by "Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
Published 04/10/2017 at 16:08
by "Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
Published 04/10/2017 at 16:08
Tags: Foxbody
; thunderbird
; foxbird
STARS: 3
Saw this on the way out of a Publix after dropping my wife off at a doctor appointment so I could grab a few necessities.
Factory 10-holes and single exhaust place this as an 85-86 LX. Probably with the 3.8 TBI
"Mazarin" (Mazarin)
04/10/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 1
My dad had a charcoal gray 88 TC manual with the “big” 17" wheels. I loved that car.
"MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner" (montegoman562)
04/10/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 0
Amazing part is they haven’t done anything. why isn’t this swapped to a 5.0 or a turbo 4?!
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
04/10/2017 at 19:05, STARS: 0
My mother had one of those when I was in HS. Dreadful thing. No visibility if you’re sitting in the back, no power (3.8l V6), no tach, boring beige on beige (sort of like dad’s BMW but blech), manual windows and locks, no cassette deck. She was in a hurry to get something after blowing the rings on the Vanagon, and went to the Ford dealer in the dark of night (so they couldn’t see the smoke...) to get a Fairmont (!) like we always had as a rental car. Instant regret, although I think it would have been the same if she got the Fairmont.
When dad fractured his arm on a ski trip he had to drive the ThunderTurd, and mom had the BMW. She didn’t give it up until she wrecked her knee in a skiing accident (we’re a fragile lot, apparently) and had to get something with an auto. I bought her BMW, dad bought a new BMW, and she bought one of the last Vanagons sold in the US. Win/win/win.
"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
04/11/2017 at 09:00, STARS: 0
My parents had an 87 Cougar like that. It was strange with the TBI in that it had a really touchy throttle so it would lunge in low gears but run out of breath quickly. Ours was brown on brown with hubcaps. My dad loved that car but it was a serious POS.