This car is really good transportation, and if you want to gradually improve its looks along the way, have at it. If you want to go to town on this car, according to totally pretty standards, then you can get new paint, perhaps buy seats from an auto dismantler to get better upholstery, a few other unnecessary tweaks that will not affect how well this car runs. If you do not require a totally pretty car, this car is fine as it is. You might call this a fixer-upper that runs great. (It is just a good car.) A muscle car buff may snap this car up for its values plus to keep this in the muscle car community. But maybe all you care about is to have a true-to-life classic race car that is fun to drive.Ī 4 cylinder race car, who would have imagined? For that matter, have you ever before heard of a 4 cylinder Thunderbird? This is written in a style to show advantages for non muscle car buffs. The available extra power and larger size make this safer to drive than many economy cars. This is a big enough car that in a crash, it will not be squashed as flat as some economy cars. So here is a way to save money on gas, and still have lots of emergency extra power when you need it to help get out of a pinch. But when you are usually not pressing the accelerator hard for big acceleration, this is rather just a 4 cylinder economy car, getting about 27 miles per gallon. Turbocharging this 4 cylinder car makes it a muscle car. This is a muscle car, used in racing in 1985 to beat cars with much bigger engines. The turbocharger is in very good condition and provides much additional acceleration. The looks can be improved on, which I have not cared about taking time on.

This car runs quite well and has immediately available extra turbo power - just push accelerator extra hard to get that turbocharged boost. Less than 65,000 miles, as verified by DMV. Search on Google - “10 Most Collectible Fords from the 80’s” - this car is #1 on that list. 1985 Ford Thunderbird, Turbo Coupe, 2.3L, 4 cylinder - $4,000ġ985 Ford Thunderbird, Turbocharged, 2.3L, 4 cylinder, T5 5 speed manual transmission, low miles.

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