Supercharged 3.8 Liter V6 Powered 1989 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe Test Drive

First time offered for sale since 1989
Collector grade
1-owner since new
4,400 actual miles
Factory original Light Titanium Clearcoat Metallic exterior paint
Factory original Currant Red leather interior
Powered by original supercharged 3.8 liter V6
4-speed AOD automatic transmission
Nicely documented by original documents including: original window sticker, owners card, odometer statement, warranty card, extended service contract, bill of sale, registration, and dealer invoice.
Power steering
Power 4-wheel disc brakes
Air conditioning
AM/FM stereo w/ cassette
Dual power front seats
Power windows
Power door locks
In-dash tachometer
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[@20vtechnik]

I have driven and also raced this car (raced in my 91 audi 200 20v). That was decades ago. My initial thoughts were this thunderbird is trash...(Young, semi dumb and lacked experience). It did get smoked by my audi but looking back, the Bird was comfy and it did have a bit of pickup for sure. I hated the way it handled though. It felt like i was driving a wet cigar once i hit the corners. Thinking back, i disregarded this car and i shouldnt have. It is a more than decent car. Its unique and, as previously stated, its comfortable and kind of cool! The auto trans though.... Id like to drive one again to get a proper gauge on how it responds. However, i doubt id get to drive such a low mileage example. Thanks for the review!

[@robroszk]

The engines on those cars were prone to cracks. Yes, the cars were fast and comfortable but not very reliable which is a crying shame and something the globalists have done intentionally to give USA brands a 'black eye' so to speak in an industry we EASILY DOMINATED for many decades until we stopped manufacturing our own stuff.

[@josephgeorgeejr7039]

This was my dream car as a kid in 89

[@milfordcivic6755]

I had a 1992 LX. It's still the most favorite car I've even owned. So comfortable and reliable!

[@rocksolidmotorsports]

This generation Thunderbird is very comfortable. They ride much better than you'd expect.

[@86mustanggt]

I remember test driving this and loved it but ended up getting an 89 Mustang GT. That interior color is beautiful. Has to be a rare color combo. The only things missing as a sunroof and a manual transmission. What a beautiful car. I would try to find an XR-7 which is much more rare but if you did I doubt it will have 4K miles. Great car.

[@20vtechnik]

You made the right choice with the foxbody.

[@TimSaundersC4]

Nice Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe! Back in the '90s, I had a 1987 Ford Thunderbird, and I absolutely loved that car. While in high school, I worked part-time at a body shop and painted it Viper Blue, tinted the windows, and added 15-inch five-star wheels. I thought I was so cool back then!🤣

[@marcuscompton3772]

Thought? With that ride, you were! Lol

[@Jag-leaper]

I never thought that this design aged very well it looks very much a product of its time

[@mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ]

I love it! 😅 *It looks bad@ss, IMO.* 😄 *Classic design, imho.*

[@samueljackson2478]

The 87-89 Thunderbird SC Coupe and Lincoln Mark 7 @ 8 also the Svo Mustang and 79-86 Mecury Capri RS are some of my favorite cars.

[@spicydragon3881]

WOW - I had the exact car, year, color, tinted windows but w/ the black interior. LOVED and miss that car. Sold it w/ 42k mi and Regret ever selling it. I'm seriously thinking about giving you guy s a call. This is *SUPER* tempting.

[@rocksolidmotorsports]

Well if the temptation ever gets too strong, feel free to give us a call here anytime! 574-262-2200

[@fortytipper]

I've been hoping Hoovie would get one of these or the earlier Turbo coupes

[@SillyPuddy2012]

60+ mph on 35 year old tires, love it. lol. The 5.0 variant of this Thunderbird was the getaway car in the 1995 movie Jade, right after it ran over Angie Everhart’s character. Good car chase in that one.

[@glen7201]

I nearly bought one new,I had a deal made on a red one,but ended up with a new Celica GTS instead, I know 2 totally different cars,but I found the Toyota fit me better at the time. This is a beautiful example,and while by todays standards it would be considered slow,I recall these as being one of the "hot" cars of the day,and it still is one of the best looking cars of the era. I still have the brochure from the dealership when I was about to buy it. I drove a red 96 4.6 car earlier this summer,it was a 40k mile car and I nearly bought it as it was overall in similar condition to this one,and I could of had it for 7k,but I simply have to many cars as it is.

