RCR: 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:07 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAY0IppaZQ
I have mentioned a few times before that when I was growing up, one of the neighbors had one of these and I thought it was pretty cool. Fun fact: 15 psi in 1st and 10 psi in all other gears. Because Mustang. Ed will be confused.
This car had some fancy features, even some that my parents' 1990 Continental had, like the auto dimming high beams that he mistakenly calls auto headlights. Yeah it has auto headlights but it also has auto dimming high beams. That's what that sensor behind the rearview mirror is for. You can adjust the sensitivity with a wheel on the dash.
2-way shock damping? I think they had this on the Probe GT, as well. All in all, a fairly convincing personal luxury/muscle coupe. I like it. Dual power seats.
However, what I guess I didn't realize or somehow overlooked was that this is just a Fox Body. What's worse is the front end has that same look as:
Cougar, Mustang, Taurus, Sable, Continental, Mark VII, Escort, Merkur. And the Town Car even adopted it for 1990.
I have mentioned a few times before that when I was growing up, one of the neighbors had one of these and I thought it was pretty cool. Fun fact: 15 psi in 1st and 10 psi in all other gears. Because Mustang. Ed will be confused.
This car had some fancy features, even some that my parents' 1990 Continental had, like the auto dimming high beams that he mistakenly calls auto headlights. Yeah it has auto headlights but it also has auto dimming high beams. That's what that sensor behind the rearview mirror is for. You can adjust the sensitivity with a wheel on the dash.
2-way shock damping? I think they had this on the Probe GT, as well. All in all, a fairly convincing personal luxury/muscle coupe. I like it. Dual power seats.
However, what I guess I didn't realize or somehow overlooked was that this is just a Fox Body. What's worse is the front end has that same look as:
Cougar, Mustang, Taurus, Sable, Continental, Mark VII, Escort, Merkur. And the Town Car even adopted it for 1990.