Looks to be in good overall shape, 5.0 V8 Automatic. I always thought this interior with Bucket seats, center console, & Column shifter always looked odd. But overall looks to be a decent buy. Seldom see the 83-86 T-Birds in my area anymore. https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/ctd/d/tampa-ford-thunderbird-classic-car/6970877847.html
Looks pretty solid. Only thing wrong with it is the Crappy Fuel Injection, but that is changed easily enough. It even has the sport bucket seats that they used in the Mustang GT and Turbo Coupes.
It does look pretty good, even if it is pretty low option interior wise, manual windows, locks, & seats, just a speedo Gas gauge, Clock and idiot lights. And no A/C in Florida!!!!! No wonder it has low Mileage, I did not notice it didn't have A/C undill I looked for the compressor under the hood.
Low options and no A/C doesn't bother me. I know others are deeply disturbed by it. Gas gauge and a speedometer is all you got in 1985 in a regular Thunderbird. My LTD wagon has the exact same gauge layout. Even the Turbo Coupe and XR-7 up through '84 just had a tach and speedometer with the gas gauge in the middle where the gear indicator would be on a column shift car. All they had was a "TURBO" and "OVERBOOST" light that came on in the dash when you were in boost. I guess they didn't want to overwhelm you with information.
This 85 T Bird has some age but looks presentable and that is all that counts down here in the land of the snowbird. Many boomer guys, and some gals, from up North want an older but not too expensive car just for seasonal socializing. I live year round in the Ft Myers area and there are older car meet ups and shows at restaurants, churches and shopping malls etc almost every day of the week in "season". It all starts in earnest after Thanksgiving and disappears around Easter. Get your lawn chair, buy this for $5k and you can park next to a true and expensive classic for a few hours and be part of the group.
A kid in our neighborhood drives one around that year to school. I thought it was cool as you don't see too many, then i did the math 2019-1985 is 34 years. that would have been like me driving a 1948 car in 1982 (grad year) . Sure does seem a lot longer between 1948 and 1982 than from 1985 to 2019. Getting old.
I hear you on that. When we bought our '67 Biscayne in '92 it was 25 years old, but felt ancient. Today, in our fleet, our newest car is 21 years old but none of them seem old to me at all.
I dont know... Newest car I currently own is a 2000 crown victoria... The second newest is 1988 mercury colony park (20k miles new) a 1988 jeep comanche pickup... A 1976 ford ltd, a 1973 mercury colony park, and a 1973 ford galaxie police interceptor... And out of all that im thinking of selling the vic!
Nice looking little bird there. I like it. I have entertained the idea of buying one of these for my boys to drive when they come of age. Most of the local ones I have come across are trashed though. This one looks pretty solid.
I agree with both Mark and Kevin. When I was a kid my Dad owned a 79 F-250 crew cab, which he bought used in 1983. I thought it was an "old" truck the entire time he owned. When I was 10 it was 12 years old. Conversely, I own a 96 F-350 crew cab, which I do not consider to be an "old" truck. When my oldest son turned 10 it was 22 years old. I guess it's perception, but I agree, when I see something like that it makes me feel old.
