The twin taillights were a modern design of the Thunderbird’s traditional long horizontal taillights and had traditional Thunderbird emblems on each taillight. The new Thunderbird had a traditional front luxury car grille that was sculpted to blend with the Thunderbird’s new aerodynamic styling and contours. However it did have the traditional Thunderbird long hood and short decklid exterior proportions. 35 was better than most aerodynamic high priced 2-seat European sports cars at the time. The new 1983 Thunderbird was a big gamble for Ford since it had sleek aerodynamic European styling and didn’t look like any other American luxury car on the road at the time. The 1983 Thunderbird just like its predecessor, the eight generation Thunderbird, was built on Ford’s rear-wheel drive Fox body platform. The new radically redesigned ninth generation 1983 Thunderbird was Ford’s bet on what 1980s luxury car buyers wanted. However by the early 1980s it was apparent that the Thunderbird needed to change course again in order to stay relevant during the 1980s decade. As the 2-door personal luxury car segment reached its apex in the late-1970s, the Thunderbird led the pack. I'll see if I still have the instructions.The Ford Thunderbird during its long production life was a trendsetter and always seemed to evolve into a luxury car that was always relevant during the changing times.
Years ago I did the SSBC rear disc conversion which is essentially what you are going to do. And there are a number of threads dealing with rear disc conversion which address the other pieces. NRC may even have instructions for you.įinding info on swapping the rear housings should be easy. NRC sells the correct supporting pieces such as the e-brake cables, manual prop valve and perhaps the correct plug for the stock prop valve. But since you have stock length axles on the car now, you can use the North Racecars brakets to move the calipers/rotors inboard to run the stock length axles. The ones shown in the pic look to be custom so I assume they wouldn't work with the longer axles. Because the axles are longer, stock wheels may not fit. But the control arm pickup points are in the same position as the Mustangs, so the upper and lower arms should bolt right up. The TB Turbo Coupe housing is an 8.8 with longer axles than a Mustang uses.
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