Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

[tbird6t4]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

Keep em coming Harry....what fun! I guess my car didn't come with a heater knowing it would never see snow. I can remember in 1970 in Jacksonville, Fl. I took my then car in for an oil change. When the worker saw the plug in hanging out of the grill he called over to his fellow workers 'looky here, it is one of them lectric carz'...

The dead give away was probably the 10,000 mile long extension cord attached to the plug.

[Quickdraw]

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got to get even more esoteric with that last answer: Of those 191, how many of those were USA orders, if any?

(might get to change my web description for the 2002s if all of those 191 with TCs were from Canada).

All 191 were USA orders... all Canadian Spec cars, premium or deluxe, with or without hardtop, did have TC.

[5bird7]

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Really getting esoteric now.... yes, there were 191 2002s with order code 120A and TC.

got to get even more esoteric with that last answer: Of those 191, how many of those were USA orders, if any?


(might get to change my web description for the 2002s if all of those 191 with TCs were from Canada).

[4LOWBIRDS+8]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

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Number of engine block heaters for each year
2002 = 2,544
2003 = 774
2004 = 494
2005 = 298

In the assembly plants those block heaters were used to make tea.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

Keep em coming Harry....what fun! I guess my car didn't come with a heater knowing it would never see snow. I can remember in 1970 in Jacksonville, Fl. I took my then car in for an oil change. When the worker saw the plug in hanging out of the grill he called over to his fellow workers 'looky here, it is one of them lectric carz'...

[Quickdraw]

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Number of engine block heaters for each year
2002 = 2,544
2003 = 774
2004 = 494
2005 = 298

[Quickdraw]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

I just checked. Nope, no 427 under my hood. 'Might make it a bit nose heavy, though.

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Rooster, Don't worry about being nose heavy - this is aluminum:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALL-ALUMINUM...item4abe758c5d

[Rooster]

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All 2002-2005 Thunderbirds were equipped with traction control EXCEPT the 427 2002 Deluxe models ordered for the U.S. market. These are order code 100 (Deluxe without hardtop) and order code 120 (Deluxe with hardtop). Premium models for all years had the traction control as did all cars, including order code 100 & 120, built to the Canadian specs. There were no Thunderbirds built after 2002 without Traction Control.

I just checked. Nope, no 427 under my hood. 'Might make it a bit nose heavy, though.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

Thanks Harry! I like useless facts...sure beats useless questions!

[Sierra977]

Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

The same thought ran through my mind for a second Newman, when I saw '2002' and '427' in the same sentence.

Who can forget Chevy's 427 powerplant with 435 HP? We can only imagine what that might be like in a Retro.

Fleeting vision of a Ford FE 427 medium-riser side-oiler with twin Holleys and Holman-Moody cam vibrating the whole car while idling passed through my mind. Sigh...

[Quickdraw]

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Since there were only 427 deluxe models, do we know if most of them were bought by say car rental companies for use in Florida or other fair weather areas?

No, they seem to be from cold weather states too and none appear to be rental cars...

[Quickdraw]

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I did not know that.

Ron, glad I could clear that up....

Question Quickdraw: a dealer could have placed an order for traction control on a 120 code deluxe with hardtop as it was an option. Were there any like that?

Really getting esoteric now.... yes, there were 191 2002s with order code 120A and TC.

[2K2BIRD]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

Since there were only 427 deluxe models without traction control, do we know if most of them were bought by say car rental companies for use in Florida or other fair weather areas?

[5bird7]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

Question Quickdraw: a dealer could have placed an order for traction control on a 120 code deluxe with hardtop as it was an option. Were there any like that?

[007Cruiser]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

You're absolutely right, Harry. That's definitely a useless fact. Got any more?