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General => General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion => Topic started by: SSX on February 04, 2006, 07:21:48 PM

Title: Double Vision?
Post by: SSX on February 04, 2006, 07:21:48 PM
Had a rare occurrance today, I found my car's twin. This car needs some serious TLC though. Pictures don't seem to show it (although it seemed pretty clean and mine hasn't been to the bath in a while, maybe that is why)
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Title: Double Vision?
Post by: shame302 on February 04, 2006, 07:49:44 PM
lol...i love doing that, as specially when mine is better:evilgrin:
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: Thunder Chicken on February 04, 2006, 07:55:14 PM
That happened to me twice with my white '88 Bird. The first time I was crawling about inside my father's Explorer as it lay on its side after he ditched it, gathering personal effects before the tow truck arrived, and a white T-Bird identical to mine drove by. I watched it go by and said "Holy shiznit, that's my car!" but immediately realized it couldn't be, as I had only droppe dmy car off at home minutes earlier and it was snowing so bad the car never would have gotten back to that spot so quickly (I drove my 4WD Cherokee back to teh accident scene).

Another time in the same area (so it was likely the same car) I came out of a country store to find another white 'Bird parked next to mine. The owner was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing another Fox 'Bird is rare enough around here, but to see one just like mine was kinda neat...
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: shame302 on February 04, 2006, 08:00:35 PM
try owning a silver 03 alero....theres got too be 3 of them for every one car around here...there everywhere. more than once ive walked up to one thinking it was ours.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: SSX on February 04, 2006, 08:11:37 PM
I walked outside and saw this car and was wondering how Joe got it over to that lot without my keys.  It is the lot that he parks his 'stang in and I had his tools in my trunk, so I thought for sure it was a trick.  Once I realized it was impossible, I had to get some pictures.  Its pretty rare to see a fox Tbird or Cougar, let alone one my exact color scheme.  Given it seems to be a fairly rare color combo anymore.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: tbirdscott on February 04, 2006, 08:20:47 PM
Jeez I get excited when I see a t-bird/cougar in general the other one I bought is the closest to the one I already have that I have ever seen, only seen maybe 4-5 other 80-82's around here, maybe a couple dozen 83-88's but too many SN95's
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: slamedcat on February 05, 2006, 12:43:28 AM
Quote from: SSX
Its pretty rare to see a fox Tbird or Cougar, let alone one my exact color scheme.  Given it seems to be a fairly rare color combo anymore.


Come to central Il thats the only color scheme you can find. Medium Rose Quartz with tan or brown interior with the shifter on the column. But none as nice as either one of those. That was the color scheme I settled for on my bird becasue it was hard to find anything else.

It must just depend on where you live.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: DerikWayne on February 05, 2006, 06:43:24 AM
When I saw the title of this thread, I automatically thought of Foreigner's "Double Vision." lol
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: Cougarcruisin on February 05, 2006, 08:54:01 AM
That is awesome! So I'm not the only one who goes to parkinglots and before entering the store/building I take a glance around to see if there is any tbirds/cougars in the lot. Haha nice pics!
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: CougarSE on February 05, 2006, 10:10:59 AM
Are you parked at a school or something?  I see that both cars have identical "things" hanging from the mirror.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: SSX on February 05, 2006, 11:51:49 AM
Yeah, it is right across from Cather/Pound/Neihardt dorms at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Actually the tags are slightly different.  The blue tag (on the other Cougar) is for all blue lots where my Blue/Brown tag is for the 17th & R St Parking Garage.  I pulled in just for these pictures (and since I can park in blue lots on the weekends)
 
Derik, I thought the same thing, that is why I used that title. :)
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: SSX on February 05, 2006, 11:52:51 AM
Oh, if anyone is confused, mine is the Minnesota cat.  I haven't bothered to establish residency yet.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: thunderjet302 on February 05, 2006, 12:34:37 PM
I've never seen my cars twin in a Tbird but one time when I was sitting at a light a cougar pulled up next to me with the same tue tone paint as mine. I guess you could say it was a "distant cousin";)
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: DerikWayne on February 05, 2006, 12:43:20 PM
Quote from: SSX
Derik, I thought the same thing, that is why I used that title. :)


Great minds DO think alike, ya know! lol
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: 5.0willgo on February 05, 2006, 05:20:22 PM
That's cool. I've seen many fox tbirds and cougars around here. Atleast 3 per day, although I see the same ones from time to time. It's always fun when I'm next to one in traffic.

I've seen 4 white XR-7s "like" mine but still haven't found my perfect twin. It's cool because I feel like I have a one of a kind cougar.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: LSX on February 05, 2006, 05:48:14 PM
SSX there are 2 87-88 Cougars with the 2 tone bown paint scheme in my Town. One is a neighbour to my apartment building. The other resides downtown. Both are not in good overall condition, but that makes 3 in my area, except mine is in about 3 different colours :D.

Seems two tone brown was a little popular in Canada.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: MexCougar on February 05, 2006, 06:32:53 PM
Here in my city there was a Cougar identical to mine, red with black, 85, only with different wheels & tires....

I used to park my cougar beside other cougars only to see which was better looking...
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: Clayton on February 05, 2006, 07:51:08 PM
Quote from: DerikWayne
When I saw the title of this thread, I automatically thought of Foreigner's "Double Vision." lol


Dude, same here man! 

Nice Twin ya got there
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: Beau on February 06, 2006, 04:27:55 AM
There's an identical '88 in the town that I'm near, and check this  out; the kid that drives it, is a bit of "wild guy"...
needless to say for awhile, the local police used to "foller" me around, and once, I was pulled over and harassed because the guy that drives the other 'Bird just lost his license, and they musta thought I was him....nearly got arrested over that one, as they thought I was drinkin' and drivin'. (seems the other fella got a M.I.P. or a dui or something)
But that's the reason I put the big Ford oval in the back window
Wierd thing is, the 'Bird he drives, used to belong to friends of mine, and the wheels on it came off of my maroon '88.
Except for wheels, and now my half-assed grey interior, and the afore-mentioned decal, it's identical to mine...
there's also another 'Bird in town, white with blue int. but it doesn't run, as it's been parked in same spot for 6 months...not a lot of Fox bird/cougars here, but shiznitloads of MN12's.
Title: Double Vision?
Post by: CougarSE on February 06, 2006, 10:34:54 AM
In lancaster I used to see an 88 XR7 but its gone now.  In logan there was a brown tbird that had a plastic bag over one of the windows and more rust than erics red bird.  Funny thing is I do recall seeing a white cougar the other day.  The guy was rubbernecking as bad as I was!