The car is said to have no oil leaks, and be fully smogged and registered, so once you get some fresh tires on it you should be all set to show those mainstream E30 nuts what’s what. of torque at a maximum 17psi of boost, which should leave many 1980s Mustangs (nevermind any of the above-mentioned competition) in the dust. Uncommon 1980-82 Ford Thunderbird in the background, not listed.
If you choose to perform this upgrade, you could get up to a stout 190hp and 240 lb.-ft. coup de sirocco Jai pous une ombre The First Turn-On Orphans Maggie. While this car is said to have an upgraded turbo, there is no mention of the air-to-air intercooler found on later cars. The seats look comfortable and reasonably well bolstered, while the trunk looks equally clean. It’s far better than any super-depreciated mass-production coupe deserves to be, which shows true enthusiast ownership. The raven-colored interior is in surprisingly good shape, the seller rating it 8 out of 10 with no visible splitting or seam separation in the upholstery. Everything is said to work on the car, including the original Marchal fog lights (perfect for leaving them on all day like E30 BMW drivers). It also has some parts that are in surprisingly good shape, including a crack-free dash, perfect headliner, and straight body, though the latter has lifting clearcoat. Cobra wheels, new shocks and struts, ported exhaust manifold, new muffler and catalytic converter, and more are included in the upgrades to this car. The 8-year-owner is a mechanic, and it shows in what he prioritized on the car. On some level, it’s surprising the drifters haven’t picked up on this one since with rear-wheel-drive and a turbo, it’d be pretty fun. In dark red with charcoal trim, it still looks reasonably contemporary, and the torquey four should be fun in an early-turbo real-slow-because-there-some-lag-whoaaah-boost-here-we-go kind of way. It’s hard to explain what a change this car was from the stodgy early 1980s Thunderbird, and the large floaty-boat 1970s personal luxury coupes. Check out this 1986 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe for sale for $2000 in Santa Rosa, CA. While most versions of the Thunderbird were the bland 3.8 liter 110hp V6 or the slightly livelier 140hp 5-liter V8, the hot version to have was the 2.3-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged Lima engine with a 5-speed manual, good for 155hp and 190 lb.-ft. It was also one of the first Fords of its time to be designed to compete with the European sporting coupes such as the VW Scirocco and BMW E30 3-series, as well as the developing flood of Japanese coupes including the Isuzu Impulse, Toyota Celica and Datsun 200SX. But this was the first product of Ford’s aero-style design phase, which included hugely successful models like the Taurus and Sierra. That '84 in picture #3 looks like it has a blackout.If you were to think of 1980s cars that had a significant impact for their manufacturers, the 9th generation Ford Thunderbird would probably not come to mind first. Įdit: my '83 had a plastic / chrome grille.
I special ordered the car and ticked off that box. Mine looked identical to car number #3 in the Hemmings link, except mine had one additional, once common feature, I have not seen since: vent windows. But that was a long time ago, and I could be wrong about that. While often mistaken for a lesser version of the. Mine went through several sets of injectors, and it gained a bit of additional HP with each set, best I recall.įor some odd reason, I seem to recall the engine, or some major parts of it, was made in Brazil. This 49K mile 1979 Thunderbird is one of the 7th Generation models, which was an incredible sales success.
#1979 THUNDERBIRD COUP CRACK#
I went from a POS Honda to the T Bird, which was like moving from a rat infested crack house to a country club. This was completely independent of ambient air temp, whether the car was hot or cold, etc. 1979, when more than 80 people died in riots that followed proposals to raise the price of rice, the staple here. It would ALWAYS start on the second turn of the key. The EEC-IV system had a bit of a quirk - it would NEVER start on the first turn of the key. It did not have a toggle for regular / premium fuel.
#1979 THUNDERBIRD COUP MANUAL#
Some versions had a manual switch you could toggle based on whether you were running regular or premium, because it was before the days of knock sensors. For 1979, Americas Favorite Luxury Car, The Cadillac Coupe De Ville, Features Subtle Refinements Designed To Please The Most Discerning Car Owner. According to Wikipedia, the first 2.3 turbo was offered in carbureted form in the 1979 Mustang, Capri and Fairmont (!?) Yes you read that right.ġ983 was the first fuel injected version.
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