Does the average Joe know what an SC is?

[cary Jackson]

What response do you get when you pop the hood for someone who has never heard of a Thunderbird Super Coupe ?

[Andy 94Sc]

The only response I ever get is something like "Holy $#!^, look at all of the crap under this hood!! I would hate to have to give this thing a tune up! If it starts running bad you better sell it."

[SCandelous95]

mustang guy "ha ha, your slow ~~~ LX cant catch me!!...super what?"

[pdennis]

had a FORD tech tell me my car had a turbocharger on it? i said "its a SUPERCOUPE" he said "yes but it was actually a turbo 6" ~~~? i just walked away trying not to laugh out loud.

another time someone was looking at my tbird site
www.geocities.com/pdennis93 (http://www.geocities.com/pdennis93)

and said he had bought an LX and wanted to modify it but "not to the extent that you modified your LX" i sent him a mesage explaining the differences between the regular LX and the SC :-) (i bet he now wishes he had gotten an SC)

[Chris M 95SC]

I was at a friends house, watching some of the videos from the SCCOSW meet (lots of burnouts), when he comes it, wondering what all the tire screeching is about, and started asking what kind of Thunderbird it was... Turbo?
Stock? modified? etc.
Now, this guy has been around, a few Chargers, an AWESOME 70 Cuda, Few other Fords, including a 89 SHO. The poor guy had no clue.

[Vernon Cradier]

I wasted this guy in a LT1 Z28 one time and he catches up at the next light and says "How did you make it rear wheel drive?" nuf said.

[geebs2003wv]

you say a super coupe and they say....huh....what is it again............this is because ford motor company never advertised the car enough.......they stopped making them because they didnt sell enough of them........what a bunch of morons and then they come out with this stupid ~~~ looking 2001-2002 bird that looks like something from neptune or something.......i just wish i could tell off the S.O.B that made the decision to stop making the Thunderbirds in the first place......i have a 93 Lx AND I LOVE IT.....it has 93,000 miles on it nad nothing has gone wrong yet.....my dad has owned a 90 and 92 SC,and is in the process of buying a 95 SC..........I love these cars

[SilverBird]

had a brother of someone who owns a SC say: "wait a sec, why is yours a super six when my bro's is a forced four?"

I almost decked him. LMAO! :lol:

[Mercs SC]

Nope try telling someone you have a 89 xr7 cougar v6 supercharged and people have the stupidist look on there faces ...then tellem it's a supercoupe in merc colours and if they were confused before they are totally lost now
and to be honest i like it that way ....

[Les Borda]

I get the same responses as Andy...what the F***..how the hell do you work on that???? The other is wowwww very impressive under the hood.

And like Mercs SC...what the hell is 89-90 supercharged XR7.

[TBone95]

I have a friend of mine who always says its a turbo, even though I've told him its supercharged several times. Maybe he just doesnt know what a supercharger is. Oh well, I've got a faster and the nicer car than just about anybody I know, who cares if they dont know what the hell it is. I just need some cool days so I can do some real butt whupping.

[supin up sc]

first everyone says it's not supercharged then when i showed someone under my hood he told me they don't make supercharges on top of the engine and i was wrong that my supercharger wasn't where i said it was i thought it was quite funny

[gottmeister]

The first day I had my car, about a month ago, I couldn't help but tell everyone at work... "I got a new car"
and of course, they say "what is it?" and I say "a Super Coupe," with a lot of pride, and they say "A super what?!"

and them some kid with an 84 Chevy V8 truck says, I could beat your pile 6 cylinder

[pdennis93]

ok i just noticed that i posted the same topic on this post about 6 months ago, :lol:

i really need to read the old stuff first :)

[white91sc]

I had an LX owner come up to me at the track and look under the hood in awe for a few then say "I have a thunderbird too, nothing like this though, what does it run?" and I told them and they were surprised. It was a boyfriend and girlfriend each with a thunderbird lx actually. That was a nice compliment but the greater one came from the owner of a '93 Firebird Formula who said "#$$%# #$%#$ what the hell have you got done to that thing, that's the loudest 1-2 chirp I have ever heard in my life"

I think the ultimate confusion car would be an '89-90 XR7 with heavy mods and a 5-speed. You'd have a tough time convincing Ford it was based on anything they ever turned out.

[fred 4 pt 3]

First time out at the track the 4.3 raced nothing but new F-body's. Huge traction issues, but still wailed all over the stock ones. Got jumped real good, about 1 1/2 lengths, by a Lingenfelter machine (with slicks) at the lights, but pulled on him hard at the end of the track, nose to his door at the finish. Past the timing booth he waves me over, and asks, "What the hell is in that thing, you almost got me! OMG that's fast!" So I lift the hood and say "You're not gonna like this; V6." This guy studies the engine for a minute, and says, "Where'd you get the blower?" My answer, "Comes stock like that." He shakes his head and says, "Oh, @#%$!!"

[MadMerc]

People know alot less about the XR7's.

[desertzany]

www.autotrader.com/findac...afflt=none (http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail.jtmpl?car_id=83518426&dealer_id=625302&drive=&max_price=9000&start_year=1989&end_year=1995&address=41091&body_style=&search_type=used&make=FORD&engine=&model=TBIRD&min_price=0&distance=200&fuel=&advcd_on=y&advanced=y&first_record=26&transmission=&doors=&max_mileage=&=&color=&car_year=1990&ac_afflt=none)

i know the link is long.. but it should work... this guy is clueless...

[jonimag56]

Average Joe thinks SC is short for sports center.

[txsc]

No one knows what they are. Most people I've shown the engine to go "...uhh.....huh". My car-guy buddies know all about them, but the "man on the street" doesn't have a clue.

If I wanted to impress the teeny-bopper backwards-hat gang, I'd have bought a Mustangcamarofirebirdhondatoyotanissanetcetcetc...

Bonus: most cops don't know what they are either...

JD

[NY90RedSC]

While driving home yesterday afternoon I had a couple kids in a 94 or 95 Camaro Z/28 keep zooming onto my back bumper and backing off. This went on for about 7 or 8 miles. All the while I'm just puttering along, smiling to myself as I look in the rearview mirror. We finally get to an intersection and he pulls up beside me and motions for me to roll my window down. On my rear 1/4 windows are small vinyl decals from the previous owner that says, "Ford Supercharged". The kid asks me what's under the hood and I tell him it's a V6. He kinda gets sarcastic and makes fun of the stickers on the 1/4 windows. I just nonchalantly inform him the stickers are correct and that's what the "SC" stands for that is engraved on the rear bumper they were trying to play tag with. Should have seen the look on their faces when they realized what they were messing with. :eek:
The guy driving that Camaro actually thanked me for not embarrassing with my SC. Now, I'm not sure I would have done that, but at least he didn't question what I was telling him and actually showed respect for what my car was. Pretty smart kid! ;)
Today when I pulled into the Saturn dealer there was a group of about 5 guys standing around checking out a used Trans Am sitting on the lot. When I puttered by every single eye turned to the SC and the fingers started pointing. When I got out I had one guy ask me if it was indeed a SC and I told him it was. He asked me if I was there to trade it in and I laughed and told him no, I was just checking on something and dropping some paperwork off. Should have seen the look of dejection on his face when he realized my car wasn't going to go on the market. :( Seems alot of enthusiasts around here know what a SC is, but I still get an occasional reply that Ford never supercharged a car from the factory, and that Buick was the only one to do that with a Regal. Silly, silly people... ;)