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sweet Mark VIII on ebay!

Reply #15 –
How could the owner be tracking it for 20 years, it's a '93? ;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

sweet Mark VIII on ebay!

Reply #16 –
Quote from: 32VFoxBird;159405
it says the concept was created by another company, and they sent it to Lincoln to have the "executive approval". which they declined.

Quote from: daboss351;159411
yea they talked about it on LoL it turns out the company that made it does all the concept work for ford lincoln and merc

The ad also says this:

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There is no documentation to substantiate the claims above but it is completely within the realm of possibility and in fact likely that the events occurred as above. Since the executives wanted all evidence destroyed, we are relying on lore in this case.
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Now then, if Lincoln had ordered everything destroyed, the very first thing to be destroyed would have been the car. I'm not saying that the aftermarket company didn't build the car and float the idea to Lincoln (whose executives probably choked on the reliability and safety problems that car would have), but I would bet money that car is NOT a factory authorized concept car. Like I said above - if that were a factory concept it would not have undergone crash testing and would not be legal for the road. FoMoCo certainly wouldn't expose themselves to potential liability issues by releasing an unsafe (even if it is safe it hasn't been certified as such) car to the public.

...And that's if Lincoln had ordered everything destroyed. Even if it had been a real Ford-authorized concept car and Ford had destroyed the car they certainly would not have destroyed all evidence. Car companies do not spend money on R&D, then spend more money making sure that R&D never happened. Only Canadian government and airplane companies do that. If that car were "real", Ford would have patented everything and simply sat on the patents, ready to license them to any other manufacturer that wanted to use them.
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1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

sweet Mark VIII on ebay!

Reply #17 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;159667
Car companies do not spend money on R&D, then spend more money making sure that R&D never happened. Only Canadian government and airplane companies do that.


Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon
 

sweet Mark VIII on ebay!

Reply #18 –
That would suck if it was raining out side. You would have to wait for the window to go down then wait for the door to roll under. Then find out that the inside of your car is completely soaked before you got it closed again.