Thunderbird of the Month Submissions - December

[A Justin]

OK - that time of the month to submit your photos.

Here are the Rules:
*NEW RULE* Only first 10 submissions will be accepted.
Must Be a Member
Must have a gallery with 3 or more photos
Picture entered must be in your gallery
Cannot be a previous winner (until further notice)
One photo per member


Submissions will close at the end of the day on the 21st or when the slots fill.

Past submissions are eligible if they weren't winners.

Lets get those photos posted! I love'm all!

[Mark501]

Here's ours for this month

[HKS]

my56

[FUN X 3]

Here's FUN X 3 with the new white hardtop:

[Kokomo]

Nubble Lighthouse -- York, Maine
June 2003

[CHRIS]

Saturday Night Special

[goredgo]

I will toss TME2FLY into the nomination, if I can get the picture to post.

Ray in Ohio

[davemartin88]

Here's mine, silver and sand!

http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/gallery/data/500/1408fullsmall-med.JPG

[lovebirds]

Hope this works....

trying this again:
http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/gallery/data/500/1172Red_Bird_on_sklyline.jpg

[K.P.]

Here's my entry.

[gary hauver]

My candidate.

[A Justin]

Thats 10... thanks a lot guys! Poll will be posted in a few days!

[A Justin]

Alright guys its that time again!

View the submissions at the following link...
http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3555

Lets see if we can get a lot of votes in this month!! :pbj:

[BirdsAndBugs]

It was a tough pick this month as all the cars looks great. The quality of the photos is getting better and better. :thumbsup:

[AZTB]

What great entries...had to look them over several times before I could decide...gettin' better 'n better.

[CaptainKen]

All very nice photos. Looks like a tight vote between KarylP and Kokomo.

[LuvHisBird]

Tough vote this time..........

[taflocks]

very tough but karylp won out for me!! although i think the others are very nice also!! now i want to see everyone vote this month!!
we need to make the vote more intresting this time out.....

[Bill Brown]

I agree with Thomas we need a better showing for a 1000+ members it would be good to see 50% vote.

[goredgo]

I agree with Bill and Tom, it is sort of like a democarcy. When only a few people participate you are only sampling a very small portion of the populace which isn't necessarily a good thing.

Ray in Ohio

[Dave123]

WOW!! Awesome photo's. They all look like winner's to me. Congrat's to all of you on your prized possessions.

[SteelCityTBirds]

Alright Kokomo, you have had my vote all but two times. Once when I was entered and one other time. I really like this photo. Lets see if you can pull it off this time.

Dave Martin, nice color choice with the silver & sand. I didn't know the sand top was available with the silver - looking good!

[davemartin88]

Thanks, the sand soft top was standard when you go with the sand interior. My hard top is black.

[BLUNBIRD]

Dave - I would love to see a picture when you put that black hardtop on. I bet it really looks elegant - kind a reverse of the Nieman Marcus.:smokin:

[K.P.]

Me, too, Dave! You'll HAVE to post that!

[AZTB]

Me three...it's a beautiful car/combination...either way.

[davemartin88]

We keep getting nice weather here in Virginia so haven't put the hard top on, 65 degrees today, top down to and from work, very nice!

Also just ordered the clear strips talked about in other posts so will get them sometime next week and probably put the top on over the Thanksgiving holiday. Promise to send pictures when I get the top on, should have taken a few when I brought it home from the dealer.

[SteelCityTBirds]

A dealer here has a silver with a black top. I believe it is a silver on silver and they just put a black top on for a few days. I like them both but my personal pick would be the silver on silver.

[taflocks]

c'mon gotta get a few more votes for karylp!! she deserves a win after not wiping out the side of her car last month.


[i somehow thought it was karylp that wiped her side but in fact it was kathe sunluvinbrd] hey it started wit a K.....

[VA2k2Tbrd]

I don't believe that was Karyl was it?

[taflocks]

who was it?

[VA2k2Tbrd]

I believe it was Kathy in Illinois, SunLuvNBird.

At least I think it was.

