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Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #30
Quote from: mcb82gt;387569
I think that is Weird Al.

:rollin: now that you mention it, it kind of does look like him!
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Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #31
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;387460
Really? That's the ugliest car you've ever seen? You really missed the Aztek, Rendezvous, X90, Juke, Cube, Murano, Element, Ridgeline, Matador, Gremlin, Pacer, 4th Gen (Catfish face) Camaro, and the rest (If I were to go through the ages and list all the automotive abortions this would be a very lenghtly list indeed)? That early 80's T-Bird with a period correct factory designed and sold modification is really the ugliest car you've ever seen? Would that I were so lucky to have never been exposed to any of these others... ;)

But on the topic of fox Bird prototypes, how about this one?
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Wow, I've never seen that before.  That's freakin' cool!!
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #32
Quote from: ZondaC12;387545
Wow. You know, I really love the big '70s boats...but geeez looking at that picture, that poor '74/5/whatever chevy looks like an absolute DINOSAUR next to that bird. Anyone else feel that way? It just seems like night and day. How refreshing these cars must have been.

 
I love big 70s boats too!  I was just telling my wife that yesterday as she shook her head.  I'm pretty sure it is a '74 Impala in that pic.  My first car was a '74 Caprice.  It is pretty prehistoric looking sitting next to the Thunderbird.
1986 Mercury Cougar - 2.3T/T5 swap, TC brakes and suspension and rearend, 3" exhaust, 255 lph fuel pump, Stinger BOV, Gillis MBC @ 18 psi
2003 Chevy Suburban Z71 - Daily driver
2015 Chevy Volt - Wife's daily driver

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #33
Quote from: Loaded87IROC;387619
I love big 70s boats too!  I was just telling my wife that yesterday as she shook her head.  I'm pretty sure it is a '74 Impala in that pic.  My first car was a '74 Caprice.  It is pretty prehistoric looking sitting next to the Thunderbird.

 
My parents had a '81 Olds Ninety-Eight us kids all had to drive when we first got our license.  Sometimes I wish I had that thing back for a cruiser.  403 motor, power everything, big cushy velour seats that were comfortable like a La Z boy, and it floated down the road.  Thing was built like a tank too. 

There's a local kid with one all fixed up (same maroon color as my parents old one).  He has blacked out windows and big rims on it...it actually looks pretty cool.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #34
my very first car was a land yacht.....1976 Delta 88 Olds......








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler


Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #36
Here is the Olds Ninety Eight.  What a marvel of automotive engineering!  Its probably been totally destroyed in a demo derby by now.  lol...

'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #37
Quote from: ZondaC12;387545
Wow. You know, I really love the big '70s boats...but geeez looking at that picture, that poor '74/5/whatever chevy looks like an absolute DINOSAUR next to that bird. Anyone else feel that way? It just seems like night and day. How refreshing these cars must have been.

 
heh you think that's something, try comparing a fox bird to a 94-97 mn12 bird side by side. When I had my two it was mind blowing how much more modern the mn12 was.
--Steve
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L
2011 Mustang 3.7L

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #38
Quote from: sarjxxx;387681
heh you think that's something, try comparing a fox bird to a 94-97 mn12 bird side by side. When I had my two it was mind blowing how much more modern the mn12 was.

 
Agreed, but the radical departure of the 83 left everything else behind it, in terms of design.  The MN-12 was far more modern, but compared to the existing design was just a evolutionary step.  JMHO








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #39
My parents had a maroon 81 Delta too that both us kids drove, we traveled the country in that car pulling a trailer, and an 81 F150 pulling a horse trailer w/ all our belongings (can't imagine how many gallons of gas my parents paid for) lucky enough my first car was an 80 Tbird just like the one in my sig right down to the options list and rims, except with more paint and less surface rust (trunk floor was pretty well gone though).  I always loved t-birds even as a young child, then I drove one and became obsessed!....True story
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My Bebe! 1980 Thunderbird, 302 & AOD are the only option boxes checked

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #40
Quote from: EricCoolCats;387475


Mr. Snazzy Pants Afro Man knows that car is hawt.


Naaah, he's sayn' that thing must have been suckin' on a lemon...

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #41
looks about right..

ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #42
Based on the general comments, it doesn't look like my recent mods will be well recieved...

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #43
Looks great to me!
1986 Mercury Cougar - 2.3T/T5 swap, TC brakes and suspension and rearend, 3" exhaust, 255 lph fuel pump, Stinger BOV, Gillis MBC @ 18 psi
2003 Chevy Suburban Z71 - Daily driver
2015 Chevy Volt - Wife's daily driver

Very cool old 83 Turbo Coupe Prototype pic

Reply #44
Quote from: 86T-bird;387866
Based on the general comments, it doesn't look like my recent mods will be well recieved...

I dig it......looks cool with the ram air hood.....is their a screen or mesh in the grille opening?  some kind of texture would look good so you dont see the radiator/supports etc.  Nice job!








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler