Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

would have never pegged you for someone who'd favor raw ground beef....

AHEM!

 

[Stealth57]

What is that? Besides cozy and sexy?

1991 Dodge Stealth R/T Turbo that wasn't exactly stock. I got around CA's smog requirements by registering it at my brother's house in Tuolumne County, one of the few CA counties exempt from biennial smog tests.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It’s kinda like the “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” game around here. No topic in this forum is more than six degrees of separation from a Thunderbird.
Example - Steak Tartare…
1 - comes from cows
2 - cows eat grass and weeds
3 - The Who band undoubtedly at some point smoked grass and weed
4 - John Entwistle was the bass player in The Who band
5 - at one time Entwistle played a Thunderbird

See how simple that is

Example: Carl Yastrzemski
1. Played baseball
2. Steve McQueen threw a baseball against the wall a lot in "The Great Escape".
3. Steve McQueen rode a Triumph Thunderbird.

Example: Firemen
1. Firemen wear firefighter hemets.
2. Leon Wilkeson wore a firefighter helmet.
3. Leon Wilkeson played Thunderbirds.

You're right! Stone simple.

 

[MCF]

Ok so, um, do Thunderbirds have anything to do with Chuck Norris and/or the number 42 ?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

LOL - that’s like saying College Park Airport (KCGS) in Maryland which is the longest continuously operated airport in the country (opened in 1909 by the Wright Brothers and still operates today) is where flight originated - not Kitty Hawk in 1903.
As a NorCal born native who has lived in both Northern and Southern California I gotta give the Drag Racing nod to SoCal.

Now if you want to credit the Hippie movement to a specific area I’d guess it originated in NorCal. Most likely San Francisco and probably around the Haight-Ashbury area.

He didn't equate them. Just bragging on something braggable!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Ok so, um, do Thunderbirds have anything to do with Chuck Norris and/or the number 42 ?

Since 42 is a subset of 420, there's definitely a connection with 42. After all, musicians.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

1991 Dodge Stealth R/T Turbo that wasn't exactly stock. I got around CA's smog requirements by registering it at my brother's house in Tuolumne County, one of the few CA counties exempt from biennial smog tests.

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thought those were FWD..

 

[Stealth57]

thought those were FWD..

Not the turbo versions. They were 4WD (fixed center differential 55/45 split). They were also all wheel steering with in-phase rear wheels at speed. That takes some getting used to as it put the pivot point in the center of the car.

 

[MCF]

Since 42 is a subset of 420, there's definitely a connection with 42. After all, musicians.

Jackie Robinson wore #42. He sadly passed away way too soon in 1972. But he no doubt heard songs played on Thunderbirds.

 

[Toptube]

Japanese demo of a Lull NRT4

Rest In Peace Mike <3

 

[Stealth57]

WBW

 

[Gaolee]

I raced there for many years when they ran the Wednesday Night Sport Drags and I had a car that actually could turn 12s. Of course, you needed a shoe horn to work on the engine bay

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That is why you let somebody else do the work.

 

[Gaolee]

^ What he said.^
Multiple and conflicting.

We all agree on one thing, though. Thunderbirds.

 

[Stealth57]

That is why you let somebody else do the work.

Unless you are cheap.

 

[Gaolee]

Ok so, um, do Thunderbirds have anything to do with Chuck Norris and/or the number 42 ?

42 -
1. 42 is the meaning of life the universe and everything.
2. So are Thunderbirds.

Chuck Norris
1. Chuck Norris was from Texas.
2. Our very own chick magnet, Miles O'Neal is from Texas.
3. Miles plays a Thunderbird.

Easy!

 

[5StringBlues]

Chunk Norris had nightmares aboot Charlie Bronson.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Jackie Robinson wore #42. He sadly passed away way too soon in 1972. But he no doubt heard songs played on Thunderbirds.

I'm sure he heard Pops Chambers if no one else!

 

[RedVee]

Bienvenu! Today would be WW, white Wednesday (Mercredi blanc)....
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But Goth Bird day only comes around every Pancake Tuesday (Mardi Gras)

So we just show them whenever we feel like it!

 

[RedVee]

Ok so, um, do Thunderbirds have anything to do with Chuck Norris and/or the number 42 ?

42 - life, the universe and everything.

By definition that includes Thunderbirds!

 

[5StringBlues]

Q- How many Thunderbirds should one own?


42?