T-Bird Owners, Check This Out June 02, 2005, 09:15:52 AM Thunderbird fans to bid marque farewell at FordIn particular, pay attention to the last line:Quote"I think of what happened in the '80s, with all the terrible ugly cars and downsizing. Will anyone want to collect these dogs?" Houts asked. "Well, I think we will be surprised. People collect the cars of their youth. The next generation probably will feel nostalgic about those downsized Thunderbirds that nobody is collecting right now."The irony.... Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #1 – June 02, 2005, 09:46:59 AM Quote"I think of what happened in the '80s, with all the terrible ugly cars and downsizing. Will anyone want to collect these dogs?" Houts asked. "Well, I think we will be surprised. People collect the cars of their youth. The next generation probably will feel nostalgic about those downsized Thunderbirds that nobody is collecting right now." I guess taste is a matter of opinion...... :disappoin Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #2 – June 02, 2005, 10:12:43 AM interesting...i guess they became compact cars in the 80's, similar to the Charger GLHS, and no one wanted to buy em since....wait...hold on....I HAVE THE DOWNSIZED BIRDS! *runs around in terror*ive always noticed, that most people have that close-minded attitude, that their era of cars is the best, and no other even compairs, the article was probably written by someone with a mid 60's bird, when they were getting big, and considers that to be better than any era of thunderbirdnext thing youll know...he'll call our cars "the plastic birds" *rolls eyes* Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #3 – June 02, 2005, 10:16:50 AM Quote"I think of what happened in the '80s, with all the terrible ugly cars and downsizing. Will anyone want to collect these dogs?" Houts asked. "Well, I think we will be surprised. People collect the cars of their youth. The next generation probably will feel nostalgic about those downsized Thunderbirds that nobody is collecting right now." Wheres this guy live ? I'll do a nice smokey burn out in his driveway Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #4 – June 02, 2005, 10:49:07 AM Quote from: thunder306Wheres this guy live ? I'll do a nice smokey burn out in his driveway you just want a excuse to show off all that new found horsepower... :D :D These Birds surely arn't cars of my youth(try '50s-'60s), but my 5.0'd TC suits me just fine... As far as ugly.... I do take exception to that... What about the later 70s??? Most of those are just plain FUGLY. Was at a car show a few years ago and there wsa a guy talking about how great his '73 Torino was(first year with the BIG snow plow bumper). Turned to one of my buddies and said, yea cars like that are why I bought my '69 Cobra Jet in '73.As far as owning cars of my youth I'd like to have a '57 Ford 2dr sedan, or a '63-'64 Galaxie fastback(had two '64s). But they'd be BIG blocks or possibly converted to EFI.... Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #5 – June 02, 2005, 11:03:26 AM I'm thinking he may have had the early 1980's in mind with that comment...the Thunderbrick was downsized from the rolling tanks that were the 1977-79 models. That makes more sense...then again, this is an old dude spewing forth words aimlessly and without thought. He might have just forgotten his Prozac that morning. Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #6 – June 02, 2005, 11:09:54 AM I don't know about you guys, but the last time I stood next to a Baby Bird, it looked pretty small to me. Talking out of your arse is easy, but the results reek. Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #7 – June 02, 2005, 11:51:25 AM My rebuttal to him would be: I guess we all can't like girly roadsters in fruity pastel colors.And since the Discobirds (77-79) were the best sellers by a WIDE margin, the sedan based Tbirds will have a more loyal following than the roadsters. (fingers crossed!) Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #8 – June 02, 2005, 01:35:02 PM I forgot the '03+ T-birds were the pinnacle of Ford's design... ugh.Perhaps they're talking about the OTHER ugly square-box cars of the '80s. Take any other 1983 mid-size car and put it next to a T-bird and you can clearly see the advantages of Aero design. Dog's? Sure... that goes without saying. The '83 5.0 cars had what.. 130 horsepower? My new Neon has that much in a 2.0 four-banger! Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #9 – June 02, 2005, 01:41:39 PM On the off chance that this guy is the sort of self-absorbed geek who would Google himself someday..Attention, Hale Houts of Lyon Township: You are a festering .Sincerely,The owner of two 80's "dogs". Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #10 – June 02, 2005, 01:45:58 PM How did he get dogs from birds and cats? Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #11 – June 02, 2005, 01:47:09 PM This makes me think, we should somehow figure out how many cars, as a community we have owned. It'd be neat to see one number of how many cars we've owned, collectively, I be it'd be seomwhere around 4-500. Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #12 – June 02, 2005, 01:49:02 PM Total number of cars, or Fox Birds/Cats? Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #13 – June 02, 2005, 01:50:04 PM Tom has probably owned 85% Quote Selected
Re: T-Bird Owners, Check This Out Reply #14 – June 02, 2005, 01:53:17 PM Total number of Fox-era T-birds and Cougars owned now, or at one time by members of this board. That's what I'd like to get a number on. Seeing Tom post on here made me think of it, because he's owned about 40 billion of 'em. I know I've owned 4 fox cars, 3 of them T-birds/Cougar. Quote Selected
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