1985 Ford Thunderbird LX V6 Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Tour
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- Hello and welcome to Saabkyle04! TH-cam's largest collection of automotive variety! In today's video, we will take an up close and personal in depth look at the 1985 Ford Thunderbird LX V6. During this presentation, we will take a 1st person look at what the vehicle is all about beginning with the start up, performance data, fuel economy, the occasional track data, and build quality. Also, I will teach you how to use most of the interior and exterior features in a detailed fashion, that before, you could only get from going to a dealership yourself! Throughout the video, I will highlight key styling and unique differences about the vehicle, any available options, and of course it would not be an enthusiast car video without the good ole engine portion with rev and exhaust note with interior and exterior perspectives. A thorough tour/review of this car designed to give others a greater overall appreciation of the vehicle.
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Great Video Kyle! When this body style came out in 1983, it was a major departure from most american car styling of the time and was considered VERY aerodynamic. In fact, it was in a Thunderbird of this body style that Bill Elliott set the fastest qualifying lap in NASCAR history, over 212mph at Talladega!
And the most successful. The chevy Monte Carlo gave it a run for it's money
I had a 88 T-Bird with the V6 motor. THAT was a fun car!!! I loved that thing!!
Imagine all the Bon Jovi, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Berlin, Kenny Loggins music that was played in this car when new.
Probably none since the owner was most likely in his 60s when purchased.
and on cassette....
I have 82 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau. With 4.2 V8 and Automatic Overdrive transmission.
I love it! Its a great car.
This is why I love your channel, everything from modern Supercars to reviews of cars I have fond memories of growing up.
This looks remarkably modern inside and out for it's year. It must have felt like something out of the future for it's lucky owner when it was brand new. This is a very nicely preserved example. Well done coming across it for all of us to see.
From 1983, this the Taurus, Tempo, Aerostar ECT all looked very modern for that time! Ford had the newest styling cars that from early 80s looked like cars from the 90s already! That's why ive always loved Fords. By the 90s everything else copied thrse Ford designs.
I had an 87 Cougar XR7 with the 5.0. It was actually a very nice car. Big comfy seats, sunroof, digital dash, and all the power goodies. I had it in the early 90’s in my early 20’s and having that 5.0 made it a fun car.
My cousin had that same car - burgundy exterior with tan cloth interior. It was a beautiful car.
I have an '87 Thunderbird LX V6. It's got 108k miles and runs like new. Very little rust and drives on '89 Mustang Turbine wheels. She's my daily driver and quite the head-turner. I love this car and it's good to see other people taking care of their Birds.
That digital speedometer is pretty cool, especially for its age!
Saabkyle04. From a 1985 T-Bird to a 2017 R8 V10. "We started from the bottom now we here"
So awesome to see one of these T-Birds so well preserved. My uncle had an 87 Cougar and it was a great car. He bough it with about 76,000 miles and sold it with over 400,000. People can hate on Fords from this era all they want. You take care of them the way you're supposed to, you'll get plenty out of them
Very aheded to it's year, the dashboard and controls seems from the future, good one.
I drove an 89 one of these and still stands out to me as one of the smoothest steering wheels I've ever used.
I like how you show us all the features of the car +Saabkyle04. Great video as always 👍
Thanks Kyle great vid, the first car I bought and paid for myself was just like this one, brings back fond memories. Keep up the great work.
I own the 1985 Ford Thunderbird 5.0L V8 engine. I had owned it for about 2 years already and I love it! Nothing like it that drives like this puppy! I wish there were more parts out there for it though :/
Ive loved the tail end on these since a kid.
Sometimes power isn't always the answer for a car. Sure it may lack! But what's more important is that if it's running and it gets you from point A to point B that is all that matters.
I have a 1984 Ford Thunderbird LX with a V8. Ford got it right with this ninth generation Thunderbird. These are great cars, but I rarely see them on the road anymore. And this model was actually classified as a mid-size car back in the day. Today, this would be a compact car. This silver Bird looks amazing. I hope it will go to a good home...
