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Detroit, 12:21 PM
Wed Nov 25
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09/22/09
Not crack pipe, but instead, forty-dog.
09/21/09
IF you fancy having a 6th-gen T-bird, THIS, and ONLY this year, should be your target.
Cons:I have a '75 Mark IV in approachable / comparable condition to this T-Bird. The MarkIV is (arguably) better looking, more distinctive, more representative of "the times", and more sought after.
VerdictThat said, I wouldn't spend $7,000 on a standard Mark IV, so this T-bird doesn't have a chance at that price.
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Still, 8 MPG is tough to take, even with pump price approaching $2.14 here in the obscure areas of D/FW.
I think these had sequential turn signals, but that's not enough to save it from hittin' the pipe.
09/21/09
Speaking of switches, this car is the first eFMV Crack Pipe vote in a while. Two other early-70s Thunderbirds were found on eBay with an average price of $4900. Tack on $1500 for modifications (that console and the sub apparently count according to the computer) and you are left with a fair market price of $6400.
I say $7250 is too much. Too much brown. Too much car. Too much CIDs. Too much money. Pass the pipe and make sure it's loaded with the good stuff.
Can I borrow a light?
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Its = possessive
It's = it is
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That said, I would welcome a brief education into American car history. The landmarks, the do's and the don'ts. The products of the Malaise. etc etc etc. (The one below is surpisingly good for the T-Bird)
09/21/09
According to the Encyclopedia of American Cars (2006), the standard engine in the '72 Thunderbird was a 429 with 212 hp. The optional engine was a 460 with 224 hp. The 429 would vanish for 1974. From 1969 to 1976, nothing smaller than the 429 was offered in the T-bird.
I call Crack Pipe. There are problems here. I hope this car doesn't really have 999,999 miles on it. The engine isn't specified and that boom stereo has to go. For $7250, you can find any number of nicer and more distinctive luxocoupes - Eldorados, Mark IIIs, boat-tail Rivieras, pre-'71 Toronados, pre-malaise Grand Prix, pre-'72 T-birds, and so on. Pass this one by.
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But the brown paint has to go, along with the sofa/loveseat interior. With the right attention lavished upon it, it could actually make a fairly striking custom or low rider. The problem is that that kind of attention would cost anywhere from $15-$20k, at which point you would still have an early Malaise-era Thunderbird that is still only worth about $4k, and then only to someone that likes what you did with it.
There are better cars to be spending that kind of money on.
Crack pipe.
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No way.
And lay off the native american jokes. My wife is Cherokee, and if you piss her off, she'll mess you up.