Bizarre '80s editions and packages from Ford
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Happy Saturday guys, hope the weekend is treating you all well. This week’s video focuses on some of the bizarre “editions” from Ford during the ‘80s. Without giving anything away, we have some odd entries this week, be sure to watch the whole video to possibly learn something new! If this is your first time watching, welcome. Hopefully, you like what you see. If not, be sure to come back in a few months as my production quality/research is only getting better as time goes on. I will see you all next week. GO PACK GO!
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0:00 -Intro
1:20 -Car 1
4:26 -Car 2
7:31 -Car 3
9:53 -Outro Music: by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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I lived in the 70s, and this kid shows me some neat stuff. Thank you, young man,great job.
My pleasure! I appreciate it
Your videos are such a joy to view. I know you said you're younger, but I revel in your enthusiasm for "my" era of cars. Your editing, graphics and research are top notch. Never a dull moment. Keep it up Hawk! So happy I found your channel.
Thank you again, Stinger. You’re awesome man!
The villager minivan was from Mercury not Plymouth.
I caught that too, but I think it was just a flub. The Nautica versions were kinda neat.
They were really nice inside with sailboats on the headrests. We sold a lot of them.@@autochatter
@@CarsandCats I was selling the Nissan versions then.
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The Quest i believe it was called@@autochatter
Love your videos. Everybody called those windows bubble portholes, they were popular with custom vans which were huge when Ford designed the cruisin’ models. I was 8 in 80. When I was a kid we called it a “poison pinto” because there was a hot wheels car of it by that name. The aerobird was HUGE! Everybody wanted one! The Tbird went from a grandpa car to a car young people wanted overnight! I had an 88 Topaz. The Tempo/Topaz were tough affordable little cars that got the job done. You don’t see any because they got used up! Most of them hit the junkyard with well over 100k on the clock in the 00’s!
Fun memories with the Hot Wheels "Poison Pinto". I remember it was green with a skull and crossbones. We had a 1975 Pinto wagon. It was a good little car, my dad worked so hard and was so honest.
Maaaan, I love America, big love from me here in Wales 🏴 ❤ 🇺🇸
American 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s cars are so good. Loads to chose from too
This was an excellent episode!! I loved those Fila T Birds! My friend has one and he put in a 5.0 engine in it. Thing can RUN!!! Took him 3yrs but it looks brand new!!! I nearly bought a Tempo back then too! My aunt had one with a Stick shift. Those cars had alot of problems!!!😎👍🏽👍🏽
I miss my 92 Ford Explorer with the Eddie Bauer package. Came with 2 sets of canvas and leather luggage. It was a great truck! Fila was an extremely expensive Italian brand that specialized in hand made tennis wear. A shirt cost around $250. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe wore Fila.
I like hearing a young car nut's reaction to such common (and pedestrian) vehicles my generation grew uo with! I was a big fan of GM back then but also likes Chrysler, Ford was ehhh.
Problem was that i was raised with tailfins & chrome trim as a kid so thought that was a cooler era.
But the Ford effort to aero style with the 80s was a real boon to styling. It has been a fun ride all the way to now!🎉
I really enjoyed this video. I an 48 and grew up with these cars and I turned 16 in 1991 and remember looking at the Auto Trader and seeing all these cars for sale. You could still buy a good car under $1K I had many. And yes the Tempo was "all that trash". They just didn't last in Phoenix! 80K miles would be high mileage on your average Tempo/Sable. Our Sable LX was loaded to the hilt leather and everything. Babied but the transmission was slipping at 80K miles. The Chevy 80's S-10 was a workhorse too. Man I'm glad I have those memories.
Remember you thought it had 80,000 on it but 5 digit odometer and the last number was the 1/8th of a mile readout...thats why so many people today are confused with old cars...You cant tell the actual mileage...As after 99,999.9 they went to 00,000.0 Never went to 100,000 mile readout,I think the later 1990's version did but not the 80's and older cars.
