Why would anybody buy a T bird?

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » September 15, 2007, 4:10 pm

I mean come on! They have to be one of the lamest cars ever built, the first ones trying to resemble somewhat of a corvette to them big bulky gas hog slow ass pigs of the 60s to the even bigger slow ass pigs of the 70s and rattle traps from hell. then they started to resemble jelly beans in the 80s and 90s then discontinued until the new Retro styles of the 50s came back out in a vehicle that absolutely has no use for anyone with more than one passenger. oh and they also slow ass pigs not to mention the cost to buy one. could buy a viper or a corvette and drive around town in style with power.
not to mention the people that drive them think their coffee is called a latte and sportsroofs are called fastbacks as well as no other car out there is better than theirs, henct my stereotyping here which they would probably think im typing in doubles (stereo -typing)

Post by **Greg D** » September 15, 2007, 4:24 pm

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » September 15, 2007, 5:17 pm

Nice!

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » September 15, 2007, 5:43 pm

Shawn. I like mustangs of the eras 64 1/2 to 70 especially '70
and the VERY last fox bodies, and whatever they call the sx90s or whatever they are now.
but. I would drop (almost) any mustang to have a 5-6-7 Tbird. They are definitely in the top 5 of the coolest cars Ford EVER made. The front clip leaded in from the factory with NO seams,, they make the Corvettes they competed with look like plastic jam cans.

True, someone had a huge brain fart after 1957 and the '58's, along with the whole rest of Fords lineup for '58, were BIG, HEAVY, and UGLY. That ugly never really left the T-bird until they brought out the retros ca. 1999, and they were just too plasticky and underpowered to sell. If they had shoved a 5.4 Lightning supercharged mill in them, they would have sold like freakin' hotcakes, but whoever runs Ford, can never seem to see the damn forest for the trees.

So yes, there were a good 20+ years of horribly ugly and massively lard-assed T-birds. but the 5-6-7's ain't them.

Post by **Greg D** » September 15, 2007, 5:53 pm

JC,
82-93 - Fox Chassis
94-04 - SN95 Chassis (actually a modified Fox Chassis)
05 & up - S197 Chassis
We all know the rest.

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » September 15, 2007, 7:16 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:Shawn. I like mustangs of the eras 64 1/2 to 70 especially '70
and the VERY last fox bodies, and whatever they call the sx90s or whatever they are now.
but. I would drop (almost) any mustang to have a 5-6-7 Tbird. They are definitely in the top 5 of the coolest cars Ford EVER made. The front clip leaded in from the factory with NO seams,, they make the Corvettes they competed with look like plastic jam cans.

True, someone had a huge brain fart after 1957 and the '58's, along with the whole rest of Fords lineup for '58, were BIG, HEAVY, and UGLY. That ugly never really left the T-bird until they brought out the retros ca. 1999, and they were just too plasticky and underpowered to sell. If they had shoved a 5.4 Lightning supercharged mill in them, they would have sold like freakin' hotcakes, but whoever runs Ford, can never seem to see the damn forest for the trees.

So yes, there were a good 20+ years of horribly ugly and massively lard-assed T-birds. but the 5-6-7's ain't them.

johnny I agree with you completely, I have owned several of these terds myself, but I dont go around bashing on them out of respect to others, but I figured in my own defense, A member of this forum has no respect from me and he owns one of these piles of crap

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » September 15, 2007, 7:49 pm

hey, i like sequential tail lights!

Post by **Greg D** » September 15, 2007, 8:08 pm

ezernut9mm wrote:hey, i like sequential tail lights!

Me too, 1967 Cougar, nuff said, lol.

MattsIASlickShop · September 15, 2007, 10:07 pm

shawns fords wrote:
johnny I agree with you completely, I have owned several of these terds myself, but I dont go around bashing on them out of respect to others, but I figured in my own defense, A member of this forum has no respect from me and he owns one of these piles of crap

what did I do? bah-hahahaha

Hammer time!!

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » September 15, 2007, 10:41 pm

Greg D wrote:
ezernut9mm wrote:hey, i like sequential tail lights!
Me too, 1967 Cougar, nuff said, lol.

lolz

FORDBOYpete · Post by **FORDBOYpete** » September 15, 2007, 10:51 pm

Whoa, Wait a Minute,

HOLD IT . . . .Right There All I can say is

I wrote a response to this post, but when I thought about it & I realized I can't argue or debate against ignorance so I deleted it and went for a ride in my T-Bird instead.

