hey everyone, just joined up the other night and wasnt sure where to introduce myself.
i recently purchased a 1986 ford thunderbird with the 3.8 v6 and wanted to say hi :birdsmily:
runs good and looks good so im happy with it. ill probly be bugging you guys for info every now and then but im handy and dont mind tinkering with my cars.
i also have an 84 mustang convertible with the same motor that ive had for some years(runs pretty good but looks beat:hick: )
ill post some pics later on tonight.
Welcome aboard! There is alot of good info on the forum. All you gotta do is search or ask. Lots of guys here that really know their shiznit. Enjoy!
brian
Welcome!! Anything you need just ask
Welcome to the board!
I see you mentioned you'll be posting pics. That should be enough to keep the pic hounds away.
welcome:D
check out my diy link below and you'll find lots of info for your 3.8.
Welcome to the fox farm.:drink:
When you come back with those pics, bring some cool ranch doritos. ;)
thanks for the warm welcome.
here are some pics i snapped this morning, full of bad lighting and low quality so when i wash it ill snap some better pics.
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shiznit son, I like it!!!
Welcome
That's got a great body. Very nice car indeed.
thanks for the comments
whoever had this car before me took very good care of it, definately garaged it as the only bit of rust, which isnt more than an inch is along the bottom of the rear window. from what ive read this is a common area for rust so its not too bad:D
so far all ive done with it was change the oil(and plugs when i get the time),check the basics and slap my swaybay from my former 91 'stang (which originally came from an 84 cougar v8 anyway)
only problems i have noticed so far is the drivers window doesnt go down or up(probly the plastic gear thing broke) and someone broke into the glove box and absolutely destroyed the lock and latch mechanisim. i superglued the out of it as a temp. solution but when i go junkyarding hopefully ill find a replacment(and a few other parts while im there)
its funny as i originally set out to get a turbo coupe or xr7 turbo(since theyre stick) but i couldnt pass this thing up once i saw it.
Welcome,that is a real nice Bird............four eyes rule.
Geez,not another Thunderbird/Cougar owner.It's like this entire forum is swamped with them.
Just kidding.welcome aboard.Time to tear it down and rebuild it already.It seems that's what we do.Fix things that aren't broken.Sounds good to me.
lol, we actually have a dirt road here called fox farm.
Welcome to the board.
I like it! Lots of things you can do to that! Full console, tripminder, cluster swap, TC seats.. The list goes on and on!!!
Welcome:D
Nice bird:birdsmily:
Wow... looks like a CLEAN 'Bird! I love the four-eyes, great to see another one on the boards! You will find all the information you need and more here.
I'm lovin it! Yes the car. Four eyes are the shiznit! Tint the windows, black out the trim and headlight bezels. Shine her up and Enjoy.
im hoping to keep it stock since its in good shape but i was thinking about adding the tripminder and maybe later on the full digital cluster(mostly for the tach, yea i know i could just add a tach;) )
a clean, reliable running car is more than enough to satisfy me for the moment as i havent had that for a while:hick:
Car looks great. I have an '86 Cougar that I'll most likely be parting this weekend. Let me know what kinds of parts you need.
I can get you that glove box latch you need. Hey, you aren't too far from me either, cool. :)
Welcome. Clean looking car.
I think you can guess my feelings on 4-eyes or not ;)
:cheers: another t-bird thats came back to us :cougarsmily: :cougarsmily:
Vinnie that is signature worthy right there!
Welcome and Howdy Do...
washed it up some today to guage the condition of the paint, not to bad with some light pitting on the front from rocks.
fixed the drivers side window also. pulled the motor and went to the store to get the parts but no store near me had the plastic gear thing but it turned out i didnt need it(pulled it and it was fine thank god) just replaced the little bushing inserts(8 bucks) and it works fine now.
"Reliable running car is more than enought to satisfy me at the moment"? WHAT? I'm sorry,that's not good enough.I want that car taken apart by Saturday afternoon,and heavily modded and/or upgraded by Sunday evening.That's an order soldier.Make it happen !!!
And by heavily modded, you mean 5.0 HO transplant. :evilgrin:
H.O. transplant?Of course.There should be no question about that.