I am fighting everybody right now I’m trying to restore my husband‘s 1992 Thunderbird super cab. He passed away and it’s been sitting for years and they’re telling me that it’s a unibody and it can’t be saved but I’m not giving up. It’s in really bad shape though so it’s definitely gonna be a project car. My late husband and I have an automotive repair shop that can do all the automotive repair but the bodywork is pretty extensive. Not looking forward to that price tag
I had an 88 Turbo coupe that I loved. I bought a new 89 F150 in December of 88 right before Christmas and there was a White SC on the Showroom floor. I was immediately in love! I never owned one and new one in 89 was well over 25k compared to 10k for my F150!
I want to get one but I heard mixed reviews about the reliability I've always thought they were really good-looking cars these things on paper where even better than the Grand National and that's what they were compared to it really was ahead of its time
Ford would likely have disagreed with you. These cars went overbudget, and missed size, weight, and cost targets. The production cars were somewhere between 3, 600 and 3,800 pounds, penalizing both performance and fuel economy. Ford didn't sell as many of these as they had hoped, and people lost their jobs over missteps in the MN12 program that produced this generation Thunderbird.
i have a 92 thunderbird sc that got passed down to me from my late grandpa, dont have any knowledge on how to work on cars but hoping i can get it started up as easy as you did with this one 😿
Usually these supercharged 3.8's were blowing their head gaskets. Be sure to check for coolant leaks and don't let a coolant leak go for too long. The blocks are not the same as the regular non-SC 3.8's, they're not made anymore, are as scarce as frog hair, and are super expensive when you do find a good one. Ford was aiming for BMW's 6-series coupe when moving the Thunderbird from the Fox platform to its own platform. Unfortunately, the MN12 program went overbudget, missed size, weight and cost targets, and by the time this Thunderbird was ready for retail sale, BMW was already ending production of its big coupe (itself in production since the 1977 model year) and planning to take their large coupe even further upmarket with the 8-series slated to be released in the early 1990s. Ford engineers actually experimented with a short wheelbase MN12 Thunderbird, possibly as an entry level car. Somewhere around six prototypes were constructed. If you Google SWB MN12 you can see these. Ford ultimately killed the project for a number of reasons, including costs, as this would have required Ford to produce two different rear subframes and two versions of the rear floor pan, as well as unique rear quarter windows, rear quarter panels, rear interior trim, etc. Rear leg room was already limited in the regular production model, and would have been even more so in the SWB cars. There were also concerns that the SWB Thunderbird would have cannibalized Mustang sales, which was already facing the threat of being killed off due to the aging Fox platform approaching its tenth birthday. Ford eventually decided they didn't need all these headaches and ended the SWB MN12 project.
Bruh...those Birds doesn't need to be punished to die quiet and rusted and fungus covered sell them who would give the freedom they need was its this thing of buying cool cars to later let die of rust and they're working fine.
Had a ‘95 LX with the 4.6L and I swapped the engine to a 2000 Mustang GT 4.6L and added the Allen Engine supercharger kit. It also used the Eaton M90S. Loved that car. The SuperCoupe’s were so ahead of their time. Think about it this way….1989 the MN12 Thunderbird and Cougar and even the Lincoln Mark VIII had independent rear suspension and rear wheel drive. The Mustang didn’t get IRS until 1999 and that was only for the Cobra. What was it 2015 when the standard Mustang received IRS. The supercoupe was the pioneer for supercharged production vehicles as well. Air to air intercooled and Eaton supercharged back in 1989 led the way for the Terminator Cobra and Ford Lightning to exist. In some way even the GT500. Auto adjusting shocks with actuators on the SC. The car was light years ahead of anything in Ford’s stable in the early 90’s. Hope to see more of your videos on this subject.
You're incorrect about the Ford SC being the first supercharged production vehicle. Shelby was offering supercharging as an option back in the mid 1960s for the early Shelby 289 V8 Mustangs. That was a different type of supercharger (a centrifugal blower instead of the Roots type blower used in the SC) but still the same basic principle.
In total i had 9 SC`s and 9 LX`s. Not at the same time but I would buy them up and restore them. Never broke a single bolt off of anything. These were great cars in there time.
I owned a '93 Thunderbird SC and it was the best car I've ever owned. I did all scheduled maintenances and never had one problem. Most comfortable long distance auto ever! Black with grey leather interior like this one.
I have that exact same car. 1992 Thunderbird SC black on black leather with moonroof and 5-speed transmission. Mine is lowered on eibach springs and has 18x9 Chrome Saleen SpeedStar style wheels and tinted windows. I need to get mine running again soon. I also have a white 1989 SC with gray cloth and an automatic I got a couple summers ago that was abandoned at a repair shop about an hour and half away and they got a mechanic's lien title.
I parted an 90sc anniversary edition many years ago. I had no choice because the guy I bought it from took the VIN out for autocross, I could hit him for that. The stupid basterd. Many of these are not appreciated for what they are because it’s only a V6 😢. Still have the engine and auto trans, going to swap it in an 86 Mustang V6 convertible. Should be a fun car to drive.
@@Matthew_Moeller That and any number of reasons. These cars were somewhat mechanically complex, the parts to fix them go out of production, increasing the cost and scarcity. People get older and less capable of servicing these cars themselves and might not be able to afford a mechanic's services. I am careful not to judge.
Purchased my first one in '98 a 35th Ann. Have had seven since then and currently have 3. I usually just make them better than I found them but no total rehabilitation.
Great video! Big T-Bird SC fan here. This Bird is in beautiful shape under all the dirt/ moss/ etc. These SC's are such great all around cars. I had a white '91 that I miss, but I always wanted a black one. This one is a manual too; they didn't make tons of them, and this interior is in incredible shape. I guess being under the trees kept it out of the harsh sun, and by the looks of it, you are in BC, so that milder weather kept the rust at bay. Keep the videos coming, can't wait to see what you do next!
I had a 89 with a sunroof that was pretty rare and now have a 95 five speed that was built up when i got it and might would sell it looks mostly stock but is far from it its built and has a huge cam and the blower is a magnum power factory rebuilt upgraded blowrr with a bigger impeller
I had an 89 sc and I loved it but I didn't realize I had to use high octane gas and kept blowing head gasgets. As a teenager, I wasn't able to afford the $2000 repair after the second time so I got a 95 V8 tbird.
Those were not SVT rims, but were a regular production wheel option. SVT never produced a production Thunderbird, although there was a prototype 300 hp vehicle using the 4.6 quad cam from the Lincoln Mark VIII. Ford killed this for cost reasons (but also because premium coupe sales were declining all over the world), but was planning this for a 40th anniversary edition T-bird for the 1995 model year. Coincidentally, 1995 was the final production year for the SC.
