what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #15 – November 15, 2006, 09:52:19 PM Quote from: 4bangen;113803I am going to try and keep all 3 birds, I've been wanting to start a collection, so why not collect turbocopes?You won't get a arguement from me... Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #16 – November 15, 2006, 10:52:02 PM Quote from: TurboCoupe50;113843You won't get a arguement from me...! do they all run?I would love to have that many tcs but I think my wife would kick my ass! I already have (clears throught) 96 volvo 850 2.3l 5cyl turbo.91 ford aerostarr 4.0l.88 thunderbird 2.3l turbocoupe 5speed.87 thunderbird 2.3l turbocoupe auto.72 buick riviara 454ci v8.72 mgb roadster 110ci 4cyl.soon to add:85 thunderbird 2.3l turbocoupe auto.also my roomate has an 89 dodge d100.we have more cars than all our nabors combined. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #17 – November 15, 2006, 11:52:52 PM i think all but the red and white one are gone in toms collection. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #18 – November 16, 2006, 07:44:24 AM Quote from: CougarSE;113883i think all but the red and white one are gone in toms collection.I still have the dark blue one in the middle as well...Black TC... RIP Very rusty, was parted out...Med blue was daughters, sold a couple years ago... Should have taken a updated group photo including the Silver TC Paul(thundergrowl) now has...Since '96 I've owned 14 different TC's all '87-'88 and four 5.0 Birds '86-'88... Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #19 – November 16, 2006, 08:37:21 AM Turbocoupe50 that is a nice little group of turbo coupes. I know a guy here in Missouri that has 30 Bird/cougars and most of them are turbo coupes. He has very few cougars. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #20 – November 16, 2006, 03:50:57 PM actually, the thunderbird turbo coupes first came out in 83 1/2. the year saw production late, this is one reason they're hard to find. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #21 – November 18, 2006, 09:43:58 AM so what if anything is special about the 85tc? what are the differeces between the 85 and 87? does it have rear disks or drums? 8.8 or 7.5 rear? posi? auto ride? I want to know everything about these birds. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #22 – November 18, 2006, 09:55:58 AM Quote from: 4bangen;114270so what if anything is special about the 85tc? what are the differeces between the 85 and 87?Is "everything" too vague?'85 was non-intercooled, '87 had an IC'85 had smaller injectors and VAM, '87s were bigger'85 had a 3.45:1 7.5 with drums, '87 has 8.8 w/discs and 3.55s for a 5spd or 3.73s w/autoObviously the body is completely differentSeriously... two radically different cars that were built on the same platform and have the same name. That's about it. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #23 – November 18, 2006, 05:15:26 PM actually the 85 had big injectors and a small VAM.yes the 85TC should have a LS, and no it wont have PRCs. Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #24 – November 18, 2006, 06:12:40 PM Quote from: gumby;114339actually the 85 had big injectors and a small VAM.The 85.5's did, the early '85's were still green-tops... Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #25 – November 18, 2006, 07:29:55 PM doh, there i go....actin all smart again:dunce: Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #26 – November 18, 2006, 07:36:51 PM so that means if I take the 85 body and the 87 guts I'll have one bad ass tc:) Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #27 – November 18, 2006, 07:49:37 PM Quote from: 4bangen;114353so that means if I take the 85 body and the 87 guts I'll have one bad ass tc:)It'll be a good start towards one... Quote Selected
what was the first year of the turbocoupe? Reply #28 – November 18, 2006, 08:34:57 PM and i believe 85-86's are lighter than the 87-88's too. Quote Selected
83TC Build date Reply #29 – November 21, 2006, 09:23:56 PM Quote from: motormenace;113953actually, the thunderbird turbo coupes first came out in 83 1/2. the year saw production late, this is one reason they're hard to find.Could I add a 'part 2' to the original question of this thread and ask what the known earliest build date is for an '83, (TC or other)?My 83TC has a 5/83 build date as shown in the picture. Quote Selected
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