Yes sir, rally’s are the only rims that should be on that and the Camaro’s / Firebirds! Fine looking car there! Posi traction for easy donuts too!Somebody say Rally Wheels? My '68 Vette, bought in '99, sold in '07. Two happiest days of my life.
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Thunderbird Club
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I left Santa Cruz for a place with no traffic and cheap houses. I used to sit in an hour and a half of traffic to go 17 miles. Granted my view part of that drive was of the ocean. It just became too hard to do everyday. I miss it there, just not enough to live there again unless I was wealthy and didn’t need to go anywhere.
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Somebody say Rally Wheels? My '68 Vette, bought in '99, sold in '07. Two happiest days of my life.
right before the Vette got ugly
Can't think of a reason not to. The black ink will need a touch-up every 3-5 years. Where can I get some picks like that? I don't mind paying for craftsmanship, afterall I DID buy a Mike Lull T5!
I lived in the Bay Area for 6 years when I was in my 20s and loved it. I miss it sometimes too, but I also won't live there again. I live in another expensive place with traffic problems (Honolulu), but if I ever leave here it will be for a place with cheap houses to retire.
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First year, no glove box, simple door button, no 'STINGRAY' - because it wasn't. Then the marketing department got hold of it. Plenty of StingRay badging from '69 on and crap added to a clean design.right before the Vette got ugly
The black will fade after a few years, but you can get it touched up. I have the Thunderbird logo on my shoulder, and on my calf (with a lot of black over a large area) a bass clef with a bass neck going through it. I wouldn't worry too much, I have a tribal arm band that is 20 years old and while faded a little is still good.
I think the latest ones are gorgeous.right before the Vette got ugly
Keeping them out of the sun, or using sunblock, helps retain color a lot. Mine is 28 years old and still quite vibrant.
Left forearm. Got it two years ago, payment for some work I did for a dude from my Wing Chun class... I built him a stand for his practice dummy. He was kinda busted, but he's a local tattoo artist, so we bartered. I drew it, he did the do.
Bass clef inside a pair of repeat signs...
Bass clef inside a pair of repeat signs...
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Or a really warped sense of humor. I like it.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Normally I do not care for tats, but that is different in a good way.
With flats, I can play my bird for hours. And it can get so. Many. Sounds.The saga continues....
Now a couple of gigs in with the T-Bird. Biggest surprise: I can play it pretty much all night, where in the past, our sets would compel me to switch from a P with flats to a J with rounds.
This is a 3pc classic rock cover band that does everything from Zep to Rush to Traffic to Small Faces to Neil Young to Gary Wright to ZZ to Bad Co to Pink Floyd. No set list but calling tunes on the fly.
Anyway, I can get a nice wide range of tone out of this thing just by moving my plucking fingers over the neck or bridge pup, or anywhere in between. Then there’s the pick for that hard attack.
I always thought the T-Bird would have a baked-in tone, but it is a great shape-shifter.
It’s also very comfortable. I thought the long reach would wear on me like my Thumb, but nope. It’s fine, and the neck is thick enough to suit me. I don’t like super thin necks.
And it’s got a really nice sounding G string, where my 7enders will tend to thin out on that end.
Anyway, very please with this bass. I can see it’s going to get a lot of playing time.
I’d like to see the bird over cross design, but done over the Celtic Cross ala GothTats...…….
Visit Thunderbird Club, p.5858, post 117150
My first car was a hard top saloon like this one. 2.5 ltr (small compared to the us cars)
that’s over an iron cross the Celtic cross is different