[@jackc5293]

This really brings back memories... (an 89 supercoupe in this color, tan interior) could have been my first car...😞 My dad sold cars for a dealer but he would also buy cars at the auction and make deals on the side so he always had some sort of used car to go along with his main car and demo. Unfortunately for me not really understanding the situation with the car and my dad not understanding cars mechanically and not wanting to put money into a $1500 15 y/o auction car so he ended up selling his SC to a collector in Vermont for more than he paid for it. The car had an overheat condition that would manifest at idle and my dad thought it was a head gasket problem which did happen on those cars but turned out the cooling system had a leak which could cause the problem. It made great power and being a steam boat but my dad was pressed for money at that particular moment. This wasn't only cool(er) car I could of had instead of what I ended up with which was a 99 Taurus previous rental in gold.... 😡

[@rocksolidmotorsports]

A Super Coupe would have been an awesome first car! That's unfortunate you missed out because of a coolant leak. At least your dad made money on it. Thank you for sharing that story!

[@mopargm9329]

I've always been a GM and Mopar guy but I have to admit I have always loved these Thunderbirds and the Mercury cougars on the same platform

[@rubber-duck]

I that model of the T-Bird the SC was real nice, I the model before that the Turbo Coupe was awesome too

[@rocksolidmotorsports]

We are big fans of both the Super Coupe and Turbo Coupes here. We just sold a 1985 Turbo Coupe with similar miles last winter and we loved that car.

[@leonmarcuscherry5118]

Wow. What a great find 😮

[@maryrafuse2297]

It's quite rare when a car could simply be reintroduced and sell very well. My theory regarding this T-Bird is that it would not take much to bring it back, and it would sell in the world market place as well as the Americas. Ford did very well with this model getting the design/style right. Now bring this T- Bird back as a hybrid and the style would put it out front in sales.

[@RecycledSoul]

I had the Mercury Cougar XR7. 1993 I believe. It was a FANTASTIC car. Grandma's Hot Rod I called it😂. It had a 10 disc CD changer in the TRUNK(That was a big deal back then) and a FACTORY SUBWOOFER.

[@Estevan-rk1dc]

I dig that interior color I have a 94"LX with that color inside more champagne color outside ...got it for free from sitting owner said get it out my driveway got it running just fine got it cleaned up good just stretched it's legs from FL to GA did great What I really want is a 90" SC 5spd navy blue Loaded from the sunroof to the factory Cassette and CD player Haven't seen a CD player in one yet but my uncle had one He checked every option he could when he bought his brand new in Spring of 90" Would love to find one just like his BUT It was a special order So good luck to me on that one sweet car thow

[@skydiver1013]

1st new car I ever bought from a New Car dealer; 1989 Ford Thunderbird SC, 3.8L V6, 5-speed transmission.

[@christopherkeene3647]

Now all the men have to have huge trucks that do nothing but go to the office and shopping 🛍️ 🎉

[@chrisstephenson8311]

I had a 86 t bird with the non H.O 5.0 motor and had the digital dash that still worked👍🏻 was fun to drive and do burnouts😝 then I got to drive an 86 mustang svo for 2 weeks and fixed a boost issue and got it to 19-20lbs of boost and that thing moved out!

[@thyslop1737]

Boss had 1984 Thunderbird with 5.0 liter. It was a rock'n car and had the upgraded stereo. Always thought the car looked great.

[@joey86bu1]

I used to love these cars!

[@bobbyserchion]

Oh dog you got the car of a life time man my hats go's off to you dog 😊😅😂

[@DigbyOdel-et3xx]

I always liked the Super Coupe. I found its styling great, more than enough performance,a great livable gran tourer... In many ways a better car than their Ford Mustangs.

[@grayman618]

They were very good driving cars with good power. As they age electronics are a problem along with the ecu. Nice car.

[@deanbarnette1602]

I had a 1990 red Thunderbird SC.. ❤

[@TheLegendKc]

M6 sister had one, it was red with black interior. The problem that it had was the bottom harmonic balancer bolt broke loose, and then the pulley wouldn't spin, we would of had to get the bolt drilled out of the crank

[@frankm7707]

Those GT+4 were great all season tires back in the days. I had a set and it lasted 50k miles.

[@joegabbard5538]

Loved my 1988 xr7 87 T bird v6 and 1992 v6 T bird. Xr7 was the best of them.

[@RichardinNC1]

I had a new 1990 TBird Super Coupe. Same titanium color but a gray cloth interior. Great car but a few flaws. It had a good bit of understeer but would snap oversteer in the wet (pre traction controls). Plus a huge drop 2-3 in the automatic despite the incredibly low torque curve. Unfortunately my car had engine electrical gremlins that couldn’t be resolved such as dying after starting and way too fast idle at random times. I got tired of the issues and traded it after a year at a loss.

