That's what gets to me, just a tad. These cars turn heads! Did it then, they do it now. Seriously, I've watched from the DJ trailer, spectators look at an entire show field of cars -- Mustangs, Corvettes, GTO's, Chevelles, various T-Buckets, then suddenly they stop at my car and begin taking pictures -- and pointing out the car to friends. BUT -- the same shows, the same cars, the CAR people will snap photos of every other car on the lot, to post on Facebook, and skip over mine. Seems they're interested in the muscle -- any Mustang kinda looks like a GT-350 or Shelby or somesuch, even though it's only got six plugs. A Chevelle looks like an SS-396; a Tempest looks like a goat. A T-Bird, well, I guess they offered a landau or maybe a Monaco (what's a Monaco?) but no muscle versions. Fact is, it IS a muscle car, similar to a GTO, it just weighs twice as much and comes with an automatic. As for spectators, they've seen so many Mustangs and Corvettes that they couldn't care less. But the big Thunderbird, the only one on the lot, people stop and tell me about the one Uncle Fred used to have. Even my wife -- growing up she had a neighbor who owned a Thunderbird. They're that memorable.
Once again, what I'm afraid of is NOT a rough, low-mileage car, as much as a sharp looker with junk underneath. Methinks a lot of Bird owners keep the cars polished but do bare-bones mechanical work, afraid to spend money due to the car's low value. Keep doing this, and one day they'll disappear to the point where the cars suddenly get discovered and the value shoots up.
