Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe

The Thunderbird got an independent rear suspension in the 1989 model year, and Ford added a supercharger to its 3.8 engine and created the Super Coupe. Motor Trend, probably still smarting from the Renault Alliance fiasco earlier in the decade, awarded its Car of the Year award to the Super Coupe, and we can assume that the buyer of today's Junkyard Find believed that he or she was buying the best car of 1990.
With 210 horsepower on tap and big-for-the-time 16-inch aluminum wheels, the Super Coupe was quite sporty.
This one only made it to 143K on the clock, but I'm sure each mile was lived to the fullest.
Premium Sound! The Junkyard Boogaloo Boombox uses Ford Premium Sound 6×9 speakers, and they aren't as premium as I'd hoped they'd be.
We've seen a few of these cars in 24 Hours of LeMons racing, which says a lot about depreciation for worn-out MN12s. They aren't particularly quick on a road course— about on par with the 302-powered Fox T-Birds— and the engines tend to explode after a few hours of full-throttle abuse, but supercharging is always cool.

21 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 01 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 17 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 18 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 19 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 20 - 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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