It's one of the jelly bean fox platform deals with a refitted FoMoCo 5.0L SVO MAFS/TP-EFI with EEC-IV Logic, a history of turning low 12s in 120's range in street trim on pump gas. This 30th Anniv edition is full power everything with the digital instrumentation, A/C, dark tinted glass, total progressive suspension, .03 drag coefficient @ 120 Mph, progressive downforce loading from 60mph upwards. It scales 2980 wet [lighter than a Pony Car], but has +4inches of wheel base and +2inches of track width too. It is the year before the #9 T-Bird Bill Elliot set the lap speed record at Talladega with in 1986. I guess a lot of stupid people notice my T-Bird Elan' coupe because I constantly get compliments & positive remarks. Maybe it's the Black on Pewter with a red 5 line accent stripe it came with, or the OEM Alloy wheels, or turbo coupe hood I added, or dark tint glass, or. . . .

Point is not all T Birds are the Road Loads you decry & tho I understand & agree on your reasons for your rant, I do resent being stuffed mercilessly into the same category as the one who is a focus of your rant. My T-Bird is certainly no crap can, and definitely not a slug What am I Collateral damage because I own a T-Bird?

I just ignore the offender your Ire is aimed towards. He has too much time to waste by dissing people wholesale as he does. I have complained about that outside this forum, in fact, but I hold my self in check.
So now as a result I get dissed because he owns a land yacht & I own a fairly nice car but since both have same brand name it's okay to throw me under the Rag On Him bus too?

What'd I do wrong? FBp

Comet · Post by **Comet** » September 15, 2007, 10:59 pm

1962 Sports Roadster does it for me

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » September 15, 2007, 11:00 pm

FORDBOYpete wrote:Whoa, Wait a Minute, HOLD IT . . . .Right There All I can say is

I wrote a response to this post, but when I thought about it & I realized I can't argue or debate against ignorance so I deleted it and went for a ride in my T-Bird instead.

It's one of the jelly bean fox platform deals with a refitted FoMoCo 5.0L SVO MAFS/TP-EFI with EEC-IV Logic, a history of turning low 12s in 120's range in street trim on pump gas. This 30th Anniv edition is full power everything with the digital instrumentation, A/C, dark tinted glass, total progressive suspension, .03 drag coefficient @ 120 Mph, progressive downforce loading from 60mph upwards. It scales 2980 wet [lighter than a Pony Car], but has +4inches of wheel base and +2inches of track width too. It is the year before the #9 T-Bird Bill Elliot set the lap speed record at Talladega with in 1986. I guess a lot of stupid people notice my T-Bird Elan' coupe because I constantly get compliments & positive remarks. Maybe it's the Black on Pewter with a red 5 line accent stripe it came with, or the OEM Alloy wheels, or turbo coupe hood I added, or dark tint glass, or. . . .

Point is not all T Birds are the Road Loads you decry & tho I understand & agree on your reasons for your rant, I do resent being stuffed mercilessly into the same category as the one who is a focus of your rant. My T-Bird is certainly no crap can, and definitely not a slug What am I Collateral damage because I own a T-Bird?

I just ignore the offender your Ire is aimed towards. He has too much time to waste by dissing people wholesale as he does. I have complained about that outside this forum, in fact, but I hold my self in check.
So now as a result I get dissed because he owns a land yacht & I own a fairly nice car but since both have same brand name it's okay to throw me under the Rag On Him bus too?

What'd I do wrong? FBp

yeah, but does it have sequential taillights? jk man.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » September 15, 2007, 11:48 pm

Apologies to FBP, I thought of those cars when I wrote my piece, but I am not gonna list 'em as beauty queens, still, even though what you say is all true.
To me Tbirds have 2 seats. All the rest are pretenders, if I can say that without offending you..

imstobu · Post by **imstobu** » September 16, 2007, 12:26 am

I guess I own a pretender then

I got it for a great price, talk about being in the right place at the right time. I like it but isnt on my list of cars id go searching for. Do think the sequential taillights are cool though.

