Tom Geiger Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 If you talk to a salesmen (my uncle is one ) that worked at a dealership when they were new, they same the same thing . A two seater for the money they lacked the power they could of had. Mustangs were cheaper and faster. I liked the newer Thunderbirds I wish they would have kept them going. Yea, the wrong car at the wrong time. And there weren't a lot of them at the dealers, which also deterred sales. I remember looking to see one in person when they first came out and I couldn't find any at dealers. Then I saw a brand new one sitting at a classic car dealer. I asked and he said it was the only one delivered to the local Ford dealer, and he wanted them to take it to auction. The dealer greed thing also hurt sales. I know when I was interested in new cars and dealers wanted to play that + list deal it just turned me off and I never bought the car, even when they became plentiful after a few months. The T-bird was done on the Lincoln LS platform and envisioned as a luxury two seater. I don't know if they didn't sell well or if Ford kept the supply low on purpose. My thought at the time was that if they had taken that body shell, and put it on a low end chassis.. even the Escort chassis like a convertible EXP, at a cheap price, they would've sold a mess of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Saw this today on the way in to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Yesterday I was sitting at a light and up ahead I saw a street rod on an equally cool street rod style car carrier pull out of the Pep Boys lot.. then it got mixed in with traffic and once my light changed, I had no idea where it went. And I had my camera on my seat next to me. Darn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Saw a red Corvette convertible this morning... not sure of the year, but mid-'60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnwildpunk Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Saw a 1950's era dodge panel truck pull into the car wash that is in the same building as the shop sadly only briefly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) My thought at the time was that if they had taken that body shell, and put it on a low end chassis.. even the Escort chassis like a convertible EXP, at a cheap price, they would've sold a mess of them! Blech..that would be a nasty 4cyl fwd convertible..recipe for failure. A horrible idea, as bad as the FWD Mustang idea was back in the 80s (that became the Probe). Edited July 31, 2014 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Saw a red Corvette convertible this morning... not sure of the year, but mid-'60s. Saw it again this afternoon! Or another one exactly like the one I saw this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnwildpunk Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I always thought those "new" T-birds were pretty nice looking cars. I guess they just didn't catch on... lil dumb tidbit and I guess my only claim to those T-Birds. Those T-Birds had a torx-bit to remove the top and ford had a special T-Handle torx tool that came with the new birds when you bought it. The tool had the thunderbird printed on it. I printed most of those birds on the handle for the printing Company I worked for at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeman Cars Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I used to live in Santa Barbara and there were the occasional Rolls or something of that nature back in the late 70s. I myself drove a 73 Eldo ragtop plus a 54 Chevy lowrider and a 69 Buick Special muscle car. But I really don't think that there were that many cars of the hot rod type in SB. Now I live near Milwaukee and we a choc-a-block with all manor of cars from street rods, super cars and sports cars, tuner types, even JDMs. Lot's of classics. Saw a 2014 Vette at my cruise night plus a Ferarri of some newer type. Check wednesdaynightclassics.com and check the schedules for cruise nights and shows. So many cruise nights in the area and we get maybe 50 to 60 cars at mine alone. The one down the road a mile away has like a hundred on the same night. Living in California, I've seen all sorts of cool stuff on the road. But today, I made a conscience effort to remember what I saw on the road. I drive into Santa Barbara almost every day. When I first left the house this morning there was a 1969 Shelby Mustang Convertible (a local car I see a couple times a week). I passed a 1969 Charger R/T SE (I also see this car frequently). Then there was a Datsun 1600 Roadster, a '36 Chevy Coupe, and the same fleet of BMW I8s I've seen for the last 6 months (with manufacturer's plates and all sorts of instrumentation inside the cars). I find it strange the BMW is always testing cars on the back roads near my place. You'd think they would be doing this work in Germany. They do have a design center somewhere near here, but I don't know where it is. I also saw some unknown BMW slightly bigger than a SmartCar, again with manufacturer's plate on it. We have lots of Teslas, both the sportscar and the sedan. We also have a lot of rich tree hungers that thinks they are saving the world by owning one. When I got off the freeway after a 20 minute drive, I got cut off by an absolutely original Porsche 356 C: dirty faded white paint, original black plate, blowing blue smoke out of the exhaust. Then there was a '56 Chevy truck, a few '69-'71 El Caminos, a couple '69 Cameros. At lunch I went out and saw a really clean '48 Ford Sedan. We have lots of Ferraris and Lamborghinis but we have a lot of rich people that buy those cars. There were a few late '60s early '70s AMCs running around also. On the way home I saw a nice Model A street rod and a 1959 Buick (that might not count because it belongs to my client's grandson). Then there was the beater 1970 Challenger (I was driving that one). There are a lot of hidden car collections in the area where I live. Every once and awhile we have barn finds but they tend to be pretty big. A short time ago, another one of my clients wanted me to meet a friend of his to see what ite would take to get some of his cars running. The man owns 5 buildings full of cars. (Check out the photo.) On the back wall of that building it is not a mirror, that's another room full of cars. There are about 90 cars in this building. This local Santa Barbarab has been collecting cars for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Yesterday I took my wife for a ride to a hobby shop a distance away because we had seen Sonic restaurants but never tried one, and there's a Sonic right near the shop. I thought it would be neat to take my Tracker convertible to the drive in restaurant. As we're sitting there eating in the car, I keep seeing neat old cars driving by on the highway. Every few cars, there was a cool one... sometimes two together. Little did I know that they were going to a cruise night right in the Sonic parking lot! As we went to pull out, the entire other side of the lot was covered with collector cars! So of course we parked again and took a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Wow that is a few cars. How is he going to decide what to get running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 You really want to know??????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 You really want to know??????????? hahhhahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I kind of wish I did not see that . : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 That yellow and white PU would make an excellent snow plow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 :lol: On an other note though, I wouldn't mind seeing the "other" yellow car in the driveway Kerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Got that one right!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The70judgeman Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 On the way to work yesterday there was a '39 Chevy hotrod behind me till I turned off to get on the freeway. While on the freeway I saw a Red '72-3 Pantera going the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Today in Knoxville, I saw a massive number of Nissans, Toyotas, Fords with an Aston grille, SUVs and a buncha other stuff. Wow. However, while I was waiting for my Infiniti to get serviced, I stepped into the dealer's Jaguar showroom to check out a 100% original XK 140. Nice. Edited August 1, 2014 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Saw a black Ferrari Testarossa and about an hour later a gunmetal Maserati Quadroporte. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 On the way to dinner saw a sharp white '65 Vette convertible with the top down, the driver enjoying a rare mild summer day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltsr Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Got to see one of the new Jaguar F Types, convertible, very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 On the way back from dinner tonite saw a '90s Blazer/Tahoe 2dr w/ a Ford 'Super Duty' trim applique on the tailgate. Don't know if it had a Super Duty grille up front, didn't see the front. Weird. Also saw a primered, stripped '61-62 Olds F85 2dr at a body shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 I saw a white Jaguar F-type in the Menards parking lot this afternoon. Wow, what a beautiful car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Dark green 1956 Buick parked in the lot of a corner auto repair shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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