1986 Ford Thunderbird coupe

Really a nice car! The interior is in as new condition. Occasionally we get these low mileage cars down here in Florida...I myself owned a used low mileage 1990 Cougar which gave excellent service. The interiors of these cars are really top notch..the upholstery is very posh! May have the 5.0 engine..not sure if they even installed a V6 in these.

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• Thunderbird
• 1986

[sweettooth80]

i have an 81 sportster

[raconter1]

@sweettooth80 Hey, Gordan! Cool! Nice to have! Thanks! : ) Jack

[juliadennehy]

Wow. We have an '86, since new. Not in perfect shape like this one, but still starts and drives, no issue. It' a Ford, after all. Would you expect less? Funny, my right control arm snapped at the ball joint. The donor? An '88 Mustang. Exact fit... no mods needed. Lovin' the fox(es). ;-)

[raconter1]

@juliadennehy Yeah...that's the virtue of building several models off the same platform! Believe it or not, the tie rods and ball joints for the early Corvettes were 54 Chevrolet sedan parts! Glad you have your Tbird...it should run forever! Thanks! :) Jack

[underoathfan14]

Anybody interested in buying one of these? I have a navy blue 1986 with 67,000 miles. I am the second owner and it's been stored during winters. it's damn near as clean as this one!

[raconter1]

@weightfeather1 I've had the automatic overdrive in several Ford products, and the only time it's given a problem was when the kickdown cable end (plastic) came off, and literally killed the tranny...so a rebuilt unit was installed, and no further problems. The new cable has a brass end! That is really an unfortunate byproduct of a bad experience with a car..often it steers the individual away from that make...sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it was just an unfortunate experience. :) Jack

[raconter1]

@weightfeather1 I had a 90 Cougar with the same engine. I bought it used, with few miles, and proceeded to get quite a bit of usage out of it...don't remember how many..but I had heard about the head gasket problem, and decided to trade it in while it was still running ok! Thanks! :) Jack

[raconter1]

@sfemales Oddly enough, I saw it again at the car show on this past Sunday...still for sale! Hard to believe...if I needed another car, I'd be tempted! Thanks! :) Jack

[sfemales]

wow that is a very clean fox 

[raconter1]

@jferg7159 Hey, Joe! Yeah, my 88 Mustang convertible is a survivor built on the Fox platform...and it is amazingly strong for the over 100k miles and the years it's accumulated. They sure got a lot of use from that one platform! Thanks for the information! :) Jack