Phil
66 F100
66 F250
66 T-bird
57 Fairlane
52 F1
56 IH 4x4

DV65CustomCab · Post by **DV65CustomCab** » September 16, 2007, 7:29 am

Just reading the title had me laughing.

Heck, why don't we just start listing all the total turds Ford has offered us over the years? We wouldn't even have to get into those great captive imports like the Aspire, either.
I'd like to nominate...

The Cordoba of Ford Motor Company. If it hadn't provided rodders with a supply of rear disc brake axles, this car would have no redeeming value whatsoever.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » September 16, 2007, 8:53 am

imstobu wrote:I guess I own a pretender then I got it for a great price, talk about being in the right place at the right time. I like it but isnt on my list of cars id go searching for. Do think the sequential taillights are cool though.

Phil
66 F100
66 F250
66 T-bird
57 Fairlane
52 F1
56 IH 4x4

I like '66 T-birds. Almost bought one cheap a while ago.
Besides, your car is extra cool because it has 'Shelby' taillights.

Greg D wrote:
82-93 - Fox Chassis

'79 to '93, really.

Even though to me, 79's were sort of the red-headed step child of Fox bodies.

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » September 16, 2007, 11:09 am

FORDBOYpete wrote:Whoa, Wait a Minute, HOLD IT . . . .Right There All I can say is

I wrote a response to this post, but when I thought about it & I realized I can't argue or debate against ignorance so I deleted it and went for a ride in my T-Bird instead.

It's one of the jelly bean fox platform deals with a refitted FoMoCo 5.0L SVO MAFS/TP-EFI with EEC-IV Logic, a history of turning low 12s in 120's range in street trim on pump gas. This 30th Anniv edition is full power everything with the digital instrumentation, A/C, dark tinted glass, total progressive suspension, .03 drag coefficient @ 120 Mph, progressive downforce loading from 60mph upwards. It scales 2980 wet [lighter than a Pony Car], but has +4inches of wheel base and +2inches of track width too. It is the year before the #9 T-Bird Bill Elliot set the lap speed record at Talladega with in 1986. I guess a lot of stupid people notice my T-Bird Elan' coupe because I constantly get compliments & positive remarks. Maybe it's the Black on Pewter with a red 5 line accent stripe it came with, or the OEM Alloy wheels, or turbo coupe hood I added, or dark tint glass, or. . . .

Point is not all T Birds are the Road Loads you decry & tho I understand & agree on your reasons for your rant, I do resent being stuffed mercilessly into the same category as the one who is a focus of your rant. My T-Bird is certainly no crap can, and definitely not a slug What am I Collateral damage because I own a T-Bird?

I just ignore the offender your Ire is aimed towards. He has too much time to waste by dissing people wholesale as he does. I have complained about that outside this forum, in fact, but I hold my self in check.
So now as a result I get dissed because he owns a land yacht & I own a fairly nice car but since both have same brand name it's okay to throw me under the Rag On Him bus too?

What'd I do wrong? FBp

Pete I am sorry if you took this towards you, and I do apologize, however I am curious to see that 120 mph T bird

esp in low 12s up here our cars turn 120mph with a high ten second time. that would really have to be a spun up turbo or blower to get them sorts of mph in a 1/4 mile atleast at 8600 feet elevation. not saying your full of it, but it sure is a rare car to do that. our cuda makes 12.02- 12.04 passes and might hit a 110 mph running out of gear with corrected elevation of about 6800.
send me pics!

and yes I usually do ignore the ignorant, but coming from this message board I was appalled at how someone could make posts about other ford products. im used to haring this crap on chevy boards

bigtrip460 · Post by **bigtrip460** » September 16, 2007, 4:06 pm

I had a 77 with a 351w that would fly. I mean it wasnt quick but it was pretty fast for what it was. It was a warrior too. I tried to kill it many times. anyway I like the 60's tbirds. the 62 with the bullet shape is nice. the interiors are pretty cool too. I even like the 68-69 4door.

what? is that wrong?

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » September 16, 2007, 6:50 pm

I think everbody takes things too seriuosly, I like all Fords. I have a 66' Mustang. I like T-birds. The member in question has a different sense of humor, which can easily can be taken the wrong way but has actually made some interesting posts and threads with some of the longest legs here, thats why we're here everybody has a opinion, right or wrong who knows.
Charlie