I had a 85 Dodge Daytona Turbo car was mint in/out truly like new,ran like new but it had 142,000 miles.I bought it cheap off the original owner and drove it another 100,000 miles in 3 years(lots of hwy I did)..Car still looked like new,ran perfect I sold it and 6 months later it was at a local used car dealer advertised with 48,000 original miles...So,some guy probably bought it and with 242,000 miles I bet things started to go and he probably told everyone those cars are junk..I know as I worked as a mechanic from 1992-on..I explained to many people that what is on the odometer doesnt mean its the real mileage,people dont understand!
That line made me smile "i dont think they're all that trash" lol
Do u mean Tempo/Topaz cause the Mercury Sable is an entirely different machine than the Tempo/Topaz and I had great luck with my 89 Tempo (well up until about 130k miles) but how much more could I have expected out of it. Maybe I just got lucky but I dont think most of them were all that trash after 80kmiles but that's just my opinion, and sometimes my opinion _can_ be described as All that Trash so what do I know😆
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@@averyparticularsetofskills yes, the taurus/Sable were totally different. And I didn't mean that the topaz/tempo was trash after 80K. But in Phoenix at 80K so many times your car was having cooling/A/C issues. I guess I got carried away, lol. Great comment!
@@DannyBoy-nz2mi I'm with u now ... and yeah i never had a Phoenix, I would love to drive a X car even though I'm sure your right about it lol.
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The Fila Thunderbird was an expensive letdown. I remembered this car when it came out. You were right that no turbo option was a letdown, but I don’t recall anyone my age or older actually wanting one of these, nor would I be jealous of anyone having one because of the Fila package. Frankly, Fila as a brand would later get some currency in the Rap world later in the decade, so the Fila package in addition to almost being pointless was ill-timed.
I think you had the 351 Cleveland engine option or the 302 Windsor , in those years.
You do a fantastic job. I've watched most of your vids and you're spot on most of the time. Your confidence and skills are building with each vid.
I appreciate that! Thank you.
I just stumbled across your channel, killing some time before the game. Go pack go!
Excellent video! The subie xt was such a great car and really did not look like anything else (that I can remember). Thanks again for showing cars that I had long ago forgotten about. Please keep the great videos coming!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for sticking around:)
My pleasure I love your videos. They are like a walk down memory lane for me. Oh another 80/90s coupe I remembered was the Volkswagen Scirroco. It was so great!@@GreenHawkDrive
@@jameswalsh6131 Those things are rockets!
This is a great channel with interesting content and a presenter with a wicked sense of humour which has me smiling here in the UK..
Love the Fox Bodies! Esp the Cougar, dream car right there
Keep the rest. The All Wheel Drive Tempo was a big deal that just didn’t catch on. Tempo was reliable and there were plenty of these on the road. A car like that today would sell in big numbers. There’s an established market for them even at a 28k price point. Thank you for this video !
Enjoyed your video. In early 1985, my blonder brother and I went to the local Ford dealership to buy cars. I wanted the 85 Mustang GT and he wanted a T-Bird. He settled on a left over Bird.. the 1984 Fila edt T-Bird with a 5.0, grey leather and suade combo interior. it was a great cruising and long-distance traveling car. I have been looking for one, but can't seem to locate one. Thanks again for the blast from the past vehicles.
Thank you for the short story!
I had a Pinto station wagon in high school. It was the regular edition and it didn't have the cool portholes. I had a lot of fun in that Pinto so I have nothing bad to say about it. It was basic transportation and it did its job. I remember when Fila was regarded as an upscale Yuppie brand like Izod. I'm sure that was the market Ford was aiming for with this special edition. I really liked the aero styling of the Thunderbird during the mid to late 80s onwards.
In 1985, my father bought a Mercury Cougar off of the showroom floor. Right next to it was a Lincoln Mark VII LSC convertible. It was stunningly beautiful. It wasn't just a landau roof as the top was down.
I've never seen one since and I'm not sure if it was an official model or something ASC put together.
