I had a 1984 Tbird that my step mother bought new it had TRX wheels and at some point she couldnt find tires for them anymore so it ended up with those horrible aftermarket sawblade aluminum 15" wheels. I found the TRX wheels under my parents house with the worn tires on them and I switched them back onto the Tbird.…

We always heard it as douche and so it stayed that way!

The 1970s was such a difficult decade. The first thing that happened was insurance rates soared for muscle cars in the late 60s and early 70s. Then emissions standards started taking effect. Engines were detuned so you ended up with big block engines only making 150 hp. Then in 1974 the gas shortages happened.…

The only options I had on my 83 Camaro were T-tops, rear spoiler, cloth seats, body side moldings and floor mats. I don’t remember if power steering was standard or optional but I had that. I ordered that car from the factory and waited 3 months. It had no power windows no power door locks, no radio (i put my own in),…

Just switch to 235/55vR16

If you only lived and experienced those days when no one expected cars to ever return to high performance. This was the beginning of the rebirth of performance. Things got much better as technology advanced with electronic fuel and spark management systems, things that could not be done before without that technology…

There are aftermarket wheels designed now that replicate the TRX wheel style but uses a conventional 16" tire size.

It happened to me before thanks to shitty kinja continuous scrolling with no perceived break. There should be only one story per followed link from the main headline feed page.

When the new aero Thunderbird came out in 1983 it was often compared to the 1949 Ford. Rounded roofline and daylight openings, thick roof and door pillars and rolled over fender forms.

Those were not airbags. That was just a horn pad. Taurus and Sable did not get airbags until 1990 and they were saddled with this

The Ford had a uniboob until it grew another one for 1952.

That kit would have looked much better on a 1983-88 Thunderbird which had more of a pontoon body and a rounder roofline which personally always reminded me of the 1949 Ford coupes in the first place.

Year newer ones were redesigned to accommodate dual airbags.

It looks like that was fabricated from the popular 1949-style Ford body kit made for MN12 Thunderbirds.

The first year the Boss was back was 1982 when the Mustang GT was reintroduced featuring a 5.o Liter High Output engine. They were only sold in monotone red, silver or black. It’s the only year the GT used the 1979 Indy Pace Car front end fascia with the louvered grille and air dam with fog lamps. The forward facing…

I lived the 1980s in F-body Camaros. 1983 Camaro stripped model with Iron Puke 4-cyl, 4-spd manual, T-top, no AC; piece of crap needed lifter repairs in 1984. Then traded later for a 1985 Camaro Z28 Which was trouble free and I kept within 6 months of being paid for, Then a horrendous “Sawzall” factory option 1989 Z28…

Oh yes that was exclusive to the Camaro Berlinetta only, along with the digital gauges. Regular Camaros and Z28s did not have that as an option.

Old Camaros and Trans Ams were nice before all hard plastic took over. See that center console there? It was one piece covered in soft injection molded vinyl.

Bitch please! There is nothing Camaroid about that Alpine interior. “Cameros” had the finest thin plastics on every dash and console surface except the top pad which would flop violently over every bump eventually resulting in cracking the plastic dash shell that it was mounted to. Oh but the “Cameroid” had a fighter…

Yeah everyone who bought a Chevy Citation lol