[taflocks]

kathe kayrl hey it started with a k

looks like neck and neck here!!!!
keep voting!!:bestwish: :pbj: :pbj: :naughty: :naughty: :lol: :lol:

[VA2k2Tbrd]

So does Kokomo!

[BirdsAndBugs]

:nono: Hey guys, most election precincts prohibit campaigning at the polling place. :lol:
No influencing the electorate.

[Proboxfan]

I'd just like to let all the contestants know that my vote CAN be bought! :biggrin:

[A Justin]

Forgot to mention this ends the last day of the month at 11:59 pm :wink:

[Epi_rush]

I exercised my right to vote!

AND want to see Dave's silver bird with her black top on too. That just sounds gorgeous!

[leisha]

But I still voted for Chris!!!
Black and beautifull!

It was tempting to vote for the blue car from Kokomo... but I can't always vote for color and I was quite impressed by this car of Chris' when it was first shown on the thread with the TYRES!!!

Best of luck... a fine group of contestants this month, you are all winners!

:canada:

[BLUNBIRD]

C'mon guys!:shout:

We have over 500 active members on here and only 98 people have voted for next month's TOTM.

Maybe it is time to discontinue this competition for a while?:puzzled:

Or spice it up some for next year with a theme for each month?:puzzled:

Let's hear some feedback or see some votes!!:pc: :pc: :pc:

[taflocks]

we just need to make voting mandatory, you can't post until you vote should be the rule.

[davemartin88]

Not a great shot but put the hard top on this morning after installing the Invinca strips. One other shot in my gallery.

[K.P.]

Dave...that looks AWESOME!!!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
And with that sand interior---WOW!!

I think different colored hardtops really make these cars unique. It's my favorite look. Now I need to get a black top for my grey. It won't have quite the contrast yours does. I really like that contrast between the lighter silver and the black. Good job ordering, Dave!

[davemartin88]

Wish I could say I thought it through that well-- I was at the Ford dealer looking at F150 trucks, was almost ready to buy and my wife asked me why I wasn't looking at the new Tbirds since I had talked about them since they came out.

Dealer had the silver/black and a VMG/black on the lot. Liked the VMG but wasn't sure I would still like it a year from now. The VMG has a definite "retro" look to it which is very neat-- we decided to go with the silver/black as we thought it was elegant as opposed to retro.

Very happy with the choice, thanks for the comments.

Do you have a hard top today for your gray tbird? I'll be the look would be very similar.

Thanks again.

[K.P.]

I have only the MSGrey hardtop. I'd love a black, and it would look interesring on Jerry's Yellow, too. If I ever get another TBird, it WILL have a different hardtop color.

[goredgo]

I find it sad that I the owner of TME2FLY is the only one who thinks the car looks great. As of now I formally withdraw her from the December competition. She will never be entered again. Take the silver, the blue, and rest that is fine with me. The one true color that really makes this car look great is the Torch Red.

Ray in Ohio

[BLUNBIRD]

Dave - The black top makes the car. The silver color is so soft, that it needs the black to make it stand out.

Really elegant looking. (I almost wish we could have used this picture in the calendar.:rolleyes: )

[JohnnyFive]

Dave silver and black I like it
Like the Wheels too. JohnnyFive

[taflocks]

ray i think your car looks great!! there is no accounting for taste though seems like everyone likes the other colors
i think some of those are ugly.............as you see i have 2 red's i probally should of voted for you but i liked the barn in karyl's picture
this month was a hard month as there were severeal nice photo's your's being one of them.. don't be discouraged....:beer:

[Epi_rush]

Very Nice!!!

:pbj:

[Epi_rush]

I have to say something... Whether you have blue, green, silver, grey, white, yellow, merlot, red, etc etc. If you have fenders, partial, or full accent... if you have wide whitewalls or custom dash kits, borla exhaust or nitrous. This is one of the most beautiful cars of my generation and it doesn't matter about the colors, the extras, the add ons or the customs. You are automatically a winner just by owning the car. I would consider myself extremely lucky just to be able to ride in one..