[@crazyone1067]

😍I'm watching for the car and the presenter.

[@james-he7xv]

you have 36 year old tires on that thing! sounds safe

[@rocksolidmotorsports]

If you were planning to put miles on the car (especially highway miles), you would definitely want to replace them. If you were planning to have the car judged, you would want to leave the original tires on it. You'd be leaving points on the table by replacing them. It all depends on how you plan to use the car.

[@dab5617]

These were too heavy to be fun, but weren't bad looking.

[@chrisstephenson8311]

The “Supercoupe”👍🏻

[@67judge]

On that one ☝️ if I owned it I would powder coat the wheels 🛞 to a factory silver. Paint the body molding from black to body color and throw on some Michelin PS4 tires 🛞. That’s it !

[@dog01b52]

I had a 1983 Thunderbird with the 302 in it and my friend had a Thunderbird Turbo, Think they called it the Pinto engine. lol. But it only made 15 more horsepower and he had a standard. Mine was automatic and I still was able to beat him racing. His Turbo went out several times. That year was not a good year for Ford as we both had issues with our cars and Ford would not step up. They really were a lemons. A Ford Rep from Detroit call and after telling him about the issues and the incompetency of the dealership he laughed at my issues. I said well I'll quit buying Ford, and still to this day will not buy a Ford. Old saying (F)ix (O)r (R)epair (D)aily. This is why the foreign car market took over, Just got it build it a bit better. Taught by William Deming.

[@TheSchmed]

That boy got big arms

[@tg8150]

My Mom still has what this car evolved into- an original first year Lincoln Mark VIII. It’s a much better car. Quicker, smoother, more advanced and tons more luxurious. The T-bird was cool, but ultra old fashioned engine and very prone to crankshaft issues. Mark VIII engine was all aluminum 5.4 V8, independent rear suspension that would later trickle down to the Cobra Mustang, and torque that would throw you into the seat back.

[@chrisstephenson8311]

I had an 86 mark 7 LSC with the mustang fox 5.0 H.O. Motor and that thing moved for a big car but man what a ride…the most comfortable car I’ve ever driven with the factor air suspension!!

[@blacklegacyassets]

Still a nice looking car

[@billyclemons8201]

It really must have been nice to spend money on a brand new car literally not to drive it, all because you thought it was going to be a classic one day. What privilege some people have!!

[@twany442]

I wanted one so bad!

[@danaevans3387]

Missing valve stem cap front driver tire

[@Spyke-lz2hl]

Gotta change those tires if anyone plans to drive this thing.

[@jimmyze013]

replace the tires yesterday!

[@alimirolyaee7543]

fine

[@sweets6865]

I had a 90 LX.

[@samueljackson2478]

Question: How hard is it to swap the Automatic Transmission to a 5spd or 6spd mustang Transmission on one of these if anyone has done it and has a cost please drop some information I would love to do a swap.

[@Mr86Nick]

Lame. A buddy of mine traded his 86 5.0 for one and thought it would be as fast as a Buick GN. Not even close. Definitely a bad trade.

[@ericvonp]

Gf had the 5.0

[@ecc5119]

Pull off the blower add twin turbos.,

[@AbleMable]

Too bad it wasn't the rare manual version

[@pacman-qt1ix]

I had the 96 v8 it want that fast my old VTEC Acura was faster than that

[@willieguapo]

I'll give you $9K

[@rocksolidmotorsports]

Thank you for letting us know

[@roadrunnerorange]

Great car, absolute shit in snowy winter.

[@sagnbaby]

ok so long story short its about a 30000 dollar car. lets cut to the chase!!!

[@ericvonp]

You have to be kidding….right? Don’t b a sucker

[@flea4061]

Automatic? Boring.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

Hey, its got the Original steering Wheel, tho.

[@kennethanway7979]

I dunno...drops a lower gear...kicks in the blower.... maybe slower response, but a rocket when it kicks!

[@danp7463]

I agree, a good friend of mine his Dad had one with manual gearbox. That car was fun to drive.

[@BrandonQ1995]

Around 20k manuals were made from 1989-1995. Over 30 years later, I'd imagine there's less than a third of that left at best on the roads.

[@williamfswann]

Not really, try driving one instead of being a keyboard quarterback

[@treborretsnom6186]

It's automatic... Boooo

[@benstoned]

The super chicken