a guy I met yesterday is going to gie me a white 85 tc, less the motor and trans, what was the first year thee things where made? if its a year one I may restore it. I'd like to have the first and last turbocoupes, to me that's cool.
1983.....to......1988
1985 was the first year they made the 85TC's ;)
Ironically it was also the last year too ;)
so what you are saying is the first 85 tc was made in 83, or you could say the first 83 tc was still the first tc in 85 so that make 85 a special year for that car becouse the people still knew the 83 was a tc so obviously I need to tell my wife it would be a big mastake to not get this car, and I have to have it;)
Well if you wanna justify this as a first something... its the first TC to have the same style dash as the last TC ;) if that's good enough for you.. i say get it.
I wouldnt hesitate. get it!
'83-86 TC's are rare, pick that one up.
"rare" the word I was looking for. ok here's alittle more about the car, it is a white tc with grey clothh intior. unforttunetly its an auto:( they guy is going to pul the drivetrain to put it in a nash. he will give me what ever is left. i t has a cleen title and is suposedly aa strait cleen body. now what I'm thinking is taking the 87tc that is sitting infront of my house taking up space and sacragicing it to the car gods to bring the 85 back to life. ill take all the good parts off the 87(moter, trans, computer, vam, rear end, wheels, and whatever other options the 85 doesn't have) and use them on the 85. the 87 does not have a title, so its not as hard for me to do this. also I've realy been wanting a 4eye bird:)
See there you go, tell your wife its a move to get the 87 TC out of the yard.
It's either buy the 85 and use the 87s parts on it or store the 87s parts in the house:beatyoass:
If your wife gets pissy about having a junk car around, I'll take it off your hands for $100. My non-TC car needs some parts, and it just so happens to be a white / grey cloth car already. Whaddya know? ;) Seriously, let me know. I've got space for it here...
I may be getting rid of the 87 soon ill let you know. oh and I won't be buying the 85 ill b traiding it for a 2.3l bare block. I have about 4 of those in my storage unit:)
LOL.. I don't want a car with no title. :D Those are HARD to get rid of. :)
Well that depends...with s prices where they are now, a lot of people will take it off your hands for free. There's some places here that even buy junk cars and haul them away for you.
I am going to try and keep all 3 birds, I've been wanting to start a collection, so why not collect turbocopes?
You won't get a arguement from me...
(http://www.members.pen 15s.net/mr428/5birds.jpg)
! do they all run?
I would love to have that many tcs but I think my wife would kick my ass! I already have (clears throught)
96 volvo 850 2.3l 5cyl turbo.
91 ford aerostarr 4.0l.
88 thunderbird 2.3l turbocoupe 5speed.
87 thunderbird 2.3l turbocoupe auto.
72 buick riviara 454ci v8.
72 mgb roadster 110ci 4cyl.
soon to add:
85 thunderbird 2.3l turbocoupe auto.
also my roomate has an 89 dodge d100.
we have more cars than all our nabors combined.
i think all but the red and white one are gone in toms collection.
I still have the dark blue one in the middle as well...
Black TC... RIP Very rusty, was parted out...
Med blue was daughters, sold a couple years ago...
Should have taken a updated group photo including the Silver TC Paul(thundergrowl) now has...
Since '96 I've owned 14 different TC's all '87-'88 and four 5.0 Birds '86-'88...
Turbocoupe50 that is a nice little group of turbo coupes. I know a guy here in Missouri that has 30 Bird/cougars and most of them are turbo coupes. He has very few cougars.
actually, the thunderbird turbo coupes first came out in 83 1/2. the year saw production late, this is one reason they're hard to find.
so what if anything is special about the 85tc? what are the differeces between the 85 and 87? does it have rear disks or drums? 8.8 or 7.5 rear? posi? auto ride? I want to know everything about these birds.
Is "everything" too vague?
'85 was non-intercooled, '87 had an IC
'85 had smaller injectors and VAM, '87s were bigger
'85 had a 3.45:1 7.5 with drums, '87 has 8.8 w/discs and 3.55s for a 5spd or 3.73s w/auto
Obviously the body is completely different
Seriously... two radically different cars that were built on the same platform and have the same name. That's about it.
actually the 85 had big injectors and a small VAM.
yes the 85TC should have a LS, and no it wont have PRCs.
The 85.5's did, the early '85's were still green-tops... ;)
doh, there i go....actin all smart again:dunce:
so that means if I take the 85 body and the 87 guts I'll have one bad ass tc:)
It'll be a good start towards one... ;)
and i believe 85-86's are lighter than the 87-88's too.
Could I add a 'part 2' to the original question of this thread and ask what the known earliest build date is for an '83, (TC or other)?
My 83TC has a 5/83 build date as shown in the picture.