There are no losers here.

[K.P.]

Epi_rush...what you say is so true.
We already won. Anything else is just icing.

[BLUNBIRD]

The discouraging part is when we publicly state that someone else's car is "ugly".:nono: :nono: :nono:

While we all have our preferences in colors, evidenced by our purchase choice, and while we have our opinions of others' colors and/combinations, it is prudent to keep our opinions to ourselves when tying to keep harmony in a group this size.:sad:

The TBOM contest takes much more into consideration than a particular car color. Background, composition and quality of the photo all play a part as well. Contestants should keep that in mind when submitting an entry.

[JerryP]

Now Blunbird, you know sometimes it's hard to keep harmony in a group of two.

[BLUNBIRD]

That's for sure.............just ask CaptainKen. But in this group, with as many anal TB owers/owners as we have, its best to keep opinions to ourselves..............unless it involves Gobird of course.:joker: :joker: :joker:

[K.P.]

But that's an opinion we all share, right?:lol::poke:

[JerryP]

I still owe too. Or are owers the same as owners. I think not.:joker:

[taflocks]

epi has a good attitude!! no car but a good attitude.........
she will be in january's contest with something special from what i have heard!

[CaptainKen]

Unlike some people, there is no such thing as an "ugly" thunderbird! :nono:

[taflocks]

ok ugly may of been a strong statement, i should of said it was not to my taste....... i was trying make gerigio feel better about not getting any votes on his beautiful car......my appoligies to the blue people it was not directed at any one blue car or owner........

[goredgo]

Tom, I appreciate your kind remarks. I guess I am so attached to my car that I felt compelled to defend her poor showing in this month's car of the month voting. If I offended anyone in particular I apolgize for my insensitivity. It was a natural reflex on my part. I am proud of my car and was just upset by her showing in the voting.

Ray in Ohio

[5bird7]

Blunbird and others,
I see an increase in the voting from several months ago. I see no reason to discontinue the contest as everyone looks forward to it, including the photographers who have to be watching for when the contest opens for the month and get their photo in before it closes.

The hard part is that there is only one winner. [I do have a solution for that]. The real plus is that we see a continuous group of photos that are good to look at and we are able to see some of the same photographers, time and again, showcase their work for us. At least the "losers" keep getting to try, something the winners don't get to do again.

Just think, there are 12 members now that cannot compete for that "prize" of Thunderbird of the Month. We'd really be having a tough time if they were allowed in and only 10 photos could be submitted. The real losers are the ones that miss out on submitting their photos --- but a limit had to be set --- and they can post their photos in the gallery.

I certainly wouldn't be concerned about a low number of votes for any particular photo. I remember one month that I thought 4 photos were really outstanding and 1 of those photos only got 2 or 3 votes.

[BLUNBIRD]

Good comments 5bird7. Perhaps we could have some of the better photographers, like Chriscrete, Kokomo, and bird4jk offer some tips for taking these pictures that might help some of us who don't have that eye for composition.:biggrin:

[K.P.]

Good ides...These guys consistently have good photos. Kokomo's work I have loved since I first saw his.
Maybe we should have a special thread or gallery for "Photographic Art" that would allow us to enjoy great TBird photos from past winners that are now unable to submit due to winning.

[BLUNBIRD]

Probably could be a Gallery Subject......Justin(s)?:puzzled:

[FUN X 3]

I've entered the TOM contest several times with different photos. Some only got my vote, others got more. I have yet to win, but so what. The most fun part of it that I enjoy the most is creating the picture. Who cares if nobody besides yourself doesn't appreciate your car or your photo...have fun creating the photo, and keep enjoying your car, and keep entering the contest...don't take your ball and go home!

By all means let's not do away with the contest. I look forward to it every month. The only suggestion I would make is do away with the gallery rule, have people send their photos to the web site via email, and post the first ten entries with no TBN handle so it's anonymous.

[BLUNBIRD]

The anonymous suggestion is a great one, Fun x 3! :thumbsup:

[JBest]

I say we vote for a first, second and third place. Beautiful photos.

