Nope, the DEW98 platform was completely different than the MN12, though it did incorporate much of the knowledge gained from the MN12 development.

1989 Ford Thunderbird SC

Its great lol. Around 1987-1990 every GM division had its own theme song commercials. Every one of them is catchy too.

You could send him an email, ballaban@jalopnik.com

Cadillac Style!

I vote Ballaban, but if he's not interested for whatever reason, I will.

Thanks! Now who calls the cops?

Actually nope, found it!

5WQV099!

The other plate number hadnt been registered in a while, this one comes up currently registered as a 1983 280SE.

Thats too bad. All over a master cylinder?

Mine went out and it was only like $120.... :(

Definitely starts with 5W as well. I wasn't sure if the ending was 299 or 099...

I see it there, further down the thread. Very nice.

Nice! I'm partial to that blue/white combo.

Thats too bad. Its around $3200 for me to get all of the body work taken care of, but I'll make it happen. Its only got 71,000 miles.

Mine actually has a fire in its history too. It came with a $4200 repair order paid by insurance for "damage due to fire." It only had like 22,000 miles on it. Other than that paper I…

Thanks Andrew! Great work with the Truck Yeah blog!

400s are great motors, you can have all the torque of a 460 with better fuel economy. Just a little harder to find parts.

I like how easy they are to work on. Mines got the 300 so you can literally close the hood with me in the engine bay...

Anybody on here have one? Here's my 1985:

Come on Ford, its time:

Pink V6 Mustang? I would assume pops looks like this:

Sally Field? Is that you?

Same out here in CA man, eight weeks to get recall parts is seeming like the norm. I have a whole stack of order paperwork just to keep track of just ignition switches.