You make absolutely great videos, but especially for a younger car guy.... I really enjoy the narration, information provided, personal opinions and just the overall presentation. You're fantastic and enjoyable! Thank you for doing what you do! 😊🌎❤️🕺🏻
Glad you like them, thank you!
Thanks for the video! Honestly, all great vehicles in their own right! The Pinto...slotted mags with raised white lettered tires make everything good! And the 9th gen Thunderbird and Cougar... talk about a stunning look back then!! And the Pimpo...my buddy's dad had an '87 (I think) diesel. It was nothing for him to get in the mid 40's mpg! Great cars...
Who remembers a 1986 Mercury Cougar GS Turbo? I do, and it was built that 1 year! A 2.3-ohc turbo 4cyl. w/200 hp @ 5K rpm w/a 5-spd man.; a 4AOD trans was available, but 190 hp @ 4600 rpm (the latter combo was opted)!!
I have a bunch of SI magazines from 1983, and you would definitely enjoy looking at the car ads they used to run....
awesome video! ur other videos are great too! I love learning about this era!
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you.
I grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s you are doing a very good job.. I owned a ford pinto wagon and it actually was a good car… It was a 2 door station wagon.. I shoe horned a very healthy 351 Windsor V8 in it.. it was scary fast.. I sold it to a friend and he converted it to a pure race car and it resides in Colonial beach Virginia to this day.. he races it at the C.B. Raceway and also across the river at Maryland International raceway… good to see my second car I ever owned still around . Im 55 years old!
Thank you for the feedback and story man😄
I think my favorite Ford special edition vehicle was the Jack Nicklaus edition Town Car that came with white leather seats and GREEN carpet! That's right, just like a golf course.
Really great content. Gonna like all the videos
love your style. Awesome vid!
Thanks so much!
I had a 90 Mark 7 and that thunderbird brings back so much nostalgic. That was back when heated mirrors was a big deal.😂
Well done I don't remember the Fila editio, I been following the auto industry since age 8 in 1982.
I don't know how old you are but I am happy to see someone younger that likes the cars from my teenage years. That decade is my favorite. Now that I'm a disabled veteran I have time to start having project car's. This is the time period I am going to start with. simply because there are more of them available. I love the 50's & 60's but they are harder to come by. So I appreciate that you like them also. Thank you for all your hard work on your videos
Thank you for your service, Scott. Do you have any ideas on what you want to work on?
So, you want a rarity to look into? An option so rare most in the car world have never heard of it even though it was on the early Fox Body Mustangs? An option it took me years to find. The inside door handle that's normally at the top of the door was offered as an option to be at the bottom of the door, by the sill plate. I'm a Fox Mustang aficionado and am building my first Mustang I bought 30 years ago that's been sitting in my barn by putting a T Top roof on it, full black interior and the bottom door handles in a 1980 coupe. I've had many over the years, but never got rid of my first.
Keep up the learning and work on the videos. You did research. I did notice when you mentioned that Anniversary Ford Thunderbird, you had the late 70's Lincoln Mark V on the screen. I did like how you showed the Thunderbird generation of the late 1970's the early 1980's and then the "aero bird " showing the differences. Good job there. You really had to research to get that footage to explain what you were sharing. This was indeed an effort. Thank you again.
Thank you, OLDS😎
Great job young man. I am so happy that 1 you are narrating it and not using a voice bot and 2 are a new car enthusiast. Keep up the great work remember RUclips is a marathon not a sprint
I appreciate that man, thank you! I’ve noticed lots of Ai or voice bots for their narration. To me, it’s not the same.
Another great video. I’m glad I subscribed. I remember as a kid seeing the Pinto & the Ford vans with different graphics on the side different decals etc brings back good memories but also if possible, can you do a video on the Ford courier? They also had one that had a winch on the front of it and the rollbar even though it was only 2 Wheel Dr. that was quite cool also.
As someone else who dabbles in car history videos from time to time, I so deeply admire you saying "I think it's an econoline, I don't know, I'm not gonna look it up" because I often feel the pressure to make sure I'm 100% accurate in my videos or I'll get comments. But your blasé faire attitude encourages me to be more like that in my history videos too!
I just looked at your channel and man it would be awesome to review all of those cars! You have great commentary yourself man:)
It's an awesome job, but I'm equally as envious of your fun history videos! I don't get the chance to do those as often. (I did one a little bit ago on the History of the Tacoma) but I feel like if I start doing more of those I'd be aping your style in a far less impressive manner!@@GreenHawkDrive
I think you should go for it. Here are some other channels that are similar: MyOldCar, Rare Cars, Auto Chatter. A lot of other car channels use Ai voice generators which is a big no no.
@@GreenHawkDrive Maybe I will! I'd like to cover the Ford Ranger in a history video sometime. And yeah Ai is just so cheap and there's no passion. I like to try and just be real and funny in my history videos, like you! :ruclips.net/video/N95dMA0nDdA/видео.html
Video is really well made, I like it!
When this Thunderbird special edition came out FILA was getting popular with the new and bursting hip hop scene. FILA was a hardcore tennis/country club brand and really didn't market themselves to this new clientele very well. So instead of the FILA edition being sold to urban populations Ford kept trying to capture that country club market that had already realized that they didn't want to look like a "gangster rapper..."
i remember those new style Tbirds coming out when i was in high school. a classmates mom got a red one and let him drive it to school. It was the coolest thing back then
Lots of stickers, a few more switches, some nifty colors....... Immmmmmpessssssive!!!..........
Idk why I find the history of 80’s and 90’s cars so interesting. It seems like cars back then had more special editions and cool options. Now in 2024 it seems like every car is a crossover and you can get only a few colors. White, black, silver, or gray.
I honestly love that 80s Fila T-Bird and AWD Tempo… I love the Fila T-Bird because the white leather screams 80s! And the AWD Tempo was ahead of its time like the AMC Eagle.
I am a thunderbird guy. First car was a 1990 LX, and i'm always watching for a nice low KM Supercoupe to pick up as a summer daily driver. Didnt realise they worked with FILA. Great research on this one! keep it up.
Thunderbirds are great cars, the last generation is hit or miss for people. Anyway, thank you for your support!
Great vid as always! You gave me a shout out! OMG Thank you!!!!!!! I forgot about the Fila T Bird! I hope your Team wins!
I just saw this now. You deserve it man! Thank you for what you do in the car community:)
@GreenHawkDrive I'm returning the favor tommorow with my Eagle vid!
If I was still in Illinois I would have ended up buying a farm in Kenosha! I miss Fon Du Lac so much!!
I had an 81 AMC Eagle 4WD wagon when I was like 14 or 15, we have a family farm out in the sticks in SE OH, it allowed me to get to various fishing/camping spots without having to take one of the horses out. My mom drove an 88 Tempo LX in the early 90s, I remember being aware of its shittiness even as like a 5-year-old, haha! It blew up with under 100,000 miles, 80-something as I recall, got hot and popped a head gasket. Her '83 Escort, on the other hand, got my older cousin through high school and college in the late '90s/early '00s with virtually no maintenance. Those cars are what changed my old man from a Ford to a GM guy in the '90s, the Escort (indestructible, but about as refined as a tractor) and the Tempo (utter garbage) put a bad taste in his mouth.
Yooo, Wisconsin Gang Represent! Grew up west of MKE and now live in Green Bay 😂
The Tempo /Topaz were very reliable cars.
I always wanted either the Tempo coupe or the Topaz sedan.
I knew someone who had the AWD version and they always drove it to go snow skiing
Great video on 2 known crappy cars and 1 great car lol, Makes me want to go and get a T-bird fila edition lol.
I had a Fila Thunderbird back in the day! It had the V8 and it was a really nice car. I miss it.
In 1989 i I bought a new 89 Ford Escort ES. It was around $7500 new. It was basically a Escort Pony with a ground effects package including a rear spoiler and manual glass sunroof. Mine was red with gray cloth interior and automatic transmission and the standard 1.9 4 cylinder. To look at it, it looked close to being a Escort GT. I remember it was done by a company called Trimline of St Louis. I only seen 1 other like it in White around our area where we lived. I sold it in 94 and haven't seen it since. Don't know if anyone else remembers seeing these cars. It was a dealer option package.
I had a 1984 Thunderbird Elan. White with Red leather interior. Great driver. FAST!
I think in the fifties the two door wagons were sometimes referred to as the Salesman Specials, cuz they were perfect for hauling merch, if Im not mistaken
Dude! You are from WI?! I knew I liked you lol. Cheers from Sheboygan
thanks for posting the video.
Of course man, thank you for watching!
I have one of the Foxbody Thunderbirds, an 88 LX with the 5.0, she's slow but loud and red EVERYTHING, and that LCD dash. Still works with no dead pixels.
I'd love to find an old Thunderbird Turbo Coupe and swap in a late model 2.3 Ecoboost from the Mustang or Ranger. With a tune you could double the horsepower and keep the weight balance. I had an 87 T-bird LX with the 5.0 EFI V8. It was very comfortable and would boil the back tires (or tire, anyway) from a stoplight, but was pretty slow overall. It did get 30 MPG on the highway if you kept it under 70 which was impressive. It had the auto headlights, auto-high beams, corner lamps, digital gauge cluster and MPG display which was pretty advanced for an 80s car. I later had a 90 T-bird SC which was a totally different experience. Much faster and much better handling (although the LX was never intended to be a sporty model) and far better brakes. It was hard to work on and the head gaskets didn't like to stick around too long, but it was a fun car and got a lot of attention. It would approach 150 on the turnpike back when there was very little traffic on it (between Orlando and Miami in Florida).
Ah a fellow wisconsinite, much love from up north!
finally i found a perfect video to joy with my meal
Glad I was able to help. I do the same man😂
Dude I think a little bit south of you at da Volo museum! They got one of those 70s vans you were showing around the 3 minute mark!❤
Jeff Dunham also has one, along with the matching Pinto.
Really like your videos. You should make a video on the older pace cars. My dad had a 90’s pace car Camaro z28 and the seats looked like that white blue and purple cups
Thank you so much man! I appreciate the idea, I will write it down with the other suggestions and I will eventually get to it:)
I remember going cruising with my cuz who had a 1970 Firebird. Hella fun
My first car was a hand-me-down '87 Mercury Topaz and I hated that car with an absolute passion lol.
The explosion thing on the pinto was overblown ( no pun intended). There were alot of vehicles that could burst into flames under certain conditions. Very reliable my family had 2. The 73 was our 1st car with a/c and cassette stereo.
Ayyyy! I can see Lambeau's Jumbotron from my upstairs window. Sup, fellow Sconnie?
The 9th/10th gen thunderbirds always seemed so cool to me for some reason. But looking back it always seemed like that was a model with an identity crisis
I learned to drive in a 90 tempo back in 2000. Haven't seen one since.
Your doing great son.Check out the compact V8 cars of the 60's.Like the Dart or first gen Novas and AMC Ramblers and yes the Mustangs.
Ive always loved the look of a 2 door wagon. Nowadays you can't hardly get a 2 door anything and it's very disappointing.
I was born in 1975 i remember all those cars seeing them every where lol. I remember seeing the Ford Pintos driving around & i called them bombs on wheels 😂😂 the gas tank was right behind the rear bumper so if you got rear ended hard enough u blew up 😂😂 Ford ended up putting some kind of plate or something so people would stop blowing up like a popcorn maker 🤣🤣🤣
The cruiser van was called the Shaggin' Wagon.
"When this van's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!!!"
I want one of those Pinto wagons!
