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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Quote from: 4bangen;368381
I have a pair of clean rust free fenders off my deceased 88 turbocoupe.  I'll let them go cheep to ya.  if your interested I'll check on shipping cost.


I dont know if they would fit?
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Quote from: cougrrr302;368297
Pics look great for that car!! Looks like it's in the condition of my '84 Cougar. Mine is  near perfect except the drivetrain needs TLC. Good luck with her, and she will treat ya right.


Thank you, do you have the fila as well? if you put the time in the drivetrain you will be happy with the outcome
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Quote from: 1BadBird;368196
It's probably picked clean now, but the u-pull-it Indianapolis & Sumner in Hammond had an 83-84 foxbird last week. It didn't appear to be damaged. I haven't been able to get back there yet.

OH REALLY? thanks man ill get over there asap! But you are probably right its probably stripped...
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Quote from: Shadow;368176
if it was a 5.0 or a true XR7 with an SC motor, i would have kept it.. but OHC just makes me sick.. clean fila though, definitely a solid beginning for a resto

 
Sc motor? I mean the 4.6 was a strong small get up motor lol. Thanks man its got a little spots here and there of rust and the lower panels are starting to rot where the mud flaps are at because the guy drilled the flaps right into the body... yea really dumb. He did a great job in ordering the car the had the car under coated and the seams sealed. The doors seams are 100 percent rust free. He actually showed me the paper with all the added features when he bought it from Ford. Under the hood is another story, the motor needs to be pulled and everything needs to be sand blasted in there.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Quote from: Shadow;368173
hahah i used to have 1 of those.. owned it for about a week.. car rode nice but i hated the stupid mod motor. now it belongs to a guy that treats it like an 81 honda.. yeah, she's not too pretty anymore..

hahaha wow thats a shame. Too bad
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Nice car thunderjet. Yea, chicago is nothing but rusted vehicles. I got lucky i bought my tbird from a car collector way north in rockford a few years ago. He was losing his house and started selling everything off. He had a bunch of old tbirds in his barn i grabbed this car fast!
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
That would be also Dansbird if you could give me that information i dont mind paying the extra buck as well if i get like you said a rust free fender. Thank you, ill be posted pictures of it soon. Im glad i joined this forum. I used to have a 30th anniversary cougar pearl white 4.6 until someone stole it another rare vehicle.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Yea i was getting quite worried when my buddy told me that we might need to get a fender. When i started doing research, i got even more worried when i was struggling to find parts. My insurance company was kidding when they said, "dont smash it parts are hard to find." i got a good laugh now im not laughing..lol. Haha Thats pretty funny vinnie.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Quarter panel replacement
Great Job! Im going to be doing some replacing soon one i get into it and start grinding and sanding away hopefully i wont be having to be replacing almost full panels.. lol
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Restoring a 1984 thunderbird fila
Im soon beginning a restoration of my rare fila bird. I'am just a painter at a light damage body shop and i have a buddy that does all the prep work. The car is not too badly rotted most of it can be saved but just in case does anyone know where i could find new parts online such as a fendor? I seen people on this forum look like they know what they are doing.