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General => User Rides => Topic started by: Clayton on October 07, 2006, 06:31:21 PM

Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on October 07, 2006, 06:31:21 PM
Well, i had to help my buddy geordan change shocks on his '78 T-bird today... :nkhk:  so yeah afterwards i got some good pics of the difference

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture240.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture241.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture243.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture244.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture245.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture246.jpg)

and in the video, Zae doesnt know how to tape with my camera... so you only hear the tailend of my revvs

Geordans sounds like pop cans..mines mellow and deep
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/th_Picture239.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/?action=view¤t=Picture239.flv)

I also got a new toy today.. ill get some pics of it up in a lil later
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Cougars 2 go on October 07, 2006, 06:55:00 PM
, much more of a difference than if you were to put a '97 Bird next to your car.

From 57 to 67 to 77 to 87 to 97, considering everything (looks, technology, materials, etc) I wonder which 10-year difference would be the most over the others for the TBird.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Ifixyawata on October 07, 2006, 11:28:19 PM
I guess that makes it easy to see how much advanced our 'Aero' birds and cats were for thier time.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: vinnietbird on October 07, 2006, 11:49:59 PM
WOW,big difference !!!!I like that body style.They're getting hard to find also.Tell him to fix his headlight doors.On the driver's side fenderwell,towards the front,there's a small little "disc" with two vaccuum lines in,and two out.Inside that little disc (it twists to manually open the doors incase of a problem),there are two tiny O-rings.replace them and there you are.I had three of those 'Birds.All had the same problem.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on October 08, 2006, 12:27:53 AM
Quote from: vinnietbird;107403
Tell him to fix his headlight doors.


it would help if he had them ;)


Quote from: Cougars 2 go;107380
, much more of a difference than if you were to put a '97 Bird next to your car.


i could do that with a 91 cougar :D

sry for the py arse pics. will get more tomorow

but i just got a '91 cat in trade for some stuff i had laying around. its a base model.. and i betcha only can guess what it has under the hood :pbb:

anybody have a spare 3.8?

heres the pics.. i will get better ones
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture249.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture248.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture247.jpg)

this thing sounds like a helicopter.. and i believe it has a spun rod bearing or some dumb shiznit.. but meh.. it was free who cares?

if it goes under there is always EBAY :shakeass:
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 88turbo on October 08, 2006, 12:47:05 AM
alright gimme the 78 town landau :evilgrin:
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on October 08, 2006, 12:50:28 AM
Quote from: 88turbo;107411
alright gimme the 78 town landau :evilgrin:


meh,you'll have to get through me first :D that guy is attached to his car like any one of us.. he'll have that thing burried with him
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 88turbo on October 08, 2006, 01:19:17 AM
thats how I would be if I could find one :( I think I would almost give up 88turbo for one.  I said almost :flip:
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 5.0willgo on October 08, 2006, 09:03:25 AM
My uncle had a black '78 Bird with a tan interior. Wish he still had it.
After owning it since new, he sold it to a junkyard for $25 in 1995.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: MasterBlaster on October 08, 2006, 09:03:53 AM
Quote
thats how I would be if I could find one :( I think I would almost give up 88turbo for one.  I said almost :flip:
There's one up here (77)...
http://vancouver.craigslist.org/car/213380644.html
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: tbirdscott on October 08, 2006, 01:28:49 PM
Quote from: 87thunderbirdBlackJack;107410
it would help if he had them ;)


Is he looking for a pair? its a little ways to ship but I could probabally dig up a pair for cheep.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on October 08, 2006, 02:32:47 PM
he has 1 but i think i got another laying around somewhere... i just dont know where...

ill let him know
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Thunderbus on October 21, 2006, 09:02:33 PM
Hey, I know that car :D
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: grutinator on October 21, 2006, 09:37:40 PM
what a weird coincidence, theres a person in the same excact place as u, drives the same car as u, and has the same friends as u....hey! wait a minute! u might now him...by the way, welcome to the board, ill be your residential moron.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Thunderbus on October 21, 2006, 10:06:35 PM
Exactly hahaa

I need to get Clayton to get some more pics of this beast up on here.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 88turbo on October 21, 2006, 10:44:29 PM
Quote from: Thunderbus;109422
Exactly hahaa

I need to get Clayton to get some more pics of this beast up on here.


trade ya birds plus a pair of cougars :D  I have alot of parts if you need them just pm me for details
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on October 21, 2006, 10:50:34 PM
Quote from: Thunderbus;109422
I need to get Clayton to get some more pics of this beast up on here.


True that, but since you arent here now... ill list a few future plans for your car...

(completed mods)
Removed AC compressor (its a big ... anybody want one?:D)
dumped smog unit.. yay for free HP and no more popcan sounds!
new exhaust (needs better tho but were working on it)
hillbilly hijackers.. thx for getting that stuck in my head claude :D
dual stereos.. came with an 8-track and plan on keepin it that way


(future mods)
429 CJ well maybe not a CJ but eh... its a bigblock in a bus..
custom headlight covers :D (thats where i come into the picture eventually)
paint
interior
maybe a disc convert (not too orthodox but whatever)
and a few otyher things i cant pull of the top of my head

all i know is im the part time grunt lol

and im gonna eventually buy a hood for it and make a custom hood for it
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Thunderbus on November 11, 2006, 01:30:52 PM
muwahahahahahaaaaa!

I HAVE HEAT! (we fixed the heartercore)
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 88turbo on November 11, 2006, 03:38:54 PM
Quote from: Thunderbus;112891
muwahahahahahaaaaa!

I HAVE HEAT! (we fixed the heartercore)


gotta love those heater cores,  5 little screws and its out unlike the fox birds :grinno:
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on November 11, 2006, 08:03:28 PM
wow, his was only held in by 3...

thats almost 1/2 the freakin work
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 88turbo on November 11, 2006, 08:16:32 PM
well the 5 came from memory, its been so long since I've messed with my cougar that I have forgotten :(  I miss the poor cougar.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: 75coug on November 13, 2006, 09:15:22 AM
I guess that I need to do a side-by-side comparison of my Cougars, which would be similarly startling.

[Please ignore the rust in the photo.]

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h120/edensker/75cougar-1.jpg)
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on April 08, 2007, 07:39:03 PM
clean motor anyone?

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture2997.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture2995.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture2994.jpg)
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Ifixyawata on April 08, 2007, 08:22:32 PM
Clean?  Hah, try spraybombed.  Looks like there's a few specs of dirt you painted over, heh.
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: Clayton on April 08, 2007, 08:46:14 PM
ah, got me!

meh.. it looks better than it did thats for  sure

Not worried about 110% clean.. that motor is going to be replaced eventually.

429 stroker is going in :D
Title: Look at the 10 year difference
Post by: tbirdscott on April 09, 2007, 04:37:19 PM
Engines painted when fully assembled look like ass, better than a ball of rust and grease though.


Scott