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Re: Louvers on an '83 Tbird

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Oooooooooh, I think it likes you! :giggle:
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Re: Louvers on an '83 Tbird

Reply #16
How much and where did you get that?

I like redneck stuff... Nothing wrong with them in my opinion.  I'd love to sport louvers on my bird, but i doubt i could offord to buy anything for my car at the moment. 

However i do think it's mighty badass, keep it always!  Remember, your bird is better than all those mustangs.  Tell people the bird was first.
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Re: Louvers on an '83 Tbird

Reply #17
Personally I see absolutely nothing wrong with installing 80's-style "doodads" on these cars - after all, they are 80's cars, remember. Actually, since the 87-88 models are just a tad too modern for their times, 80's heritage add-ons help to bely the car's age. I've often felt that my car goes largely unnoticed by the public because it just looks like a late model car - it's got no cues to show that it's actually older than many of the kids driving those fart-canned Civics around. It's getting on to 18 years old but still looks as modern as any late 90's to early 2000's car. A nice set of turbines or ten-holes, some white letter 60-series tires, and maybe a rear louvre is just what it needs to bring out the 80's in it.

It is not very often that I hear somebody say "Man, that car is in some shape for its age" because most people couldn't guess its age. It did happen this past weekend, though - a guy stopped in at the cottage and saw my car and started going on about it. He knew how old it is, but only because he owned one back in '88 :D

He, too, was unsympathetic with my moanings about the mileage topping 100,000 kilometers (it's now at 100,700). Seems his 2002 F150 has nearly double that mileage. Can't get no sympathy at all....
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Re: Louvers on an '83 Tbird

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It is not very often that I hear somebody say "Man, that car is in some shape for its age"


And I know when I hear something similar to that it's usually from someone 35 years of age or older.
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