This next car comes as a tip from Art C who writes: These have to be going up soon... never see them around anymore. This one looks pretty good and priced very reasonably... restore it to factory condition, drive it a bit, then sell it on barret jackson in a coupla years for some profit?? Find this 1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe offered for $5000 in West Haven, CT via craigslist.
I hate that classic cars has become a lot like collecting stamps, where low mileage is more important that actual condition and things are only original once...but mostly the prices people want for these things. Anyway, if I'm going to get a really low mile car from the past, it'll be something like this T-Bird Turbo-Coupe...because I could actually drive it! Find this 1985 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe offered for $6,500 via craigslist in Sacramento, CA. Tip from Safety Fast. 
The ninth generation of Ford's iconic Thunderbird road on the fox platform shared with the Ford Mustang, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mk VII. For the most part this version of the Thunderbird was a big boulevard cruising personal luxury coupe, but Ford built a few special models that are interesting for low-buck collectors and turbo fox fanatics alike. Find this 1986 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe here on eBay
bidding for $6,400 in Lincoln Park, MI.
By and large, people tend to be creatures of habit, specifically when it comes to stocking their garage with vehicles from a particular manufacturer. Sometimes when the habit gets out of hand, the seller needs to thin the herd, and today's seller is offering a trio of late '80s Fords for a decent price. Find them here: a 1987 Merkur XR4Ti for $6,900 CAD ($5,731 USD), a 1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe for $7,200 CAD ($5,981), and 1990 Ford Taurus SHO for $7,000 CAD ($5,814 USD) all located in St John's Newfoundland, Canada via Kijiji.ca. Tips from Grumbling by Lotus.
"I am a patient boy," Fugazi once sang. "I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait. My time is water down a drain." It's fun to picture the hardcore punk outfit from D.C. typing that repeatedly on a typewriter between fruitless Craigslist searches for original, unmolested 1988 Turbo Coupes. Finding this specific configuration in decent shape is indeed a test of patience. Behold, this 5-speed 1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe for $5,288 in Sioux City, IA via AutoTrader. Words by DT contributor slowcarSLOW-MPGlol.