/o/ will argue all day about the Ford Panther bodies, but what

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>>17410892
Its American and a miata is an all around better car.

>>17410898
I don't have a problem with Miats but they don't go 'burblburblburbl' instead of 'bzzzz.'

>>17410898
>miata
>better


HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I mean theyre all garbage with no real redeeming values

mn12 Thunderbirds are common af tho

any opinions from someone who isn't a shitposting tripfag?

Thunderbird super coupes are nice. And the mark vii is a good platform for a street light brawler. You'll need some good coin to make them fast though

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They aren't expensive but the people who are enthusiastic about them are really into them. I see a lot of great Mark 7's and Mark 8's (as well as thunderbird supercoupes) at Carlisle every year.
They have a lot of similarities to the fox platform. Air suspension isn't really that big a deal, arnott and suncore have all the parts you would need to keep it working.

>>17410892
It's a seriously underrated and handsome design. Saw a Mark VII LSC earlier today. Pretty nice road presence, but I'm not a big fan of the headlights. The early 80's quad headlights and the subsequent Turbo Coupe front fascia design are so sexy.

Good luck finding one that's not a complete rust bucket piece of shit though. A Thunderbird is a great contender for a good driver project with a healthy 5.0 and LSD, maybe even a T5 or T56 manual swap.

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The 88 thunderbird is one of the greatest cars ever made and were one of the most advance cars of their day

and that 2.3 is nothing less than a monster

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bump out of interest

>>17411779
The Mark VIIs in particular look fantastic in my opinion, but I figured- being a Lincoln- it would have all sorts of unique little naggling things like a Town Car versus a CV/GMQ, and would probably be rarer and higher priced as well hence asking what its platform mates are like. Apparently there was a pretty wide range of engines available in the three cars, even for just one generation?

I gave a quick look around on CL and sure enough, didn't find anything that wasn't either clapped out or a one image and no description crapshoot, which is disappointing.

>>17410892
Theyre closely related to the Fox or sn95 depending on year. Although they are considered their own seperate platform.

Mark 8 is lightyears ahead of the 7. 7 styling wins by a longshot. Mark 8 is one of the ugliest cars ever made.

Early mark 8s (93-95) have the most performance potential and least issues. 97-98 are plagued with electrical issues and goodluck finding one with functional tail and brake lamps. Early mk8s also used teksid blocks which are good for nearly 1000hp. Later blocks dont come close.

Dont sweat finding an lsc 8. Only real difference is an lss and tune. Lsc 7 had hipo 5.0 heads from the mustang while standard had the lopo 5.0 from the vic/tc/mgm.