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Reply #15 – April 11, 2014, 10:55:58 PM

Luckily for you, Texas is mostly rust free, no?

Every MN 12 up here is rusty, unless it's a show car, or never driven. The two I spent time with had door issues, power window issues, ball joints...etc. One even caught fire one night as we were driving it. No love for the 3.8 from me, although the one in my white '88 lasted until I forgot to check the oil and threw a rod, or two. I had some serious issues at the time and wasn't in the right mind to be in a car in the first place. Anyway.....

That's a nice one. two thumbs up. :)

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Reply #16 – April 12, 2014, 03:37:30 AM

I like the interior.

my buddies sister had a 94 cougar bought off an old lady with 30k or something crazy low like that on it with a 4.6. It was really fun in snow, but was much slower then i expected overall. 0-60 with my old 86 was neck and neck. who ever got the jump generally won. it was much quieter though, and had a nice wot sound.

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Reply #17 – April 16, 2014, 02:21:04 PM

Quote from: Chrome;432131

I'm guessing the buttons he is referring to is on the right side of the cluster. Those are to navigate through the digital cluster.

Oops. My mistake on that one; I thought they were for the factory car phone option. I've had my MN12 for ten years now and it has served me very well, and I've driven it aggressively for all those years. Keep an eye on the rocker panels for rust, which has nothing to do with salt or driving in the winter. They rust from the inside out.

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Reply #18 – April 16, 2014, 04:01:40 PM

Quote from: Scott D;432158

ball joints suck on the cars. Mine had 92,000 miles on them and were shot. The power window motor gears on the driver side needed to be replaced, the lower door hinges are another common thing on the MN-12's, let's see, what else? haha

I had to replace the ball joints (all four) on my 95 Thunderbird at 72K miles. Also needed the driver's side hinge replaced. Fun times, especially the hinge. It was a nice car though. A bit ponderous and the 3.8 was a turd but nice none the less. I do like the Foxes better overall but I would rock a rust free 5.0 MN-12.

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Reply #19 – April 20, 2014, 01:28:38 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302;432441

I had to replace the ball joints (all four) on my 95 Thunderbird at 72K miles. Also needed the driver's side hinge replaced. Fun times, especially the hinge. It was a nice car though. A bit ponderous and the 3.8 was a turd but nice none the less. I do like the Foxes better overall but I would rock a rust free 5.0 MN-12.

Hopefully I've got mine back in the next week, so I can show off a rust free '97 again :-)

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Reply #20 – March 03, 2015, 12:22:05 AM

I know I'm reviving an old post but wow, a 91-93 with the full digital is rarer than rare!! Ironically, the full digital was standard on 89-90 Cougar LS's.