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Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: rbohm on May 12, 2007, 09:25:54 PM

Title: how hard is it to swap noses
Post by: rbohm on May 12, 2007, 09:25:54 PM
from an 87-88 tbird to an 83-84 tbird? are there any tips or tricks to the swap?
Title: how hard is it to swap noses
Post by: Chuck W on May 12, 2007, 09:27:47 PM
Ick......
Title: how hard is it to swap noses
Post by: rbohm on May 12, 2007, 09:30:15 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;146813
Ick......


sorry, i just happen to prefer that nose over the 83 nose. silly me.:D :D
Title: how hard is it to swap noses
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 12, 2007, 10:27:17 PM
The 87-88 nose will bolt on, but it will not line up with the style lines on the fenders. The only way to do it that would look halfway right would be to cut the front half off the 87-88 fenders and weld them onto the rear half of the 83-86 fenders - this would ensure that the style lines line up at the header panel and at the doors.

If you like the 87-88 style I'd recommend buying an 87-88. It's really the only way it'd look right. Plus you get the 87-88 T-Bird tail lights :D
Title: how hard is it to swap noses
Post by: rbohm on May 12, 2007, 10:31:15 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;146826
The 87-88 nose will bolt on, but it will not line up with the style lines on the fenders. The only way to do it that would look halfway right would be to cut the front half off the 87-88 fenders and weld them onto the rear half of the 83-86 fenders - this would ensure that the style lines line up at the header panel and at the doors.

If you like the 87-88 style I'd recommend buying an 87-88. It's really the only way it'd look right. Plus you get the 87-88 T-Bird tail lights :D


i kind of figured that would be the problem.
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