Hi! New Member here!

[LouBelleraVideo]

I can't believe it but as the owner of 3 Corvettes I just bought my 1st T Bird since I was a kid! My first T Bird was a 60 sunroof in turquois which I bought in 1968. I had several after that my favorites being the 66 Landau and convertible. The T Bird of my youth has long since gone when it lost all of it's classic beauty and luster as the models progressively became more lackluster and downright ordinary.
I admired this new edition but would not take the plunge when prices were going as high as 10 grand over sticker when the car came out. However, since sales have gone flat due to the economy and other circumstances I was able to buy a brand new 2002 leftover at 6 grand below sticker!!!I was about to buy a beautiful thunderbird blue, until I came to a website and saw the premium equiped inspiration yellow with the full interior package.WOW! I HAD to have that color combo! I see T Birds in red white and mostly blue on the road from time to time which are all oustanding but hardly ever if at all see the yellow.My dealer located the only one left on Long Island and I drove 50 mile to see it and bought it on the spot! I don't care how badly Ford marketed the car or whatever problems caused this car to go flat in sales but for my money it sure looks like a future classic that I could not pass up for the deal I got it for.
Great to see the T Bird is back on the right track for however long that last.
Lou :beer:

[dartguy699]

WELCOME TO THE NEST LOU!!!!!!!!! and congrats on buying a truly outstanding car. i know you will enjoy it very much!
jim

[LouBelleraVideo]

I can't believe I now own a new T-Bird after a 30 plus year drought. My first Bird was a 60 Sunroof in turquois. I fell in love with the T Birds after that and owned many early to mid 60's models but concentrated on the 66. I had some hardtops, Landaus and a Powder Blue and Diamond blue Convertibles,However I have not bought any Birds since the Marque went down the tubes over the years.
Now it's fun time again and I took the plunge on a fully loaded 2002 leftover in inspiration yellow with the full interior package and yellow hard top. I know some people that paid anywhere from 7 to 10 grand above sticker when the car first came out so I feel blessed to get a great deal on the 02 at 6 grand below sticker since sales have go flat due to the economy and other reasons.
Great car and in my opinion a future classic!
Lou :pbj:

[LouBelleraVideo]

THANKS! I can't help but :pbj: everytime I think about it!

[TBird02]

Another satisfied customer infected with the Thunderbird Lovebug! Congrats, and welcome to the site!

[A Justin]

Welcome to TBN! Can you explain your screen name? Hope you enjoy your TBN experience and learn a little :wink:

[5bird7]

:biggrin: Welcome! Seems you have been smitten!
and thanks for the guestbook entry on my site.:biggrin: Glad it helped you decide what to buy though you wouldn't have gone wrong with any choice. We're here to help keep your enthusiasm at it's peak!

[Irish Thunder]

Welcome Lou. Glad you got the yellow bird you wanted, and at a good price too! Now, about those 'vettes!
John

[Bill Brown]

Welcome Lou; After being on this site for awhile you will know the true meaning of "Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive" when it comes to our cars. You made a great choice in cars.

[YLO BRD]

Lou,
Welcome from another yellow bird owner, glad you were able to get the best color.

Joanne YLO BRD

[shildebr]

Welcome, Hope you have a lot of fun with the new Bird. We also have a 1998 Corvette Indy Pace Car, so no plain jane autos for us either.

:biggrin:

[LouBelleraVideo]

Thanks for the BIG T-Bird welcome folks! Dot your site is great and helped me to make the plunge and get lucky on finding the color I wanted. My log on name is derived from my business and as far as the Vettes go I have an 86 white convertible with 18,000 miles an 89 Convertible with 10,000 miles and a new 2002 white convertible.The love of Corvettes and T-Birds come from my youth in the late 60's but the problem with the Bird was that Ford dropped the ball after the 71 Model (which was the last decent Bird, all though I had a couple of 1960's and many 66's)so I lost interest in the T-Bird.However this new version is just great!Looks great and looks like a real fun car to own and certainly looks like an instant collectable.By the way,I haven't even gotton mine yet! I am picking up the new arrival tomorrow. I had it flat bedding from a dealership that had the last inspiration yellow on Long Island and 60 miles from my dealership.I drove the 60 miles in the pouring rain yesterday to give the car a once over and bought it on the spot.However,God forbid I'd let them drive the new baby to my dealership and put the unnecessary 60 miles on it before Daddy has a chance to drive Her.
:lol:
PS
Dosen't that mint green color for 04 look great?

