'78 Thunderbird
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hertsbiker

Original Poster:

6,443 posts

298 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Seen one up for £1000. Was £3500, but has stuck to the forecourt...

Don't know any details, but think it may be the 5.7L version.

Anyone know about this car?

cheers

chaparral

965 posts

286 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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The spanish have a word that describes this car very well...mierda.
Suffice to say that even for a yank tank it handles poorly, is bog slow, uses fuel as if the stuff was going out of style, displays no discernable roadholding capabilities, understeers like a shopping cart, and to top it all off, is a 20 year old car with all of the ride-handling compromises that underinflated bias-ply tires give.

chaparral

965 posts

286 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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The French also have a word for it...merde. So do the Germans...scheisse. So did the romans...stercus. So do we but the electronic censors on this page don't let me say it.

hertsbiker

Original Poster:

6,443 posts

298 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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so you don't like it then?!
If anyone has anything good to say about it I may buy it for a laugh (and keep the Bike, 307, Smart).

If anyone has bad things to say, please let me know so I don't waste any money.

ta.

lpgrocks

91 posts

290 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Buy it!

Johnny Freon

101 posts

283 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Over here cars like that are used for driving around fields and jumping things.

Actually they can work pretty well for off-roading because the suspension is so soft, as long as you keep the momentum up so yeah, as a fun contraption to rip around in it's pretty good assuming you own oil stock!



>> Edited by Johnny Freon on Thursday 19th December 16:40

ErnestM

11,621 posts

294 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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1976 through about 1980/1981 where the absolute worst years for any american automobile. These were the years when amrican car manufacturers where trying to hit emissions and fuel economy standards...

...You get cubic inches, but you get horsepower and torque figures in the 125 to 165 range (even for the big V8's) and the cars still carried TONS of weight (literally).

ErnestM