![]() ![]() They were people who did not do things in a normal way – they lived in a restored Victorian home deep within the city limits and were far more artsy than I had ever been. The couple selling it had bought it to drive a few years earlier. I had always loved those Thunderbirds – there was always something special about them. One day I saw an ad for a 1961 Thunderbird. The cars that interested both me and collectors in general tended to be stuff that had been some combination of sporty and expensive when new, so that was where I started looking. Muscle cars were just starting to get big, but I wasn’t really into those. If I were to get something that needed much work and investment, it would have to be something worth some money in the end. But with a project, my choice of cars would have to be different, with no big, low value sedans. So a car project was something that would fit right in with that kind of life. But for the most part, I was happy to leave work on a Friday evening and have a minimum of human interaction for the next couple of days. ![]() I am fine interacting with others – I have no problem doing so in my professional life, and if a friend would call and suggest a fun activity, I would be all-in. I was ready to tackle a project! After all, I was single, owned a house with a garage, had my tools and plenty of spare time on my hands. After all, I had owned two-at-a-time before the big white Plymouth, so why not now? But this time, I wasn’t looking for a practical daily driver. Thus came the spring of 1988, when I suddenly realized that I had one car, a two-car garage, and therefore room in both my garage and my life for another car. The next spring I took my mind off cars by buying an old garage (which came with an old house), and the following fall I salved that urge with the ’66 Fury III. Before I got married, and for awhile after that milestone event, my “gotta get another car” pangs continued to strike every spring and every fall.
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