![]() ![]() Everywhere I went turned into an automotive event, the likes of which I had not experienced since I drove early versions of the Chrysler PT Cruiser and the Volkswagen New Beetle. I encountered numerous similar reactions throughout my weekend driving the aqua T-Bird at elementary school soccer games, cruising Detroit's famous Woodward Avenue on a warm Saturday night and at dinner at a fancy restaurant. ''It's cool,'' he said of the new Thunderbird. ![]() ![]() He remembered Thunderbirds only as bulky, boring, overstyled coupes, the last of which was produced in 1997. He was born long after the trim original of 1955 and the classics that followed over the next decade or so. He cared little about the Thunderbird's illustrious heritage. His son, 17, who aspires to be an automotive engineer, took pictures as well. Could he photograph his 1966 Ford Thunderbird next to the 2002 model that I was test-driving? He wanted a shot of one of the last convertible Thunderbirds alongside the reborn model. MY neighbor, who restores old cars as a hobby, telephoned. ![]()
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