Love the styling of that old beast
It's cool how you find so many low-mileage examples of older cars that people seem to forget about. These types are probably my favorite.
Love these cars! It's like a time capsule back to the 80's.
I really liked the interior on these cars, but I personally liked the Cougars better because the back window was different. I wish they would have continued putting the 5.0's in these but they quit around 84 I believe. the 3.8's just sucked. But I still like this car, I don't get why people hate It.
They didn't offer the LX until 1987. in 85 it was base model, Elan, Fila, and turbo Coupe
My cousin had one of these in all red back in the day, wish I could have saved it, they seem like nice cars
Somewhat rare to find a car that old in such wonderful condition with low miles to boot. Great job!
Love this generation of the Thunderbird
My exact favorite aside from the classic ones 🤙🏽
@@fordmanx3 it's a shame I wasn't born during this generations production run from 1983-1988. I wasn't born till 1990
@@carwhiz90 i hear you i was born in 91 and miss my parents 84 V6 car never knew it was a fox body till 2009
I LOVE the look of these from the outside! I want to buy one!
I love these old 80s cars, it is hard to find them in such good condition but you always do! I'm getting an all original '84 El Camino soon! Keep up the videos!
Very few Cougars and Thunderbirds came with the optional vent windows. I know because I had a Cougar I ordered with them.
My dad used to own a t-bird like this, i loved that car!!
Kyle, great vid as always! Any way you could do that Aerostar if you get a chance? Thanks.
This car, -which had its detractors in its days-, aged extremely well. Its style looks elegant and graceful without the overagressive harshness suffered by many contemporary designs. It is preserved extremely well. Even the bottom of the car is rust-free.
I love it, enjoy the retro look. Dig that steering wheel. Great car to go to work in everyday... Thanks for the post!
Also the V6 models had a 3 speed auto. 4 speed models had a different shift quadrant display
nice thunderbird. And it was very nice of them to let you film it considering that it's privately owned. Also, as a long-time subscriber, I remember Quinn's Covenant Cars along with another one called "Big Dog Motors" also in Monroe, NC on your channel. It sure has been a while since you've filmed there. I remember in 2010 as I was watching your vids, I was so accustomed to hearing you say "I'm at Quinn's Covenant Cars/Brandon Reeves Auto World/Big Dog Motors in Monroe, North Carolina"
nice ride..!! tis car is a piece of art.. older cars always hv tis character tt stood out among the newer ones..
85 was the year for Fords new "jellybean" no hard edges styling with their new cars. The Thunderbird, Taurus, Tempo, Topaz, Sable, Cougar etc. All futuristic for that era
I love these videos of the older cars.
it's actually kinda cool to see an older T-Bird like this... Good stuff man!
Nice Thunderbird. I've always liked these cars and it's nice to see people taking good care of them.
That car looks like it is mint condition! I like it!
our 1st was midnight blue w lighter cloth interior. 2nd was a dove grey-quiet comfortable and w bosh platinum plugs and NASCAR red wiring boost in mpg and guitty up 13k + depending on trim level new and a great upgrade from a TEMPO!!
Looking back I wish I had brought one new. Nice looking T-bird. Ford Thunderbird was on the NASCAR track until was T-bird was discontinued.
Amazing to think some of the features were cutting edge. A digital speedometer, now the whole instrument cluster is a video display. My how things have advanced.
I never liked that body style until now.Great coverage Kyle.
I really miss the big and soft seats! Too bad they're not part of *luxury* in today's cars...
Fantastic tour once again Kyle!
Keep the good work up kyler I'm one of your long time viewers!! Love cars more because of u
Great video love these cars I still drive my 87 cougar daily which is very similar still blasting my 80's music lol😎
and so the further do looool keep up with good review
Wow, so that's how they should look? I don't even remember them looking that good brand new! When you opened the trunk, you should have sad, "The trunk has a modest amount of space. Room enough for all this stuff!"
Love the videos man. How are you able to show us all of these cars?
Wow! Only 120 HP for a V6! Now they all have over 250 HP!
