Gotta Put the T BIRD Away


I am that crazy, silver haired lady in the “Thunderbird Blue” 2002 TBird who has the top down and the R&R music blasting every morning if the temp is over fifty degrees.

I love starting out my day feeling free and if it feels cold, I blast the heater!

I have so much fun with my TBird. As a kid I always wanted an original TBird. Like a “56 or “57. I knew that was never going to happen. I know zip about restoring cars!

Back in the year 2000, I went to the auto show and saw the proto-type of the retro TBird and fell in love with the TBird again.

I waited for it and so did a lot of other people, they were very limited in the Midwest but we found one in California (they had a lot of them- wonder why?).

It was cheaper to ship it here than pay the premium local dealers wanted so I FINALLY GOT MY TURQUOISE TBird!

I call it “my baby”. It has never seen snow and very little rain. I turned 10,000 miles last week. My office is only two miles from home so I average around 1400 a year. I wish I didn’t have to rack up any mileage so it will always be new!

I am totally irrational when it comes to my TBird. I even wash it and I’ve never washed a car before this. I like to shine it up!

Fall is here with winter right around the corner. We’ve been enjoying a brief Indian Summer. I am squeezing out as many sunny days as I can before I will be put it away to hibernate until next spring.

I’ll miss the “thumbs up” from other drivers and “Love your car” in the parking lots.

Until then, I’ll have fun - fun -fun ‘til the weather makes me put the TBird away!