Kind of an I'm bored question

[Chuck Most]

Guys...

What about the 1980's T-Bird Turbo Coupes?

They were pretty big cars (for the time), but with a 2.3 Turbo and a five speed stick, they were quicker than most V-8 cars of the time. Not only that- they came loaded- power everything, adjustable suspension, upgraded sound system... the works.

It's not really a muscle car per se, I feel the lack of a V-8 rules it out for that title, but I'm not sure it would realy fit with what we've come to know as a tuner, either. I'd just call it a 'high performance personal luxury coupe", kind of like Ford did.

I'm actually suprised that we have the FWD Charger as a 1:25 kit, but do you know what FWD performance car I would LOVE to have in kit form? The four door Omni GLH. I love the idea of a high-powered car that resembles a roller skate with windows, and that's exactly what the GLH was!

[Harold]

Hmmm..Probe GT, Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Mustang SVO, Omni GLH- these are off the top of my head. Personally, I liked the cars from the eighties. They were fun, after years of strangled engines and gas crunches. Their nimble sizes allowed for handling a darn sight better than a sixties-era muscle car, and you could drive past gas stations.

[Blue coyote]

Tecnically, during the turbo coupe days, the T-bird was a pony car, or even an econobox.

Other than the body skin, they were the same chassis as a Mustang, just stretched out a bit. The "foxbody" platform was originally found under the Fairmont/Zephyr...Ironic, eh?