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continued from page 37<br />

about 20 active T-bird owners in the club, with<br />

perhaps more than 100 known owners of “Birds<br />

“in the area.<br />

Roloff and his spouse Diana have a special<br />

edition 2002 Signature Edition Bird, along with a<br />

1988 thunderbird Turbo coupe. When asked about<br />

his interest in T-Birds, Don said all T-Birds are<br />

unique in style, have all the luxury items and are<br />

fun to drive!”<br />

Jackie and Greg Dockter of Bismarck are<br />

another Thunderbird couple. They’ve owned a<br />

1966 Thunderbird convertible for the past 12 years<br />

and have traveled to scores of Thunderbird events<br />

nationally in the ‘66. Says Greg, “We’ve put nearly<br />

100,000 miles in the ‘66 since we acquired her.”<br />

As for Jackie, she is the proud owner of a Mint<br />

Green 2004 T-Bird Signature Edition Bird. Greg<br />

sums up their T-Bird experience this way, “The license<br />

plate on the ‘66 says it all–66DREAM–it was<br />

my dream car in high school and, although it took<br />

32 years till I got the car, it was worth the wait!”<br />

Mike LaLonde is a local writer and photographer<br />

and is genuinely car (and bike) crazy!<br />

September 2009 41

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