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Thunderbird Club
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Around these parts, very nice upright pianos are being given away. As long as you are willing to pick up...
Boring color, but I needed something stat after my previous car was totaled by a failure to yield (not mine), & this otherwise fit the bill. Carries two Bird cases and my board case (and amp if necessary) fine. Good handling, decent acceleration & mileage. Also carries everything I typically need for a book show or signing.
those Triumphs were nice things. They were locally assembled here until finishing up 78/79. Bout the same time Rambler stopped here. The assembler, AMI, was bought out by Toyota.
Anyway, the MkII Triumph 2000/2500 was done in an - I believe - Oz only version - the 2500TC (twin carb) as the PI wasn’t reliable enough. It also got Stag-like wheels. Very nice.
yes, overdrive on 3 and 4, or Borg Warner auto box.
The new hotness is finally taking shape -
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Yesterday we reached the point where we finally get to see what it will look like. It’s the perfect mix of super cool and ridiculously silly, which is exactly what I was after.
Stay tuned for a NBD, I think I found the Goth a new home and found what I really wanted, all at the same.
The Gremlin was a Hornet with a sawn off tail. Is that correct? We only got 1 for evaluation and AMI didn’t go in with it.
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Haha, that’s a beat up old Coffin I picked up for $50 a while back. Needed something for the Warlock which is way too long to fit in anything I could afford. It got used for transport because I don’t even own a case for the Bird.
Yes and no. Typical AMC platform, they all used the same unibody subframe and floor along with the same suspension components, but unique body panels to each model. The good part was, you could interchange parts. But ultimately this thing is just the outer skin of a Gremlin mounted over a full custom tube chassis.
Same here for most of the more average uprights and those that have that dated look. The nice pianos are still in demand. Ours is classy and modern looking, with very clean lines. Doesn't have that, "it was used in a church/school in the 70s" look. Those are the ones you can't give a way here. And the cheap ones. Ours is one of the last one's before Gibson (who bought Baldwin) shipped production overseas (late 90s I think recall hearing).
the styling is unbeatable....those rear windows are worth almost more than the car...
Yeah, near me too. Decent Kimballs are regularly a “pick up.” Not going there. A multi use electronic keyboard is the only instrument coming into this house.
We have a dark-wood, little 60's era Wurlitzer spinet in our dining room; gotten for free. It holds a dim-lit skull, a tarnished silver candelabra and a morphing-3d, framed-portrait of a dead Confederate soldier. I keep it just good enough with my old tuning hammer so that I can boogie-woogie when required.
yeah....wish mine had that overdrive switch...i believe later models may have but not mounted on the shifter....
backdrop is the mission from Hitchcock's Vertigo....
Whew!!! Great.
Had one. Too many other things I didn't like to invest in TBird pups. It went bye-bye.
Yeah, this one popped almost all the way out, far enough that I was able to just pull it the rest of the way out by hand. Luckily the hole looked good and clean. I put a little 2-part epoxy on it, very small amount, and thumped it back down in there. It did take a pretty good whack to get it to go back in, so I'm hopeful that the hole is still fairly snug. I did put the bridge back on and the strings on as well, but didn't tighten them enough to actually put any pressure on it. I'll leave it alone until tomorrow and then tune it up to tension. Guess I'll need to keep in mind taking tension off the strings if I want to adjust the bridge.
Yeah, I meant had. I really need to read what I rite.
Hope it works out. On 7ender and most others, lowering shouldn't be an issue. I’ve learned the hard way that the safest way doing anything on a three point is to relieve tension. Then retune slowwwwwwlyYeah, this one popped almost all the way out, far enough that I was able to just pull it the rest of the way out by hand. Luckily the hole looked good and clean. I put a little 2-part epoxy on it, very small amount, and thumped it back down in there. It did take a pretty good whack to get it to go back in, so I'm hopeful that the hole is still fairly snug. I did put the bridge back on and the strings on as well, but didn't tighten them enough to actually put any pressure on it. I'll leave it alone until tomorrow and then tune it up to tension. Guess I'll need to keep in mind taking tension off the strings if I want to adjust the bridge.
Bautista. A favorite for me.
No bfd. I wanted to make certain it was understood that I and it are no longer a couple. I really woulda liked for it to have worked out. It looked good, sounded "OK", but OK wasn't good enuff and I knew whatever I mighta put in it, pup-and cash-wise, prolly still wouldn't have done it for me. Nothing was gonna make it lighter or change the neck profile. Oh, well, too soon old, too late smart(er).Yeah, I meant had. I really need to read what I rite.
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and, you pretty certainly wouldn’t have recovered the investment in pups etc. should you have decided to sell it afterwards..
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