The car thread ...

[O Really]

Sweet. The one I saw was a drab green color and needed restoration. That one there is nice. For the T birds, I like anything from about 1960 to 69.

The Mustang ruined the T-Bird's sporty-car market. Once they started being just another version of luxury sedan Lincoln, I lost interest.

[GoCubsGo]

Sweet. The one I saw was a drab green color and needed restoration. That one there is nice. For the T birds, I like anything from about 1960 to 69.

The first car I remember my dad owning was a 1965 ish T Bird convertible where the trunk deck automatically opened and the top self stowed inside.

For a little kid that was way cool.

[O Really]

Yeah, cool gadget, but wouldn't it mean you basically had no trunk at all? Where did he carry his golf clubs?

[GoCubsGo]

Yeah, cool gadget, but wouldn't it mean you basically had no trunk at all? Where did he carry his golf clubs?

That's why it had a back seat.

[Vrede too]

This electric vehicle splits itself down the middle to let passengers inside
Who needs doors?

[GoCubsGo]

This electric vehicle splits itself down the middle to let passengers inside
Who needs doors?

Doesn't look like it corners very well.

[Ulysses]

"She had fun fun fun till her daddy took the T-bird away..."

Me, it took five years of university and another year slaving away in a lab job before I got my first ride. Still have it. Cars are cool.

[Vrede too]

Doesn't look like it corners very well.

Maybe you hop out and lift the front end to the direction you want to go. Anyhow:

... max speed of 28 mph.

The centrifugal force can't be too great.

[O Really]

"She had fun fun fun till her daddy took the T-bird away..."

Me, it took five years of university and another year slaving away in a lab job before I got my first ride. Still have it. Cars are cool.

Well, it was "daddy's" car. Given the song is from '64, the T-Bird probably looked like this one:

[Ulysses]

"She had fun fun fun till her daddy took the T-bird away..."

Me, it took five years of university and another year slaving away in a lab job before I got my first ride. Still have it. Cars are cool.

Well, it was "daddy's" car. Given the song is from '64, the T-Bird probably looked like this one:

Maybe.

Or since it was Daddy's car, it might have been a 1st gen, like this. I remember one of these in my neighborhood in the late 50's-early 60's...



To me, that's a real T-bird...

[Ulysses]

And then there's...

At least 1 person was killed in a shooting at an Arkansas car show

At least one person was killed and 20 others wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas on Saturday evening, local police said.

Dumas Police Chief Keith Finch provided the number of casualties but said it wasn't immediately clear how many kids had been hurt. Additional information, including conditions of the wounded, wasn't immediately available.

One person was in custody, although there may have been multiple shooters, Finch told reporters.

State troopers were dispatched at around 7:25 p.m. to Dumas, located about 90 miles (144 kilometers) south of Little Rock, following a report of gunfire outside a local business where the car show was underway, Arkansas State Police spokesperson Bill Sadler said

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[GoCubsGo]

"She had fun fun fun till her daddy took the T-bird away..."

Me, it took five years of university and another year slaving away in a lab job before I got my first ride. Still have it. Cars are cool.

Well, it was "daddy's" car. Given the song is from '64, the T-Bird probably looked like this one:

That is exactly what it looked like, cherry red and a white top.

[GoCubsGo]

And then there's...

Half surprised he didn't say up north in Arkansas, after all it is due north of Cuba.

[GoCubsGo]

Maybe.

Or since it was Daddy's car, it might have been a 1st gen, like this. I remember one of these in my neighborhood in the late 50's-early 60's...

Comprehension failure (again).

The first car I remember my dad owning was a 1965 ish T Bird convertible where the trunk deck automatically opened and the top self stowed inside.

[Ulysses]

Maybe.

Or since it was Daddy's car, it might have been a 1st gen, like this. I remember one of these in my neighborhood in the late 50's-early 60's...

Comprehension failure (again).

The first car I remember my dad owning was a 1965 ish T Bird convertible where the trunk deck automatically opened and the top self stowed inside.

Oh, did you write the song?

If not, you're all wet.

[GoCubsGo]

Maybe.

Or since it was Daddy's car, it might have been a 1st gen, like this. I remember one of these in my neighborhood in the late 50's-early 60's...

Comprehension failure (again).

The first car I remember my dad owning was a 1965 ish T Bird convertible where the trunk deck automatically opened and the top self stowed inside.

Oh, did you write the song?

If not, you're all wet.

Whoops, my bad. I thought you were still talking about my father's car.

[Ulysses]

Maybe.

Or since it was Daddy's car, it might have been a 1st gen, like this. I remember one of these in my neighborhood in the late 50's-early 60's...

Comprehension failure (again).

The first car I remember my dad owning was a 1965 ish T Bird convertible where the trunk deck automatically opened and the top self stowed inside.

Oh, did you write the song?

If not, you're all wet.

Whoops, my bad. I thought you were still talking about my father's car.

Far be it for someone as nice as me to accuse you of "comprehension failure"...

[O Really]

Whoops, my bad. I thought you were still talking about my father's car.

I was referring to the song "got her Daddy's car and drove through the hamburger stand, now..." but if that's the car your dad had, it was indeed a cool one. Here's my mum's car from the same period. SS396. Drove it regularly until about 75, then semi-retired it. Finally sold it around '90ish. One of the reasons they got me nice cars was to keep my out of theirs.

[Ulysses]

You guys sound like you were spoiled brats.

Every car I ever owned was bought with my own hard earned money.

[Ulysses]

And then there's...

Half surprised he didn't say up north in Arkansas, after all it is due north of Cuba.

When did I ever say I'd been to Cuba (never have been)?

You're hallucinating again.