L-O-V-E the Retro57. I have a 2002. Where did you have the fins installed? I'd like to have that done to mine. I don't want to get the stick ones but your bird looks like they are part of he car. Thanks, Larry
@cedarbird2 I fixed them. What year is the newer car? PS You are photo of the week, it's going out as we speak!
When I purchased the T-Bird I found a video of the off frame restoration & 2 old titles. 1 title was issued on 10/18/2005, that owner only drove the car a few times & stored it in a climate control warehouse for 8 years. The California title was issued on 12/13/2001 & that owner bought the car in Northern California from an owner of a body shop & it was indeed a body off restoration. After he bought the car it sat in his garage for many years, because he owned about 20 collector cars.
I love your car. Mine also is a California black plate car. It’s been in storage for over forty years. It was originally Thunderbird blue like yours but my Uncle had it painted yellow. Someday I hope to drive it
I wish you had higher resolution photos, so I could featured one week! Can you post some better photos that are not resized?
Thanks for the link, I may have to consider checking it out in August.. Looks like fun and they have a lot of events during the weekend..
I lived up in the Catskill mountains, back in the 70's and early 80's when I was in radio, and spent a lot of time going to events in northern New York and New Jersey. Loved the area, but not the winters. LOL
Steve, here is a link that one of our club members sent to me regarding the show up in Buffalo: http://www.buffalothunderbirdclub.org/
The last owner lived close to Syracuse and they put about 10K on it in the 4-5 years they had it.. Looks like I'll be driving less than 2K a year with mine. Only driving it on weekends.. I saw a beauty on Barrett Jackson auction Scottsdale on Velocity last week.. I think it was a 2002, with only 200 miles and t-bird blue and it went for $30,000.. I would love to have two.. One to keep pristine and one a driver, not a daily driver mind you, but more often than just the Sunday drive...
My daughter is living in Buffalo.. It is a fun trip when you include Niagara Falls in the itinerary which is only 15 or so miles away.. My Bird has 17,000 mile bought it with 16,000 last February from a Mercedes dealer.. Took delivery in late March when the salt was finally off the roads. Mine had 3 prior owners.. First two were from the Albany NY area and they only put 2000 mile each in in the 4-6 years they owned it each..
I just checked their Western New York Thunderbird Club web site, but it's may be too early in the season for info on their club events.. Everything was for last summer 2017.. Looks like they have a very active club though.. I have not participated in any club events yet.. Central New York T-Bird club has a spring rally but I think it also includes which is probably well attended by other ford owns of mustangs.. It's more of a Ford rally..
I understand they are going to have a big Thunderbird show in Buffalo this summer and several of our New England gang have been talking about going. Have you heard about that show?
My first Bird was an 02 Torch Red and often thought about buying a white top for it and adding wide whitewall tires. I think that is a classic look. But I ended up trading it in for an 03 whisper white with 20K fewer miles on it, and in show room condition. We live here in New England so I understand the winter issues. As soon as they put salt and sand on the roads the Bird gets put away for the winter. We have a show towards the end of April and that's when I take her out for the year.
I have a red T-Bird & top that I just bought a year ago.. I have often thought about looking into a white or black top also.. My hard top is only on for two month out of the year.. April and November, just before and after winter storage.. I also leave it on when I store it over the winter in the garage.. Being in upstate NY, the T-Bird doesn't see the road during the winter because of the salt that is on the roads pretty much all winter long..
Thank you Steve. A fellow T-Bird friend talked me into purchasing the red top, about six year ago, to match the full red accent interior and red pin- striping that had been done several years earlier. I haven't had the white top on since.....
Love your 57' in the snow.. I want to do one of my red retro in the snow but here, up in NY, with snow comes SALT...
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