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Published: 2005-08-09 23:05:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 2166; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 163
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Well where do I begin? While at work today I see this lil old lady drive up the street I was on in this samlom 57 Thunderbird. She pulled in the garage and I said hey you mind if I shoot yer car? She was kinda apprehensive, wanting to know who I was and if I was gonna steal it lol Well I got her to put it in the street and went to town. Never leave home without yer camera folks! I loved this car! What made it REALLY nice......It's ALL original and FAR from perfect! Chips all over, paints faded, dirty white walls. She drives it year around as her daily driver and she said drives it in the winter all over, with the sand on the roads and all! I love it! These cars are worth so darn much restored.,....but nope, she goes everywhere in it! Enjoy!Related content
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Back in 74 I lived across from a guy who restored a beautiful 57 and had it for sale for $4500..I had wanted that car from the Day One.. so I went over intent on buying it.. and when I tried to get in..I didnt fit!!!! Even with the seat back and the wheel tilted I couldnt get my knees to clear the dash! I was crushed!!!.. but.. the next week I got a 72 240Z...airdams...spoiler.. basket mags...koni shocks..borg/warner racing clutch, and an Ansa over under exhaust.. I have a crappy old Instamatic shot of it.. one of my favorite cars, for sure for sure!! ( But I still wish I could have fit in that sweet black Tbird.) [link]
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wow nice, I remember those cars, always loved em!
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It was sweet! I 'm 6' 3" and my legs were pretty much straight in front of me.. like riding a go cart..could wind 95 out of second...
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damn that is some serious RPM's
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Great shot!
I love how the lighting looks, too.
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Yer they can be gorgeous to look at but this car is the woman's car, its like having a pair of shoes and not wearing them. My mum gets at my Dad for not using his car and just letting it sit in the garage....
That woman sounds great and the car is cool too...I love the light on the front, its like that reflection you get from water, nice work.
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great pic and lovely to read about. its nice to think as l look at that photo there's a little old lady driving to the shops etc in it.
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ya i know....wish it was mine i'll say that!
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Nice. No modern distractions in the background. This could be a classic shot if it wasnt for the exif info.
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gorgeous... it's a great shot. and if i had that car, i'd drive it all the time too
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Thank you very much! Yeah it's kind of nice to see that!
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Wow definitely a durable car when you take care of it like she has!
Beautiful shot,
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That is one HOT car!! I want a pink car lol 
~Lisa & David~
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Gorgeous. It's like it's staring right at me.
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ya usually I almost always am in the shots I tale of cars, reflections are hard to stay out of
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lol hot pink? Well the clone tool works wonders!
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Yup, hot pink.
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well in photoshop it's called the stamp tool i think, basically very similar, copies part of the image to sample
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ah, ok... I think there's a clone tool, too... right under the healing brush.
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ya I believe that's it....I usually dont use the heal one....I'll have to try it.
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Interesting... so many different ways to do things!
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hehe, cool color on a cool car
Back in the days they actually made cars that would last a lifetime -
nowdays they don't.
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ya no kidding, yer $ went a lot farther then
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Beautiful shot - The colour of the car is very nice.
The atmosphere is very nice too
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i love the pool water reflections from bumper to paint
the ice cream color and summer day feel
the perspective as if just about to depart on a road trip
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its so nice to see a classic being used as it was ment to be, enjoyed and driven not just looked at, great shot
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thats amazing .. i have to tell my g-ma this .. she always said she wanted to get a ollllld thunder bird around the same year as that one .. i'm trying to convince her ..
i convinced her to get her first tattoo last year .. now she has three lol ..
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lmao thats hysterical! Ya tatts are addictive, BIG TIME. I want a few more soon myself
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Y'know - this was probably the angle I would seen a car like this when it first came out!
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hahahahaha that's an interesting take on it!
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It's must be the little old lady from Pasadena! Except she traded in her dodge for an old t-bird and now living in Colorado.....
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The colors and reflections!!
Such a good story to go with it.
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I bet you'd be thinking of restoring it though.
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