Sooooo.. After a 3 month hunt of trying to find out who now owns my old white Thunderbird, I got word yesterday that it's in birdy heaven. It was totaled in January. I was pretty sad bc I really wanted it back.. It was rare and only 500 were made like mine in 1991 and 500 in 1992.

Well.. CL loves me apparently. I lucked out and found a 1991 Thunderbird Sport 5.0L an hour away over in Illinois. I now own it. $850, needs a tranny. It's my blank canvas and I couldn't be more excited. It's gonna take a bit of work to make it like my old white one but it will be awesome.

Here she is

And this was my old one.. RIP

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Current:
2021 Durango R/T Hemi
1995 Thunderbird V8

Past:
2002 SSEi- 89k- MARCH 2008 BC COTM WINNER

Ford isn't quite the dark side, Toyota on the other hand..... Anyways, beautiful bird! I've got a thing for the square one's of the 86-88 vintage. Grew up watching Bob Glidden tear up pro stock in one of those.

I like the 87/88 turbo coupe but I have a special place in my heart for the MN12 platform (89-97). I'm quite amazed at how clean this car is since it's a Midwest car.

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Current:
2021 Durango R/T Hemi
1995 Thunderbird V8

Past:
2002 SSEi- 89k- MARCH 2008 BC COTM WINNER

I consider it the dark side. I was always taught not to say the four letter "F" word.

With that said, of the few fords I would like (have a soft spot for), were that T-Bird (my mother had a '90), as well as an '86 - '88 Turbo Coupe.

Other four letter "F" words I like;

'89 - '95 Taurus SHO's with a man pedal (looking at one now as a possible purchase)
'03 Cobra's
'99 - '04 Lightning's

Honorable mention to perhaps the SVO Mustang's of the 80's too (same motivation as the T-Bird TC's).

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Retired Bonneville Owner and former GM Tech:
2004 Pontiac Bonneville GXP: Black/Ebony *SOLD*

Summer Toys: Combined 827 RWHP / 877lb/ft RWTQ
2004 Pontiac GTO: Impulse Blue Metallic/Black/M6: lots 'o mods, 415 RWHP / 405lb/ft RWTQ!
2006 Cadillac STS-V: Light Platinum Metallic/Light Gray/A6 - Spectre CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Speed Inc. tune, 412 RWHP / 472lb/ft RWTQ

Daily Drivers:
2019 Chrysler Pacifica Limited: Mommy's new RGC
2015 Chrysler Town & Country Limited Platinum: Kids new RGC
2007 Chrysler Town & Country Limited: Sold to neighbor
2009 Pontiac G8 GT: L76, Sport Red Metallic
2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500: Doeskin Tan - 8.1L Big Block... new plow truck
1999 Chevrolet Suburban: Sunset Gold Metallic - Daddy's winter beater and plow truck

Birds are great cars. Especially the 5.0L H.O.

This is just MY opinion for course. My first car was a 89 thunderbird and from there I've had 7 or 8.. Maybe 9? Lol heck, I don't know anymore. The rarity of this car is why I bought it. With so few sports produced (500 in 1991), it's worth something to me. Maybe not to the general population lol.

I had added super coupe ground effects and rear bumper, and a spoiler to the old one. My goal is to have this silver one look like my white one. I'm going to have it repainted to a more silver metallic

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Current:
2021 Durango R/T Hemi
1995 Thunderbird V8

Past:
2002 SSEi- 89k- MARCH 2008 BC COTM WINNER

I've always loved how these looked. Very unique! Can't wait to see what you do with it.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles

Thanks Carl. I'm the "black sheep" of this group lol. Even when I had my Bonneville, I owned a 95 thunderbird also. It was dubbed "the turd". It was well... Brown lol. I wasn't alone though. My dear friend Doug (mylittleblackbird) also owned a tbird.

Speaking of.. Any sign of Doug??

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Current:
2021 Durango R/T Hemi
1995 Thunderbird V8

Past:
2002 SSEi- 89k- MARCH 2008 BC COTM WINNER

Yea, I wouldn't go calling it a "great" car as afterall, it was a ford.

I named hers Thunderchicken&biscuits, which evolved to Thunderbiscuit which is what stuck.

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Retired Bonneville Owner and former GM Tech:
2004 Pontiac Bonneville GXP: Black/Ebony *SOLD*

Summer Toys: Combined 827 RWHP / 877lb/ft RWTQ
2004 Pontiac GTO: Impulse Blue Metallic/Black/M6: lots 'o mods, 415 RWHP / 405lb/ft RWTQ!
2006 Cadillac STS-V: Light Platinum Metallic/Light Gray/A6 - Spectre CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Speed Inc. tune, 412 RWHP / 472lb/ft RWTQ

Daily Drivers:
2019 Chrysler Pacifica Limited: Mommy's new RGC
2015 Chrysler Town & Country Limited Platinum: Kids new RGC
2007 Chrysler Town & Country Limited: Sold to neighbor
2009 Pontiac G8 GT: L76, Sport Red Metallic
2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500: Doeskin Tan - 8.1L Big Block... new plow truck
1999 Chevrolet Suburban: Sunset Gold Metallic - Daddy's winter beater and plow truck

I've always had a soft spot for these, my parents had an 86 when I was little and a family friend had a 93 for ever and ever.

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*Chris*

15 Nissan Altima 2.5SL/2004 Honda Shadow 750 Aero
Previous, 07 GP SE, 06 GP GXP, 97 SSE 40th, 96 LeSabre Custom, 93 SLE, 90 LeSabre Custom

I have a liking for these too. How does the V8 compare to a 3.8 SC in your opinion? The SCs seem to turn up for sale every now and again.

Stock for stock, the SC is faster than the V8 - 5.0 or 4.6. Plus you can one with a 5spd. But I think the V8 is more dependable. The SC has headgasket issues as well as breaking harmonic balancers. They are still fun cars though.

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1994 Thunderbird SC
1993 Taurus SHO

On the hunt for a Bonneville GXP

I've owned more thunderbirds than anything in the 16 years that I've had my license. I've owned a 3.8 na, 3.8 sc, 4.6L and 5.0L.

Honestly the super coupes have balls. They can tear up my 5.0 in the long run but that's due to quicker shifting ratios in their transmissions. However, the 5.0L is the most dependable for the thunderbird. The 3.8's have head gasket issues, the 4.6 has it's own demons. And the perk of the 5.0 is parts are super cheap and a dime a dozen. If I had to choose, I'd get a 5.0 over the others. You can do a manual swap into the 5.0 and then that makes it a whole new animal. I'm actually considering doing this.

And mods? Oh don't even get me started lol. I can dump $500 into my car and blow doors off if GT 5.0 mustangs all day long. But the tranny needs to be beefed up a bit.

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Current:
2021 Durango R/T Hemi
1995 Thunderbird V8

Past:
2002 SSEi- 89k- MARCH 2008 BC COTM WINNER

And melon, welcome to the group! Nice to see a fellow tbird lover. There is another, mylittleblackbird but he doesn't post much anymore.

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Current:
2021 Durango R/T Hemi
1995 Thunderbird V8

Past:
2002 SSEi- 89k- MARCH 2008 BC COTM WINNER