Interesting MN12 and Fox pics October 21, 2009, 11:30:23 AM A friend of mine is into MN12s and emailed these to me, and I thought they were pretty cool. I figured it would be a good idea to share them with my good friends on here.The first ones are a few underside shots of the Cougar XR7 AWD mule that had been planned and ended up being sped.Next is a test mule for the Supercoupe 3.8. Apparently the car was used by the Dearborn Police Dept. but this is pretty dang cool. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #1 – October 21, 2009, 12:15:00 PM Sweet. Ford made a factory 3.8SC Fox.Bet these cars are long-ago recycled. heh Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #2 – October 21, 2009, 12:33:21 PM I hear the AWD SC is being restored Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #3 – October 21, 2009, 01:12:20 PM I didn't know there was an AWD Cougar. The SC is green, right? That means there are at least two MN12 AWD cars. Any chance you can get side shots of the Cougar, including the wheels? Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #4 – October 21, 2009, 01:18:47 PM No all the ones I got are shown here but I can ask my buddy if he has anymore.Edit: In doing a little looking around I found out that the wheels that went on the AWD Thunderbirds and Cougar where actually what ended up being Taurus SHO slicers. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #5 – October 21, 2009, 01:57:33 PM Quote from: 86XR7project;295748No all the ones I got are shown here but I can ask my buddy if he has anymore.Edit: In doing a little looking around I found out that the wheels that went on the AWD Thunderbirds and Cougar where actually what ended up being Taurus SHO slicers.Ahhh, Driver side slicers!!!! Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #6 – October 21, 2009, 02:25:13 PM Yeah, the Chinese (I think) set that worked only on the left side for two wheels and the right side for the other two. I am pretty sure I have a set on mine sitting in a field. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #7 – October 21, 2009, 03:59:38 PM The AWD SC has wheels like a Porsche 928. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #8 – October 21, 2009, 04:20:52 PM I was just relaying what I had read. As for the rims on that one didn't they use parts for the front suspension and brakes from Porsche? Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #9 – October 21, 2009, 04:54:54 PM Quote from: 86XR7project;295755Yeah, the Chinese (I think) set that worked only on the left side for two wheels and the right side for the other two. I am pretty sure I have a set on mine sitting in a field.I need to get my rims powdercoated and swap on the left side slicers like it came with. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #10 – October 21, 2009, 05:46:40 PM I keep thinking about pulling mine out of the weeds and parting it out but I need a truck and a trailer with a winch or a good come along Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #11 – October 23, 2009, 11:36:17 PM Nice find! I never knew they used the fox body to test the SC. Those police cars looked great!! Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #12 – October 24, 2009, 02:00:28 PM those were some interesting pics your freind sent you, thanks for sharing them.i wonder what trans they used for the AWD SC?id really like to find out more about that fox tbird with the SC motor, it looks sooo factory makes you wonder why didnt they do that. probly wouldve sold a ton of them but likely wouldve ded in on the mustang sales a bit. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #13 – October 24, 2009, 02:37:28 PM Quoteid really like to find out more about that fox tbird with the SC motor, it looks sooo factory makes you wonder why didnt they do that. probly wouldve sold a ton of them but likely wouldve ded in on the mustang sales a bit.Thats probably the reason. Also would have been more expensive to build/maintain thus increasing the actual pricing of the car probably to close/higher than the mustang. Quote Selected
Interesting MN12 and Fox pics Reply #14 – October 24, 2009, 03:08:01 PM Quote from: Ductape91;296201i wonder what trans they used for the AWD SC?Probably something from their European arm. Unless I am incorrect, several of the cars in Europe were available as AWD.Quote from: Ductape91;296201id really like to find out more about that fox tbird with the SC motor, it looks sooo factory makes you wonder why didnt they do that. probly wouldve sold a ton of them but likely wouldve ded in on the mustang sales a bit.According to the book I have, the SC was planned fairly early for the MN12 platform. They did the installation in the Police cars because they thought it would be a great place to test the drive-train's reliability.I'm guessing they missed something though as even the non-supercharged 3.8s had trouble with blown head gaskets!Shiny Side Up!Bill Quote Selected
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