy Camaro Type LT. 350/350, heaviest of the Camaros, but it had t tops and it was fun. But it was also old, even by 1986 when I got it. I took it to 120 up in the mountains. That heavy ass car got real floaty at that speed.

 

[SubHuman]

I had a 1977 Chevy Camaro Type LT. 350/350, heaviest of the Camaros, but it had t tops and it was fun. But it was also old, even by 1986 when I got it. I took it to 120 up in the mountains. That heavy ass car got real floaty at that speed.

Sounds dangerously fun!

 

[MCF]

LOTS of people will hate that, particularly guitar players, which of course pushes it to the top of my list.

Covers most, but not all, of the color fetishes around here.

 

[MCF]

Sounds dangerously fun!

My first college girlfriend had a white one of those.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have a dimarzio model one on the way.

I read on the interwebz that mudbuckers suck

And I need to replace the un-mudbucker on my '09 Epi EB-0 with a real one.
Someday.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That’s the one.


??? Why is that?

(imho) would have never gotten as popular as it did in the country/region of origin to the point where exporting it (with or without anchovies) became an idea....

 

[WillyW]

(imho) would have never gotten as popular as it did in the country/region of origin to the point where exporting it (with or without anchovies) became an idea....

wasn’t the sauce made with anchovies? And tasted better

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I had a Tripower on a Pontiac 400 in a 68 Firebird. You could hear the fuel and air roaring into the intake manifold when stomping on it.

As it should be.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I think applying black paint with a very fine brush, but you'd need a very steady hand.
Based on looking at closeups, I think the Gibson ones are hand painted.

I would assume, given that the reason they are pricier is that they're "made by hand in the USA". More or less.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

A lot of those 442's were sleepers...you didn't realize you took on more then you could handle until you saw that little 442 badge go flying past your 327 SBC!
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A friend in HS got to drive his mother's 442 a good bit. He drove it carefully and sedately. Most of the time. Every once in a while he'd punch it and my bellybutton would kiss my spine.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I would be happy with any of the 442s you have put up, including that one. In spite of the climate up here, I prefer tops that go down.

When I had a Miata, I rode with the top down year round unless it was too wet. From below 20F to 115F. Maybe it was all the years of bicycling and motorcycling, but it was a blast. Even in light rain I did it, to the detriment of two cowboy hats.