What a cool find! I wish Ford still made a more practical 2 door alternative to the Mustang. I'd love to see a Fusion Coupe in the future.
got to love those old fox platforms.
i wanna see kyle do a older pre 2000 2 door cavalier. that would be awesome to see my own car in these kind of vehicles
Class is the word and silver is perfect with the chrome wire wheel hubcaps and whitewalls!
my dad had a 94 thunderbird with the 4.6 auto it was fun motor an transmission all stock it did 17 seconds in the 1/4 mile
Love the big vent windows on that car!
What a fabulous period piece :)
saw one of these today (gothenburg, sweden) white, in great condition, loved that v8 rumble it had ! =)
I had one just like it, the side flipper windows, motor ,etc... I miss that car... out of all the cars I have ever had, (I have had allot of cars)...
Ford Thunderbirds are awesome! :))
It's pretty obvious that the success that Ford was having in Nascar at the time with the likes of Bill Elliott and Cale Yarborough behind the wheel of their Thunderbirds didn't carry over to this particular Thunderbird in the performance department.
I love 80s American cars like that
man u work hard for both studying and for youtube :)
The back looks really cool
These were the best.
All of your videos are awesome :D
Pretty sweet styling.
my uncle had one of these in the 80's and totaled it racing, he said it was awesome though
dam mad props kyle i love this year of the tbird turbo or not its amazing
A very remarkable coupe.
it seems like the 1985 Ford Thunderbird is my favorite car and my mother's too
very attractive car, how can someone now in all seriousness claim that a mercedes or a bmw from the same era actually looked better. the 80s certainly did have some rather questionable cars but these T-Birds were truly shiny high points of that era and clearly stood out. as subjective a matter looks in general is, but there no doubt in my opinion here.
stellar clip/review by Kyle... as always.
greetings from germany. :)
I like the dash and center console design. I own the 94 LX model
You should do a video of the Aerostar in the background.
Not a bad car, looks pretty good for its age too. Personally I've always liked Cougars better, they had better styling I thought. But this is a nice looking car.
I surely wished they would make all cars with those vent windows again. What were they thinking. Every car and truck has style nowadays without the vent windows? I think not.
gotta love the classics
For the amount weight and modest power 0-60 10.9'ish seconds its pretty respectable for its kind. Although the low down torque does help.
I love this car!
Nice, very informative video! My uncle owned one of these cars, but this one seems to be in better condition.
the 1983-1988 Ford Thunderbird was assembled in
Lorain, Ohio
Wixom, Michigan
I have a 93 tbird lx. It's my baby and very fun and fast.
please do more of these big old american cars!!
Hey kyle,
Any chance of a tour of a 2012 BMW 3-Series or a M5 F10
@GustavoDubai you should keep the Escalade. a 2007 is not that old and when the redesigned Escalade comes in a few years, you can get a new one :)
My first car was an 86 v6 it was identical in styling was the same. It was red though that was the difference.
A girl I went to high school with had a navy blue one, always wasn't sure why she kept it.... Anyways nice job kyle. But could you do a tour of that silver Integra in the background:D
I like the older cars vanity mirrors!
I simply love american cars! They are sooooo AMERICAN! LOL
Thanks for sharing, Kyle. Keep rocking!
Ace Ventura car ( Lois Einhorn's car ) :) Nice car
Vivien B. Actually I think she had the Lincoln Mark VII I could be wrong haven't watched in a while
should have did a review of that silver Acura Inegra on black wheels in the background !!
I very loved that car in Ace Ventura :) ( Einhorn's car) ♥♥ Beautiful car
I'm digging the modest shoes!
Can you do more Lamborghini's, Audi's, Pagani's, Cheve, Ford, and if you can a Saleen?
Hy there kyle! Can u make an review of an 2010 Ford Focus RS ? Tnx.
Same as the Lincoln Mark series correct?
yes exactly like it
The mark vii was only available with a 5.0 v8
The Mercury cougar was it's sister counterpart so that would be the same car