Well just got home with it so here are some quick pics( I know how you all love pics) Its a 80 Silver anniversary, 1 of 1623 made but the only know survivor with a factory sunroof. Car is exceptionally clean, 77k miles and just drove 275 miles with zero issues. Car did amazing gettting 31mpg running 65-70mph the whole way. It will now reside here in this Western NY T-Bird preseve with the 10 other ones here. Just need to convince the wife that I need 12 now. Anyhow heres the pics
heres one more
Ouch. That's HAWT. Very nice score.
That looks mint! Sweet!
Clean!
Love the CB :hick:
The keyless entry buttons in the door chrome is a nice touch.
Thanks it is pretty mint. You would never know it was a PA car. It was never driven in winter and hardly driven period. The CB is pretty wild, it works off the regular antenna when you put it all the way up, of course with it all the way up you could hit low flying birds. Best I can tell the only thing this doesnt have option wise is leather seats. The velour kind of feels like a lazyboy you would have in the house and I dont think anyone ever sat in the back seat.
:birdsmily: congrats on the new t-bird looks in great shape and very clean. :cougarsmily: :cougarsmily:
that's a dang nice ride. i'd pimp it any day.
Sweeeeeeet :bowdown:
Wow, very nice acquisition!
Congratulations !
Brent
:cougarsmily:
Very clean, good luck with it.
For a Box Fox bird that is one hell of a car.
that's such a pretty car. have fun with it.
I would like to see how they have the CB wired into the radio antenna.....
nice ride, dan.
nice bird... I have a centercap for those wheels if your interested in having a spare. pm me if interested.
Nice Box Fox. Are those TRX wheels? I'd never been a big fan of the 80-82 Birds, but it seems that every time I see a nice one they come up several notches in my esteem. It probably helps that the boxy look is so rare to see nowadays, now that all the K-cars and G-bodies have rusted away. I really like 'em now, and I'm actually at the point I'd like to have one, but it'd be near impossible to find a decent one around here...
Ron: I don't know how Ford did it in those cars, but when we install radios in undercover police cars there's a module that goes between the factory radio and factory antenna, and the police radio plugs into that module. I was gonna snag one in case I ever wanted to install a CB in the 'Bird, but didn't bother because the new ones are all meant for the digital 900MHz frequency that newer police radios use.
88turbo, I just sent a PM
1wld brd, Along with the car I got the factory electrical manual which has all the diagrams for how its set up, I can get you a copy if you want.
Thunder Chicken, yes they are TRX wheels, Actually the car came with whitewall Michelin TRX tires which are n/l/a. Right now it has blackwall TRX's but the guy had the correct whitewall TRX's which are on another set of those rims so I have a set for driving and the correct set for shows. When this bodystyle was new I really didnt like it either but over time it has grown on me, I guess since you just dont see many. Between my dad and myself we have had 35 Birds and atleast one of every series except the 80-82 so considering that along with it being a special anniversary one just had to get it.
I have to say, I've never been a huge fan of pre-Aero Fox Birds, but this T-Bird is pretty shagy.
Yeah, it has to be a special type of antenna. A normal antenna can only pick up signals. A CB antenna has to be a two way antenna to both pick up signals and transmit signals. If it's not it will blow up the CB. I'm also curious as to how this works. I got a nice CB for my bird and it would be cool to use it without the whip.
Sweet:D . I have a pic of one of those done up with a EFI 347 from a T-bird show this year. I'll have to find the pic and post it.
Here ya go :D
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That was a nice find for sure. I'm not a big fan of the box foxes either but that is one that I would definitely not turn my nose up to. The color scheme works beautifully with the amount of chrome and style of the car.
OK, I have no idea how the hell I missed this the first time around.
You mentioned another '80 as well in the other thread?
The old C&D article on these (the tested car had the Recaros) was what turned up my interest in the Box Foxes.
Chuck:
As soon as it gets here I will let you know. I dont know much about this one as it was a car I bought without ever seeing it($200) All I know is that it was from an estate sale and it has around 40k miles. The guy that had it till I bought it had driven it for the past couple years and it started acting up(from what he says it sounds like a plugged cat) but he was going to crush it if it didnt sell so I felt compelled to save it. I bought it back in January but it was buried in a storage place up in Maine.
Very nice. That would make a nice mate for my 82 Cooga Wagon.:D