[DrtiBird]

My suggestion is for the TBN folks to make a calendar with the 12 winners pics on the month they won. This could be an annual event. Should make some great calendars too.

:pbj:

[JerryP]

It would also be nice to have a gallery section that features the photos that won. I can't recall them all.

[Sam]

Didn't see it posted.....but I guess it should be Congratulations to KarylP!!!!!!!:bestwish:
Kokomo came in REAL close.:biggrin:
Hate to see people get their feelings hurt regarding their entries, colors, etc.:sad:
If you own a T-Bird you ARE already a WINNER!:pbj:
I deeply regret selling mine.
So everyone keep your chins up, and drive your cars with PRIDE!:tbn:

[BLUNBIRD]

DrtiBird -
We did consider that for the calendar. Then the question came up - where do you start the year and where do you end it. We cannot use current winners because we have to go to print before the year is up. If we back up into the year before, where do you draw the line without hurting someone's feelings?

Also, TBOTM winners have already won recognition with their cars and this was a chance for others to be recognized. The 2004 calendar is an effort in presenting all the colors. If we do another one for 2005, it will have a different theme.

I hope this helps.:biggrin:

[SunLuvNBird]

:bestwish: Congratulations, Karyl! :cheers:
A beautiful car, if I do say so myself!

[winterm]

:bestwish: :bestwish: KarylP!!

Beautiful pic! Congrats!

"Congrats" to all that entered! It's really some beautiful birds
out there!

[K.P.]

For ALL of you that voted, and not just for my entry, I'd like to say "Thanks". The more members we have that cast a vote, the more representative the result is.
I appreciate my car being TBOM very much, and thank you for the honor. Every entry this month deserved to get TBOM. All were excellent photos. That makes it even more of an honor to get to carry the title this month.
I look forward to viewing more great ones next month, and some re-submissions of this month's entries.

[CHRIS]

Congrats to both Karyl and Kokomo! Everybody did a great job..too bad more members didn't participate in voting. Even a 50% vote participation would be a reasonable goal compared to where we are for next month's vote. Don't just sit back and "look"--take the extra step and exert your opinion!

[goredgo]

Congratulations Karyl.

Ray in Ohio

[A Justin]

Congratulations KarylP... sorry i was not thinking straight and skipped over this forum the past 2 days.

[K.P.]

S'Okay...Kevin got to revel a couple of extra days, and that's fine by me!:biggrin:

[JerryP]

Congratulations dear, did you remember to thank all the folks. You know, the ones who felt sorry and voted for you 'cause Blunbird made fun of your failure to mount a caravan. At least your caravan from the east does have at least one 'Wiseman' bearing gifts. We were supposed to have 3, but NC2K2TBird and Brdnhand were threatened by Blunbird somehow.
We'll need to figure that one out later. Did any wisemen come from the west?:joker:

[BLUNBIRD]

No, but there sure is a wise a-- on here right now!:cussing:

[K.P.]

Tell it, Blunbird!!:lol:

[JerryP]

OK, we need to get back on topic. (TOTM). I can't believe it, Blunbird, that sounds like something KarylP would call me. Guess what? I'm used to it. :cul:

[flybrd]

Jerry P...what did KarylP bribe you with to earn your vote? I mean, I can see some serious consequences if you didn't vote for her!:moreek:

Congrats KarylP! I love the MSG and the new silver!!

But, as people have said, it doesn't matter what color...this is ONE HOT CAR, and I'm proud to be an owner...even if I am an anal owner!:lol: :pbj:

[JerryP]

It was the 'or else' that got my vote, plus, even though we play against each other on this site at times, we are still very loyal to each other. It is all in fun.

PS ...Flybird, I guess I'm an anal owner too! I guess that's to what Blunbird was making her reference in the earlier post. I understand, now.

[BLUNBIRD]

WRONG-O!!!

[Epi_rush]

Congrats Karyl!

:bestwish: :bestwish: :bestwish: