« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: T-bird 1971!  (Read 5585 times)

Stjofön Big

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 884
    • View Profile
T-bird 1971!
« on: July 02, 2010, 01:53:44 AM »
Logged

uwe

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 21472
  • Enabler ...
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2010, 03:22:19 AM »
Well, he does own up to it being a 1990ies' reissue in the text. Wonder how he got to the 1971 though, that year was definitely no Thunderbird one.
Logged
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Dave W

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 22251
  • Got time to breathe, got time for music
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 07:47:21 AM »
"This is NOT the same TBIRD that Gibson NOW OFFERS (at a lower price),  This is a MUCH HIGHER QUALITY INSTRUMENT!"

Idiot!  :rolleyes: Not only is it the same model, the street price in 91 was lower than the current price.
Logged

dadagoboi

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4209
  • huh?...HUH?
    • View Profile
    • CATALDO BASSES
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2010, 08:41:37 AM »


Thunderbird that was made in 1971.
Logged

Denis

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4036
  • Harvester of Appendixes
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2010, 08:44:20 AM »
Quote from: dadagoboi on July 02, 2010, 08:41:37 AM


Thunderbird that was made in 1971.

That's wicked!
Logged
Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

uwe

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 21472
  • Enabler ...
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2010, 08:51:31 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on July 02, 2010, 07:47:21 AM
"This is NOT the same TBIRD that Gibson NOW OFFERS (at a lower price),  This is a MUCH HIGHER QUALITY INSTRUMENT!"

Idiot!  :rolleyes: Not only is it the same model, the street price in 91 was lower than the current price.

True. Inane.
Logged
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Barklessdog

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4473
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2010, 02:22:11 PM »
Quote from: dadagoboi on July 02, 2010, 08:41:37 AM


Thunderbird that was made in 1971.

Truly horrible year for the Tbird. You do not see many of those around.
Logged

OldManC

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 3116
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2010, 02:56:46 PM »
There was a time I would have thought that '71 bird was ugly, but like the NR I find myself admiring its ugliness now. That big hulking coupe looks mean to me now, as opposed to just big and unwieldy. Especially in black. Maybe it's because I can recognize similarities in the following year's Mercury Cougar lines in it as well. I like it...
Logged

dadagoboi

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4209
  • huh?...HUH?
    • View Profile
    • CATALDO BASSES
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2010, 04:53:23 PM »
Quote from: OldManC on July 02, 2010, 02:56:46 PM
There was a time I would have thought that '71 bird was ugly, but like the NR I find myself admiring its ugliness now. That big hulking coupe looks mean to me now, as opposed to just big and unwieldy. Especially in black. Maybe it's because I can recognize similarities in the following year's Mercury Cougar lines in it as well. I like it...

I had a black '97 until recently, that was the last year before the retro Tbird.  4.6L, IRS.  It got 20 mpg at around 80 mph on L.A.-Fla cruise w/back seat removed and 10 basses stuck in it.  Good handling big coupe...why the hell can't they build a Mustang w/IRS?  I almost totaled an '06 rental convertible when the rear end got squirrely on damp pavement.
Logged

Pilgrim

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9980
    • View Profile
    • YouTube channel
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2010, 09:02:08 AM »
Quote from: dadagoboi on July 02, 2010, 04:53:23 PM
I had a black '97 until recently, that was the last year before the retro Tbird.  4.6L, IRS.  It got 20 mpg at around 80 mph on L.A.-Fla cruise w/back seat removed and 10 basses stuck in it.  Good handling big coupe...why the hell can't they build a Mustang w/IRS?  I almost totaled an '06 rental convertible when the rear end got squirrely on damp pavement.

If you get squirrely enough, independent rear suspension won't save you....not saying how I discovered this, mind you....
Logged
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

dadagoboi

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4209
  • huh?...HUH?
    • View Profile
    • CATALDO BASSES
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2010, 09:43:03 AM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on July 04, 2010, 09:02:08 AM
If you get squirrely enough, independent rear suspension won't save you....not saying how I discovered this, mind you....

Fully agree and I got the nuts to prove it.
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2010, 01:33:36 PM »
Just leave the squirrel, and his nuts, outta this... ;)
Logged
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

gearHed289

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4443
    • View Profile
    • Book of faces...
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2010, 08:43:18 AM »
Quote from: dadagoboi on July 02, 2010, 04:53:23 PM
I had a black '97 until recently, that was the last year before the retro Tbird.  4.6L, IRS.  It got 20 mpg at around 80 mph on L.A.-Fla cruise w/back seat removed and 10 basses stuck in it.  Good handling big coupe...why the hell can't they build a Mustang w/IRS?  I almost totaled an '06 rental convertible when the rear end got squirrely on damp pavement.

I still have my '97 with the 4.6. They offered me a grand on trade-in when I bought my Mustang 2-1/2 years ago. I decided to keep it, and it's still going strong. Really great car. That black '71 is wicked!

I don't mind the live axle on the Mustang. It still out handles the new Camaro and destroys the Challenger. You just HAVE to lower it! Best mod I did.
Logged

godofthunder

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6636
  • Keep On Rock'n !
    • View Profile
    • Johnny Smoke
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2010, 09:39:26 AM »
My Dad had a Black '72 !  I to am starting to like the 70's Thunderbird's. I really like the blunt nose '67-'69
Logged
Maker of the Badbird Bridge, "intonation without modification" for your vintage Gibson Thunderbird

Bionic-Joe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1403
    • View Profile
Re: T-bird 1971!
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2010, 09:56:20 AM »
I always did and always will love Plymouth Barracudas.
Logged
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »