9/1/2023 0 Comments 85 t birdIn addition, there is a bit of rust below the rear window trim. Very happy with it so far Seems to be in excellent mechanical condition, main issues are cosmetic (paint fade, fabric fade, and cracked rubber) due to the California sun. So far, I've had to replace the fuel-pump (I suppose that is to be expected since it was original). It's California car with just around 80k on the clock (30k on the Ford Motor-sport speedometer which replaced the stock 85 mph one at about 50k). Ribbs.Hey all, purchased this 1986 Turbo Coupe April 2nd. As far as the Ford Thunderbird, I recall one running IMSA in the mid eighties entered by Brooks Racing for various drivers including Bruce Jenner and Willy T. In 1989 Roush switched to Mercury Cougars and won with Pete Halsmer and I believe in 1990 with Dorsey Schroeder. Roush ran Mustangs, winning the title in 1985 with John Jones, and in 19 with Scott Pruett. Meanwhile, and parallel, in the IMSA GTO category there also were Fords running. In 1989 the switch was made to Mustang as the preferred Ford entry and won the title with Dorsey Schroeder. The Merkurs were four cyl turbos, but in 1988 they put a pushrod V-8 in a Merkur for Pruett to run on occasion. ![]() Roush also ran a Capri alongside the Merkurs for Deborah Gregg. They switched to Merkurs for the Trans Am in 1986, winning the title with Scott Pruett in 1987. In Trans Am they ran Mercury Capris (Mercury version of the Mustang) in 1984-85, with Tom Gloy winning the title in 1984 in the Lane entry and Wally Dallenbach Jr. Ford had a big presence in the GT classes back in the mid 80s through the early 90s.
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