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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    Non-SC T-Bird, late series car 1996-97.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    There is a t bird just like that on a street in my neighborhood. Same color. And leaking fluids all over the road.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    T-Bird with a bad head gasket :p
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited December 2016
    fintail said:

    Non-SC T-Bird, late series car 1996-97.

    Yep, a '96 Ford Thunderbird LX to be exact. IIRC these were powered by 302 V8s.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,040
    edited December 2016
    They had the god awful 3.8 V6 and by the era of that example the 4.6 V8 from the Panthers.

    Mom had a 96 in a nice green over beige. If it had been a V8 I would have bought it from her.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,751
    Huh. Didn't realize those tbirds came WITHOUT a spoiler. Don't recall ever seeing one like that.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,040
    My Mom's didn't have the spoiler either. It was pretty well optioned, moonroof, auto temp, keyless entry (when that was actually something optional)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    I remember some people stashed away 97 models as future collectibles, the supposedly last T-Bird. That wasn't a good move.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 263,335
    IIRC, the entire design team was fired after that iteration of T-Bird was released. Bloated, compared to the previous generation.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,040
    It really wasn't a bad driving car, independent rear suspension, RWD and quite comfortable. The V6 was just a total turd, noisy and thirsty. The V8 made the car so much better. At least by 96-97 Ford figured out the head gasket problems.

    I love the 80s style Birds and Cougars but unless you got a T-bird SC they were all turds too. They got the 302 but only the lopo version (again from the Panthers). I don't know why Ford wouldn't have put the HO in, but they probably didn't want to cut into the Mustang sales.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    They sold about 4 billion of those 89-97 Birds, I suspect the design team got promoted 5 management levels (out of 35), no matter the long term issues :)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Brochure art>


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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    "...and once I knock down those trees and fill in that stream...."

    Poor woman....you know that car had a reputation as a cad's car.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    XK150, I suppose the one you want is the late run 3.8
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    What car? Bonus: what famous person owned one (not this one)?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited December 2016
    Fiat 500/600, perhaps an Abarth.
    Hmmm...I'd guess someone like Marcello Mastrianni, Sophia Loren or Frederico Fellini.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    Not Italian...
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    ...and the owner was American.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    California plates. UK watermark on the bottom right corner. RWD?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    Yep, rear-engine, too.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited December 2016
    Too tiny an engine for a post war Porsche. :)

    Looks like it's not a three wheeler either.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    It is German...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    texases said:

    It is German...

    NSU Prinz

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,077
    Did Elvis own it?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    Yep, NSU Prinz. John Glenn owned one early in his career, drove it to save gas $$. 
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited December 2016
    Fixed it for you Andys



  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited December 2016
    Well, that intersection has certainly changed although "Martins Cafe" is still there. Now it's Doc Martins though.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    80s era Honda City cabrio - kind of NA looking background, I will guess this is another private import now able to trickle in now that it is of a certain age.

    The cool City was the hatch model that came with a little motocompo minibike.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    fintail said:

    80s era Honda City cabrio - kind of NA looking background, I will guess this is another private import now able to trickle in now that it is of a certain age.

    The cool City was the hatch model that came with a little motocompo minibike.

    You rang?>




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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    that looks like one of those crappy 1970s electric cars.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    edited December 2016
    It's not that bad, just a dorky little hatch with a cool little bike.

    When I was 4 or 5 years old, my aunt won one of those funky little EVs in a shopping mall contest. I remember going to see it and I was able to go for a ride in it - as I was a little kid, I thought it was very cool. It was one of these:

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    yeah, that is the one. similar shape.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,077
    andys120 said:


    1975 Mercury Bobcat wagon.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited December 2016


    1975 Mercury Bobcat wagon    .

    You're just a little off, it's a 1974 Ford Pinto Squire

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    I hate Illinois [non-permissible content removed].
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    love that movie.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I hate Illinois [non-permissible content removed]

    ...and they probably hate west coast socialists :'( But yeah, that was a pretty funny movie and Dan Akroyd always had the Chicago accent down pat. The only place I heard it better was the airport van driver in "Home Alone".
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    I'll always associate a red Pinto wagon (not that they are seen on the road at all anymore) with that movie, as well as associating pre-downsized 70s Grand Prixs with Carrie Fisher.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I had a college buddy back in the 70's who lived in a Chicago apartment just like that adjacent to the L tracks - and they were that noisy and bright. Liked the rednecks at the bar as well because people think redneck is strictly a southern phenomenon B)
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited December 2016
    Well, yeah, but the red necks in Chicago are from frostbite, not chopping cotton. :p
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 263,335
    "What kind of music do you play?"

    "Both kinds - Country and Western"

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited December 2016
    No points unless you state the trimline name:


  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Can't see the pic Shifty, maybe if you grab a screenshot.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited December 2016
    Well hmmm...how come I can see it? Well then let's try again. Name the trimline!




  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    1957 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited December 2016


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    Mid 80s Volvo 780. Bertone coupe.

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