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Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #30
Quote from: MechanicMatt;430698
Really?  You do get the reference thou right?

Yes, clever way of putting it. Kind of reminds me of one of my high school teachers phrase when he was asked a yes or no question he'd often say does a chicken have lips?.

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #31
Reminds me of the ol' answer in the affirmative - "Does a bear shiznit in the woods?"

Example- "Hey, you want a beer?" - "Does a bear shiznit in the woods?"
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #32
I just picked up a 1988 T-Bird 5.0 this weekend.  It will be my project for the foreseeable future, so this is my introductory post to the board.

The first car that I drove was a 1984 T-Bird with a 3.8.  It was originally brown, but I repainted it pearl white before turning 16.  Later, I got an '88 with the same 3.8.  A few years after that, as a Sr in College, I got an '87 mustang LX convertible with a 5.0.
T-Birds can't fly.  Ask how I know...

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #33
My first was a Taurus.  Good ol 3.8L.  I learned how to change many head gaskets and transaxles with that car.
84 TurboCoupe with 302 .010 over - 9.8 : 1 Forged Pistons - Edlebrock Goodies:  Aluminum Heads #6037, Intake #3821, 65mm TBI/EGR #3824/3827, Camshaft #3722 -  Interactive System & Technologies Mass Air with 24# Injectors - A9L - 3g Alternator - BBK shorties, Cat Converter H-pipe, Magniflow lers - World Class T5 1352-169 (1986, V8, WC, 3.15 3.35 1.93 1.29 1.00 0.68) OEM Clutch Cable - 7.5 Trac Lock with 3.08 and slapper bars from 82 Mustang.

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Reply #34
Quote from: Pacerized;430690
I have to say I've never heard that phrase used.

Probably never heard "finer than frog hair" either...

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #35
Indeed, my first car was an '87 Cougar with the 5.0 V8.  I still miss that car.
2000 Jaguar XK8 Convertible - 4.0L DOHC V8 (AJ27)
2018 Ford Explorer - 3.5L DOHC V6 (Duratec 35)
1999 Mercury Grand Marquis - 4.6L SOHC V8 (Modular)
1987 Mercury Cougar LS - 5.0L V8 (Windsor) [SOLD in 2009]

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #36
Not my first car, but was my first T-Bird.
My '83 Heritage.
Bought it in May 1992 with a wounded (but running) 302.

Still have it.



Alan Mackin--Semi Professional Ford der
83 T-Bird 460
83 T-Bird Heritage 5.0
84 T-Bird 5.0
86 T-Bird Turbo Coupe NHRA Stocker & Super Stocker
87 T-Bird Turbo Coupe
88 Bronco II Drag truck 302
95 Mustang GT auto
2004 F-350 CC Dually V-10

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #37
Not the first time posting this pic, but seems appropriate to this thread:


Me in 87 with the 83 Heritage.......only 17K miles 









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

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #38
My first vehicle was a '74 Jeep J-10. A tank..Then I drove a Jeep CJ7 for awhile.
The first car was an '87 Escort GT which I still have. Then a few assorted Dodge K cars (we've all done some total dumbass things..those Dodges were mine) then an '86 Mustang LX. Then a Burgundy '88 Tbird. '92 F series. Another '88 Tbird, the white one, then another '88, this one a TC. In 2009 I got my '88 Sport. Bought a '97 Mountaineer in 2012. In the last 3 years I've also acquired an '84, '87, '89, and '90 Mustangs, as well as a Kia. The '89 Mustang was a convertible that needed a top and had some pretty good strut tower rust, but oddly enough, none anywhere else. It went to the Sovngarde of cars last week. It's parts will live on with a few upgrades in the '87. The '90 is currently full of the leftover parts as storage until I get a building put up that doesn't leak and isn't falling in.

I dislike hatchbacks and convertibles, but oddly enough, I'd like to have a roadster or droptop '88 Thunderbird. Maybe I'll cut the roof off of my Sport someday, since I hate a moonroof more than I hate a convertible. Hmmm.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

Was your first car a Fox Bird or Cat?

Reply #39
First new car-86 XR7