In my family we had a few pinto cruisin wagons. I miss those. We also had it's cousin we had a mercury bobcat station wagon that my dad and I turned into a cruisin wagon. We had gone to a junkyard and found a pinto and took the panels off a pinto and then we out a 302 v8 in it with side pipes and some crager ss rims on it. Really miss that car
The big difference in the 9th gen Tbirds was that you could get a 5 speed with the turbo. The 6 and 8 were AT only.
The dreaded blue oval 😂👍🇨🇦
Back in 1993 my parents had a 89 Ford tempo and I’ll never forget it had the seatbelts when you turn the ignition on the seatbelt with automatically move forward I thought that was very different at the time and I realize it still is today Kind of interesting.
Great video! Im a Lions fan and I’m pulling for a GB v Lions for the NFC championship! Go LIONS!!
Ha ha he said "Cow Girls"! I am in Big D and always said Cowboys suck but I hate most sports so whatever😅
The $2k more asking price for the Fila over the turbo coupe probably explained the low 2,500 production numbers
Don't let the people saying the robot comments get to you ..your speaking get smoother and more relaxed with every video keep up the good work and your channel is growing so more people might give you more bad comments but that just means your getting more popular and noticed by more veiwers
Bubble windows give off instant stoner vibes
I personally like the 8th and 9th generation thunderbird. The 8th boxy bird looks bigger but it's also on the fox platform and roughly the same size as the 83 tbird. I was 11 in 80 and remember well seeing this stuff all over the place. Dad's buddy had a pinto cruising wagon in the grey, yellow, purple color scheme. I love all the variety available with this different tape stripe versions
The van version of the pinto cruising wagon, it was called the cruising van and it was available on the E100 van
The Bill Blass kicked major ass.
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Glad I wised up and started buying Asian cars, really do not miss the constant problems. Nice looking cars but just not worth the headache.
Man me and u would be such good friends if we knew each other, I love researching this same stuff
Do you have a channel your self?
I seen a pinto wagon in silver at the sema show 2 years ago in the battle of the builders section think it had a swap looked badass never knew there was a fila thunderbird interesting
shout out to you!! im in Wi!! ❤
The one driving the beater Camaro would Not have been jealous over the FILA Car. Thats a preppy car, the Camaro was cool.
THUMBS UP FOR THE MENTION OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE EDITION OF THE 78 THUNDERBIRD
I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF ONE. just wish it had a floor shifter. 😂the option looks crappy and doesn't have a floor shifter. Duh. And of course 1978 no cup holder. 😮.
That "Plymouth" Nautica was actually a badge-engineered Nissan van. It sold as the Mercury Villager. The Nautica was a special cosmetic edtion.
The Quest and Villager were similar, but I wouldn't call the Mercury version a rebadged Nissan persay. The platform and drivetrain on both was Nissan, but they were built at a Ford plant and alot of the interior and switch gear was Ford too. They were genuinely joint collaborations as opposed to a rebadge.
My mom ordered a brand new all wheel drive tempo in 1988. I remember going to the dealer with her to pick it up. Imo it was trash as every 6 months the car was in the shop for the rear differential being replaced
I have a ‘94 Ford Tempo that I daily and when I look at how they had an AWD version I could get a bit jealous but then I remember that the AWD was pretty underwhelming anyways
A cruising wagon 😂😂 you can go cruising... Look it up 😂
I hope there will be videos in the 2050’s saying “the 2020’s were obsessed with EV technology but this didn’t last long as in the late 2020’s and early 2030’s, big V8’s came back into popularity” 😢😢😢
Im rootin for those lions baby
Hello from Wisconsin as well, 🧀
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It is interesting how you put a '70's van on a video with an '80's theme.
Was the Tempo really considered an econobox in the 80s? It was definitely an upgrade over the Escort. But I guess it could be for someone who couldn't afford the Taurus. I just remember seeing them owned a lot in my middle class neighborhood when I was a paperboy in the mid-80s.
Saying " cowgirls" is as funny and original as saying " fudge packers"
2:25 The AMC Eagle was a Cross-over at best.