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sperry · 2007-02-08, 09:24 PM

JC, that's a sick M8! In fact the M8 and the '94-'96 TBirds shared a lot of parts since they were both build on the mn12 platform. Same V8 motor (4.6L SOHC), and lots of bolt on bits. The Mark VIII brakes were beefier than the TBird's, and were a popular cheap upgrade (think WRX brakes on an RS), but I've never seen Cobra brakes on a Lincoln!

As far as big luxo-sports-barges go, the Mark VIII was second to none really... 'cept maybe a big old 2-door Caddy Eldorado. There were some prototype drawings of a Mark IX that kicked ass back before the new-retro TBird came out... it was hyper-modern. But since they TBird went retro, the Mark IX prototypes sucked.

I guess there's rumors of an '09 Mark IX based on the Mustang... but I haven't seen any images.

2007-02-08, 09:24 PM	#55
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	JC, that's a sick M8! In fact the M8 and the '94-'96 TBirds shared a lot of parts since they were both build on the mn12 platform. Same V8 motor (4.6L SOHC), and lots of bolt on bits. The Mark VIII brakes were beefier than the TBird's, and were a popular cheap upgrade (think WRX brakes on an RS), but I've never seen Cobra brakes on a Lincoln! As far as big luxo-sports-barges go, the Mark VIII was second to none really... 'cept maybe a big old 2-door Caddy Eldorado. There were some prototype drawings of a Mark IX that kicked ass back before the new-retro TBird came out... it was hyper-modern. But since they TBird went retro, the Mark IX prototypes sucked. I guess there's rumors of an '09 Mark IX based on the Mustang... but I haven't seen any images. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?