Since when has the fox-bodies [cougars and tbirds] had the nickname of aero?
Around 1983, I think.
Where have I been all this time!? I've never heard them called that before.
Yeah, i think they called them that because they were designed to be aerodynamic. I dont know how well that worked, but it's an big improvement over the 70's bird.
Ric.. you've never read through Eric's site have you..
Yes what was the giveaway I allways do:bowdown: He's the :cougarsmily: MAN
Guys in the T-bird club have always called the 83-88s *Aero Birds*.
The '83 Tbird/Cougar was the first Ford areodynamic offering, followed by the LSC Lincoln and Tempo/Topaz in '84...
Hey the 80-82's were aerodynamic! well more so than the 78-79 anyway. :p
Scott
80-82s are called the *Box Birds* :grinno:
They still look cool though :cool:
Compared to GM counterparts, the '83-'88s were very aero.
The closest GM came was with the Fastback Monte and Grand Prix.
fast back Monte, ughh:pbb:
are you talking about this?
(http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~dr351697/aerocoupe.jpg)
BARF. its like a cross between a monte mullet and a camaramullet. its like, double the mulletude, dude.
as a brick!!!....:banana:
The '83-88 cars are still incredibly slick. The drag coefficient was .35 with a small frontal area. Look at the details. The windshield wipers were tucked away. The area where the doors, windshield and hood all meet is very swoopy, with covers to smooth over the transitions. The doors themselves are like those on an aircraft fuselage and the side glass fits nearly flush. From the front, the body swells at the doors and then narrows again at the back.
Pretty shagy stuff for 1983. Of course in this era of plastic blobs it's not much to talk about, but even new cars continue the design elements listed above. For a reason. ;)
i recently found an old car magazine (hot rod, car craft, one of the 1,000 car mags that i own!) that was calling the 83 thunderbird an "areobird" in the preproduction sketches in 82.
the funnier thing was the engines to be avalable where going to be the 2.3 N/A, 2.3 T, 3.8, and the 5.0 with a C3, SROD, or T5 on all models
What I remember the aero name came around during design because T-bird was there Nascar car of choice. After the aero drag of the Box Birds they wanted to design a car to perform better at high speeds. The aero birds are the first car to be basically a race car aero package from the factory. Very little aero stuff was done to the body for aero during race setup. Also the box birds lacked in sales so ford needed to do something to get the attention back to the T-bird /Cougar body style. The aero birds did both whooped ass at the track and sold much better than pervious models. Does this mean I watched the history ch. show on the ford t-bird a few to many times.
There was a history channel show on T-Birds and you didnt tell us about it?:beatyoass:
I believe that it is called histroy of the ford thunderbird. It has been a while since I've seen it.
Do you think this guy knows anything about Aero Bird?
Pic of Aerobird prototype ....... sped mid 1982:rollin:
Dear lord, tell me that a photoshop. If not god help the person that made that
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird
So, you're saying I should cancel project SuperTbird? :dunce:
You have your right to do what you want to your car, but I ask
Why do that:pbb:
Original idea though, I'll give it that
Naaaa just kiddin. :grinno:
"The 80-82's had a drag coeffecient of .48 which was a 13% improvement over the 1979 design"
Yeah is still a brick, but my 82 consistantly gets 22mpg and it looks better :p
Scott
I love it! That's just too funny... Someone needs to build one and take it to catjam. Put some cragar SS rims on it and paint it like the batmobile, lol:pbb:
I have a feeling that would get someone either alot of questions and good jobs OR killed. It's a thin line
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i11/turbosprunt/tre.jpg?t=1163834833)