This is exactly a T-Bird with a few different body panels and badging. What a great deal!
Category: Cars
1967 Firebird
Back in the day, when students at Arvada West were allowed to park on our street, there was this 1967 Pontiac Firebird that for a week, parked in front of our house every day. I often forget how cool this car was because I never, ever see them on the road. They were rare back then, much less now. I am grateful that at least my Galaxie eventually became all black-and-chrome like that Firebird was.
Fire-Fiero
My dad took photos of this Fiero in 1990 when in Florida, if I remember correctly. I’ve never seen this kind of paint job on one since!
Sitting in a Lamborghini
1988 Fiero GT
A friend back in the day had my favorite car, a 1988 Fiero GT. My Dad took these photos. I miss seeing these on the road, they used to be everywhere.
The Ultimate Lincoln Mark VIII
1997 Thunderbird Under Clouds
Nowhere Man: Finally
I have an extensive DVD/Blu-ray library, (I have no cable or streaming services, which is great… no commercials!) but one of the missing gems that was too expensive to buy, was the 1995 UPN Network series “Nowhere Man”. I’ve kept an eye out for this at used and thrift stores for years, and today, I actually found it, for eighty dollars less than it would have been to get it off of eBay or Amazon. They only made the dvd set in 2005, and not that many so it is quite a find. I got it for $6, and online the cheapest one I can find is $89!
So, I’m watching the first episode for the first time in what, thirty years, and I notice the main character and his hostage getting into… a Thunderbird! Cool!
But not long afterward, that Thunderbird gets blown up. Now, I’m not so glad I saw a Thunderbird in this series. And they blew it up REAL good. No salvaging parts off of this one.
Makes me wonder; they were actually driving this car earlier, so was the one they blew up a different Thunderbird, but same year, same color, but maybe procured from a junkyard or something? This show didn’t exactly have a big budget, but then again what do I know about television series production.
Also: The people who created this show also did the original “La Femme Nikita” on the USA channel, and “24” with Kiefer Sutherland. These were all great shows.
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