2002 Thunderbird In Museum

[DudleyM]

My husband just read that a 2002 Thunderbird (first one sold to public) has just been donated to the Auburn-Cord-Deusenberg Museum in Auburn IN. Now we're in 'tall cotton'!

[JAB02LHS]

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My husband just read that a 2002 Thunderbird (first one sold to public) has just been donated to the Auburn-Cord-Deusenberg Museum in Auburn IN. Now we're in 'tall cotton'!

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http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...27/475245.html

Mr. Peter Heydon, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, kindly donated the 2002 Ford
Thunderbird Convertible. As a serious participant in the collector car
hobby, Peter Heydon holds the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in
high regard, and he has been one of its longtime financial supporters. It
was an easy choice for Heydon to contribute his brand new 2002 Ford
Thunderbird Convertible to the Museum. "It is one of the best managed and
educationally relevant museums in the world," Heydon said. As the museum's
collection already included a 1956 Thunderbird, he saw his unusual 2002
model as the perfect show mate for the yesteryear style and romance of the
1956 automobile. This beautiful, black sports car is new with only 50 miles
on the odometer and was the very first Ford Thunderbird offered to the
public in 2002! It is a perfect example of the craftsmanship seen in two
models of the same automobile built decades apart from one another. "It is
a phenomenal comparison of the sleek automobile that two different
generations have grown to love" says Short.
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[Rondor]

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Great news! there are a lot of reasons why the retro's will ultimately be a collector car. How much they will be worth will depend on many things, the boggest factor will be supply and demand. I know of several rare cars that aren't worth a whole lot because there is no demand

[Sealy]

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This beautiful, black sports car . . .

Well, make up your mind. Which is it?? Beautiful or black??

[Bill Brown]

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RONDOR is spot on. There are three factors that will determine the future value of the retro bird or any other car for that fact and it is Condition, Rarity and the Desirability. Condition: don't drive it store it, Rarity: I think the limited editions will count here. Desirability: God only knows if and when. As for me I drive it, don't see many on the road and I love it. IMHO it will be a collector car someday long after I'm gone.

[E'sBird]

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Great news! there are a lot of reasons why the retro's will ultimately be a collector car. How much they will be worth will depend on many things, the boggest factor will be supply and demand. I know of several rare cars that aren't worth a whole lot because there is no demand

Yeh, I own one. One of the rare cars is the 1974 Saab Sonnet. It was an advanced design but has little following beyond the two coasts. Even Jay Leno has one. Maybe the Thunderbird Retro....Who knows.

[007Cruiser]

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Yeh, I own one. One of the rare cars is the 1974 Saab Sonnet. It was an advanced design but has little following beyond the two coasts. Even Jay Leno has one. Maybe the Thunderbird Retro....Who knows.

They're very cool though.

[007Cruiser]

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Well, make up your mind. Which is it?? Beautiful or black??

Don't you remember the 60's? Black IS beautiful.

[Sealy]

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Don't you remember the 60's?

Sixties are fuzzy. Seventies are shot. Eighties come and go. Been clear since. Do remember Black is Beautiful. If the Bird had an Angela Davis 'fro, it might help.

[Ski]

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Hey, Sealy, are you looking for another PM from the Administrators?

[Sealy]

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Hey, Sealy, are you looking for another PM from the Administrators?

Not that I know of. No mention of anything I've been chastised for in that post. Will admit, it's a little off topic - but I was answering a question.

[Nicky-The-Squid]

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In a few years if a TV show has it's star driving around in one the demand will come back quick for sure. Specially if it is Light Ice Blue!!!

[lasuvidaboy]

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I'm one who thinks you should drive your TBird. The more people who see it the better. I still get very positive comments about my car a few times a week-in L.A. which has the most amazing collection of cars anywhere. My second car (back in 1982) was a fully optioned '69 Camaro SS/RS convertible. I paid $6000.00 for it in '82 and sold in in '85 for $7500.00. Today it would sell for 10-times that amount even w/high mileage.

[RustyFrye]

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Now we're in 'tall cotton'!

How tall is regular cotton?

[Sealy]

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How tall is regular cotton?

Comes right up to a Merlot Cow's udders.


(Cross post reference, check "Colors" post.)