The crown Victoria drives more comfortable

I drove a black on black leather 92 SC 5-speed with a moonroof to high school in the late 90's. Worked since I was 14 and paid for it myself. I still own it to this day and I just bought an 89 White SC automatic this past Friday. This is now my 5th SC but I still have my 1st one.

Ford is #1 . Drive one!

That was when Ford was the bomb!!!!

Still is

...And, 2 years later, Ford stops making ALL cars except the Mustang

They’ll bring the t-bird name back, but as a crossover...

They did, and it flopped. I miss the coupe with a usable backseat, especially if it also has rear drive, big engine, and manual transmission, but it's an extinct segment. The only 2 door cars left are sports cars. Pretty soon sedans will be gone too.

@@75aces97 when they brought back the Thunderbird they did it in the wrong fashion it is a tiny little Cruiser with Jaguar stuff Ford needs to make the Thunderbird as the size of the Dodge Charger and give the engine option of a 3.5 EcoBoost and maybe even the 6.2L from the Super Duty

@@Perry2186 Ford probably went about it wrong, yes. When they brought back the T-Bird, it had only been gone a few years, and Ford apparently thought the version people wanted brought back was the original 50's boulevardier, rather than the personal luxury coupe it had been since 1960. Still, a sporty coupe with usable seating for 4 and a lusty engine probably wouldn't have sold well either. It would have flopped, but people would have missed it, as opposed to the retro convertible that nobody cared about. The T-Bird, Cougar, and Lincoln Mark all got discontinued for a reason. It was an essential car category in the 70s, but by 2000, affluent childless professionals were no longer buying them, and switched to boring, no-character crossovers.

Sounds like the same T-Bird LX my grandparents had. Same year, same digital instrument display; which I also enjoyed seeing whenever I rode in that car with them.

The essex block is notorious for head gasket problems... too bad ford never figured that one out because the bottom end is really stout. The cologne V6 basically is what it is, you can add forged internals for a small fortune if you want.. but that doesn't mean it'll hold together with a super/turbo charger.

No sweat

It pulled (pulls) like a beast. 5th gear is fantastic on the highway for just cruising along at low revs, with tons of power for overtaking without having to downshift.

The 2000 chrysler minivan with the 3.3 made 150hp 200tq just like the v6 does in this car, good for comfortable cruising but definetely not a race car . This car also weighs about the same as the minivan @3800 pounds, but the RWD and lower center of gravity make it a bit sportier. The V8 and S/C models are probably worth the extra money over the base editions.

I was too! So funny.

I only know Ford guys. F150!

I had an '89 midnight blue SC 5 speed. No memories of a heavy clutch. Just a crap-ton of throw-you-back-in-your-seat acceleration. The ultimate sleeper car. People didn't realize how fast it was until they were staring at your taillights.

I'm sure it would have been great, as it lights up the tires with incredible ease. Driving in the rain was a blast, but the snow was another story...

The supercoupes had a lot of head gasket issues.

@@bradwooldidge6979 ALL Ford's 3.8s from that era had head gasket issues.

Not if they were well looked after

The quarter windows leaked into the rockers and in frt of the rear wheels, causing them to rot out. My co-worker had a 91 SC and it just rusted out from underneath her. My g/f also had 1 in her college days, a base model, and it did the same thing.. They all do, and living in the rust belt certainly didn't help. Also, once the 3.8's head gasket problems were solved, they ran forever, and the 5.0's were bullet proof.

Well, I have an '89 that has spent its entire life on Long Island (snow and salt in the winter, lots of salty ocean air in the summer). Never had a hint of rust until about 2011 or 2012, and that was after I started letting it sit for long periods. Even now, it only has a few tiny spots.

Sho was quite a bit lighter too. But I'd prefer the SHO also

eVo Diez Luego me lo vendes :p

Was your 98 Mustang a stick or automatic. Cause my 89 sc automatic will outrun 98 automatic gt Mustang. Did 150mph in my first 89. The tach was still rising so it wanted to go even faster but I got out of it cause the wipers were flapping so hard it looked as if they were about tear off lol. Top speed was the name of the game with the sc. A mustang couldn't hold a candle to on the freeway it would just walk away. Now from a dig the mustang would have it.

Super coupe wasn't available in 94....89 and 90 only....,in 94 you either got a 3.8 or a 4.6

You heard right, my friend. I had the plain-Jane '89 with the 3.8. She was a beauty, but the head gasket went and so did the car (thanks Car Cash).

True, I helped serviced a few in those engines.

mitchlu RIP What was the mileage?

kirbyswarp 140k, car cash gave me $700 with bad motor

But the T-bird blows it away in every way. It was bigger, but still handled better, still went faster, and still looked better. Interior was nicer, more comfortable and spacious. Really, there is no comparison.

robertorolfo plus it's an FR. Translation: it can drift.

It was a 90° V6 like GM's 3800. 90° V6s are naturally unbalanced.

+Mike Jiran And an easy to lunch five speed :D

What?

I've never owned a worse car. It is the leading reason I would not give Ford another penny of my money.

Paul Shealy ive owned six mn12's and loved all of them

turshin I don't think I've ever had as many problems on all the other cars I've ever owned in my entire life and I'm 55 and have owned GMs and MGs. The harmonic balancer came off while driving down the interstate, a myriad of suspension problems that apparently couldn't be fixed. But like my MG when it was running good (which wasn't often), it was a nice car.

Paul Shealy the harmonic balancer was a weak point on these cars, so was the front end suspension, and to get the abs fixed these days on the earlier cars that used the electric hydraulic unit costs like 600 bucks. Yes they had their faults but these days with the aftermarket you can replace all the bad engineering ford did

Tigerfire75 Ford could’ve made the Supercoupe faster as well. But they didn’t for the same reason!

Ford could HAVE tweaked the 5.0 as well.

They did in 99 with the Cobra and ran it through the end of the new edge SN-95 Cobra's in 2004.

It's when you have that uncontrollable urge to press a function button on a machine repeatedly than it should all because you want to know what would happen, even if it breaks or shortens the lifespan of that machine.

derzx 479 no. It makes the Thunderbird SC special, it's meant for the thunderbird.

by the time the mustangs came along the supercharged t bird was gone, I think 95 was the last year.they should have done the 5.0 in the thunderbird in the first place for 89, but they couldnt get it to fit

Agreed, it also probably would have given the 5.0 a run for it's money which wouldn't have gone over very well. Another "GNX vs. Corvette" situation.

@@LOGICNREALITY The car was Only designed for V-6 engine.