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Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: V8Demon on April 06, 2015, 08:06:39 AM
http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/saint-louis/1985/ford/thunderbird-S3899.html

(http://images.gatewayclassiccars.com/carpics/STL/3899/3899.jpg)

(http://images.gatewayclassiccars.com/carpics/STL/3899/3899a.jpg)

Why is there a 3rd brake light in the trunk?
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: daminc on April 06, 2015, 08:45:31 AM
I have no 3rd brake light on the vert., and  I imagine it was put on somewhere along the way?... or do some states require it  now?
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: V8Demon on April 06, 2015, 08:47:47 AM
I know.  The car is listed as a 1985.  Yet....

(http://images.gatewayclassiccars.com/carpics/STL/3899/3899p.jpg)
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: daminc on April 06, 2015, 08:50:00 AM
back to my edited response ^
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: jandmmustangs on April 06, 2015, 09:18:59 AM
No required in PA. Maybe a very late production car?
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: CBASS on April 06, 2015, 10:18:00 AM
I thought that was a federal requirement for 1986? Weird that it has it.
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: Thunder Chicken on April 06, 2015, 11:29:19 AM
I installed one in my 85, maybe the owner of this one was planning on doing the same?
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: CoogarXR on April 06, 2015, 12:50:00 PM
It's nice 'n all, but $6595 for a painted car with 165k miles on it? That's wishful thinking even for a dealer, IMO.
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: ZondaC12 on April 06, 2015, 02:32:15 PM
30th Anny birds are the worst for asking prices. I swear they stand alone against all of our cars for seller's mind : reality ratio.

It MUST BE the members-only jacket that does it :rollin:
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: V8Demon on April 06, 2015, 03:49:13 PM
If under the hood were as clean as the paint appears to be it might fetch a decent price, but this one needs rethinking in that department.
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: thunderjet302 on April 06, 2015, 09:09:25 PM
I hate the body kit on that car. Looks all kinds of wrong.

I could see $6595 if the car had 65k miles and was a mint condition, all original car. Maybe. Considering it's a dealer.
Title: 1985 Bird -- 30th Anniversary
Post by: daminc on April 07, 2015, 08:35:24 AM
I see it looks like they also removed the dealer trunk badge, and put that in the trunk too.... Maybe the car sat on the lot until 86, and was updated to the new law before it sold. Cant really see the package tray inside to see and outline, or color difference from the sun