[FUN X 3]

Hi Lou, welcome to the Nest. I guess your vettes will start gathering dust now!:lol:

Have fun fun fun in your new yellow Bird!:smokin:

[yelobird2002]

Hello Lou, welcome to the Nest. From another yellow full accent interior owner, congratulations on your choice of the best color.

[Quickdraw]

congratulations on your choice of the best color.

Errrrr..... Lon,
Re-read Lou's first message, while he said he went to look for a "beautiful thunderbird blue" (the best color) he wound up buying a yellow one instead. :lol:

[LouBelleraVideo]

That was a great web site of your photos of the yellow bird! I believe that the car looks great in all colors.The dealership in which I do business had only white or blue.I always wanted yellow as my first choice but there were none to be had.I was getting cold feet on the deal with the blue one so I told the manager I really wanted a yellow one thinking that He would tell me the deal was off because He couldn't locate one.When He called me back with the exiciting news that he located the last one on Long Island I happily pulled the trigger!Production numbers are 7,500 in Thunderbird Blue and only 3,700 in Inspiration yellow.

[Blue Heaven]

Lou,
Welcome from another Long Islander (transplanted to CT). I'm compiling a list of all the 02 and 03 owners in the New York- New England area and would like to add you to the list. Send me the town in which you live, I already know what color the car is!!

We hope to have some type of get together soon, I'll keep you up to date.

Dino

[LouBelleraVideo]

West Babylon

[Lady 007]

Hi LOU!

Welcome to the nest. I know you will LOVE this car! cindy

[LouBelleraVideo]

Thanks Cindy! I must say you folks are really nice out there. I'm glad I bought the car and equally glad to see the super type of people who gravitate to this Marque. :thumbsup:

[AZTB]

My first choice also was yellow...in fact I had one on order when the Blue came in. My wife greatly desired the blue over the yellow, and so here I am.

Saw a yellow on the road two days ago while out taking a walk...it IS a gorgeous color! Lou, glad you're here with us!

[KD0QV]

Lou, Welcome to the nest ! We are new also. We are enjoying all the info available on here, & I'm sure you are also ! Keep cool & happy cruising, Jim & Kay in Iowa

[winterm]

Welcome Lou!

You're gonna love it here just as much as you do your
beautiful yellow TBird!!

You'll have to post some pics when you get it!!!

[DrtiBird]

Quite by accident I came across the Motor Trend magazine with the article about the new T-Birds. It had a picture of a yellow one on the cover. I think that was sometime in 1999. Well I started "Lusting" after one while reading that article. But, for one reason or another I did not get my yellow bird.

Then, about two weeks ago, I ran across one in my local Ford Dealer's showroom and just couldn't resist. So far I have not been disappointed.

:pbj:

[Donna]

Welcome Lou!
I am also a Vet and T-Bird owner, do we have good taste or what! 2003 Premium white, and 1977 Vette, also white with mirror T-Tops.
I think the economy as well as people just needing room for all the kids and their toys, is keeping the sales down. That would pretty much answer the question "Mom, why do only old people have cool cars?" That question came from a friend's little girl.

[Chriscrete]

AZ YellowBird, what great pictures of your trip. You should enter them in the Bird of the month. We are in Phoenix in January to April, will try to contact you during that time. Dennis & Judy

[redbirdsal]

AZ, Thanks for the GREAT pictures of your trip home. I haven't been in those areas in some time...brought back some good memories. Welcome to TBN!

Lou, I've enjoyed reading your posts. Good to have you aboard.

I hope to meet both of you at one of our upcoming events.

Sally:beer: :beer:

[Red Bird Dave]

Welcome Lou,
This is a great group and if you can spend the time checkout the techinal threads, I have found several things I will be discussing with the service manager at my local Ford dealership.

I too got a bargain on my red bird. As VP Lending for a credit union I deal with this dealer on a daily basis. I bought the owner's wifes demo. It had 3000 miles and not a ding on it. He sold it to me for invoice less the 3% dealer holdack and there was a $2000 cash back from FMC. I bought a new car ( not plated ) for $2000 under low blue book. So there are bargains out there.

Red Bird Dave