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[4LOWBIRDS+7]

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AMEN, TO THAT, I DRIVE ONE EVERYDAY AND CLEAN THEM WAY TOO MUCH, BUT THAT IS THE FUN.

[Bill Brown]

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My brother bought a 57 back in 1963 paid $400.00 cash in good condition. Try to do that today. 57 E and F birds demand a 6 figure price in good condtion. These were limited numbers and were special. I believe that if you are going to chase the investment car theme you need to purchase the limited edition NM, 007, PCR, and 50th and lock them up to see a return sometime in the future???? For the rest of us: get out there and drive put on the miles and the smiles, "life is too short tic toc tic toc did you live it in" a thunderbird today???? IMHO.

[Ski]

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I agree Bill. Look at some of the mileage on the Broken Wings thread. It's disheartening to see this great car totaled and bearly have been driven.

[Leroy]

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I'm plannig on keeping mine untill the warranty runs out and cannot be extended anymore. At that point I think I'll sell it and hopefully get a fairly good price for it. Leroy

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[BirdsAndBugs]

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A 2002 Thunderbird with 45,000 miles for $14,200 seems like a pretty sweet deal as I still consider that to be pretty low mileage.

I think anyone that tries to draw any valuation comparison between the original 55-57 Thunderbirds and the 2002-2005 Thunderbirds, is just doing some wishful thinking. With the exception of those early baby Birds, Thunderbirds from 1958 and on haven't really garnered big bucks in classic car circles with a few special edition exceptions.

Me, I'm just going to enjoy mine. While they've been babied a bit, they'll eventually become my daily transportation. Another reason is that I don't think these modern vehicles with their electronic systems will stand the test of time that the vehicles of yesterday did that were pretty straightforward and simple to maintain.

[Ediron]

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Try googling 86,400 seconds and read it.It was to long for a two finger typist like myself.It gives a good reason to enjoy your T-Bird.

[Sealy]

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Try googling 86,400 seconds . . .

Well, that gives about 900,000 hits. Care to narrow it down?

[Ray]

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86,400 are the number of seconds in a day. There are a lot of cool videos, poems, songs, etc on the subject. Here's one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oquY8qnneVk&feature=fvw

(Back to topic now.)

[XCR440SP]

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One thing that has made Thunderbird values strange is the condition and mileage of the cars. Its much easier to find a 2002 with 20,000 miles than it is to find one with 60,000. Most buyers are using their Thunderbirds for enjoyment rather than transportation. I wanted to get a higher mileage used one for the lot this spring (to get price down) and never did find one, found plenty of teen and 20's on the odometer.

Other than exotics (Ferraris, etc), I've never seen a car where the majority was kept in good condition with very, very low mileage. Corvettes are often low mileage, but still tend to have much more than the average Thunderbird of their year.

[saj]

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Cal, my exact feelings.I be long gone before it becomes an American Classic.

I daresay that most of us Tbird owners are much closer to becoming classic than our cars. I say enjoy it now!

[AZTB]

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I daresay that most of us Tbird owners are much closer to becoming classic than our cars. I say enjoy it now!

but true

[FUN X 3]

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I daresay that most of us Tbird owners are much closer to becoming classic than our cars. I say enjoy it now!

Amen brother, nearly 98,000 smiles on mine and counting...

[Lindy]

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The price was $14,200.

Put another way, while I am disappointed that many are compelled to undermine the price of the '02-'05's vis-à-vis selling them at standard depreciated pricing; Aside from the value in the form of a fairly good quality of the Ford Thunderbird automoblie itself: then there are the intangibles, those otherwise ethreal things, such as history, lore, nostalgia, enjoyment (fun), entertainment (smiles). Were one to add to that by commanding a collector premium onto such pricing, there would be yet another intangible for the owner, that "good" feeling one gets when he/she realizes a wise buying decision. Ironically the intangibles aren't as subject to moth and rust, as the very cars themselves, which are quite ephemeral, which thus lends credence to the value of the ethereal and perhaps more lasting aspects of the expierence of fine-automobile ownership.

[Blue Heaven]

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My thought is that you'll see these cars going for south of $5,000 over the next 5 or so years

Oh Chuckster... Come on!

[Ski]

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My thought is that you'll see these cars going for south of $5,000 over the next 5 or so years

That's when I'll get one for the wife - Merlot, though. She couldn't handle the speed of an Evening Black .