Found one in a junkyard and I was shocked. No options minus I believe it has air and it has a digital dash??? Heres some pics I took of it.
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hold on I forgot those were cell pics i got others though.
I would say probably semi-rare. My dads 83 turbo coupe was manual everything except mirrors. Thats pretty rare.
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Don't you have about a foot of snow on the grown in Roanoke???
You need to snag those clear turn signal lamps... Those are 1983 only on this 1985-86 car. I am sure someone around here must want them as they are becoming harder to find.
The dash cluster trim panel, HVAC / radio trim panel and ashtray trim plate are also worth considering saving from this yard in case someone ever needs it.
I would also snag that buttstuffog clock. They are becoming rare as well. If it works then you have a valuable possession.
Crank windows are not that uncommon. Every once in a while I run across a car that has them. I just pulled a consolette trimplate from a car that had manual crank windows, no power seats and only a power mirror. The adhesive overlay trim only had the cutout for the power mirrow switch, but the bezel itself has the cutouts and provisions for mounting the switches. I will be using all virgin untapped screw posts!
also while your there check that explorer for V8 badges ;)
Yeah we got a lof of snow which is weird. We actually have had more this year than Mass. I guess lol.
I would get those parts but I dont have the money to keep them. I may just buy them and put them on here for sale we'll see. I did grab the clock as I thought it was cool but ugh......lets just say it doesnt work anymore :disappoin
Whats with the V8 badges. If your implying about the heads and intakes dont worry i already grabbed one set of heads lol but every intake setup was gone and there were like 15 explorers/mountineers there.
both times ive seen manual windows(both times on a cougar) the interior was tan also. both times they had manual seats and mirror also. if i remember correctly one had only a drivers mirror. both were 84s for sure.
this is the third time ive seen manual windows with tan interior.
With the Mustang dash swap I just did, I unfortunately will not be using the buttstuffog clock I found that works. Such a shame!
Well I tried to modify mine into a 85 console but it didnt work out to well. O well it would have bugged me if I never tired (I like to modify things which is why im puttin a complete bird int. into a mustang).
I've seen many 83-86 T-birds with crank windows. I've yet to personally see an 87-88 T-bird with crank windows.
supposedly there is an 87-88 bird down the street with crank windows but I have yet to verify this.
My 83 Cougar has crank windows, power mirrors and tan interior, heh...
I definitely like the idea of a Bird dash in a Fox Mustang! I think it suits the boxy Mustang lines much better than trying to swap a SN-95 dash in a Fox Mustang. I was never big on either of the Fox Mustang dashes but the one they used from 1987-2003 looks hideous to me now. It could have been a viable choice for my Tbird which would have been a much easier drop-in install if I liked that dash.
Honestly though, I am starting to like the original Fairmont based 1979 Mustang dash again, especially since I seen it done up nice on a black Faimont Futura with a gray-strobe basket handle quarter panel stripe. That Futura was modified with a 1983-86 midsize LTD nose and the complete array of 1985-86 Mustang GT gauges and the interesting gray blocks with allen head screw design dash trimplates set against a w red interior complete with Mustang GT seats and console. I also considered that dash as an option of I could not find a suitable replacement for my original 1984 cracker dash shell. You can still get brand new dash parts for those Mustangs through Latemodel Restoration.com.
The Futura was always a favorite of mine. I had ideas long ago that the LTD nose would have been a great update to the Futura plus a great tie-in to the then new four-eyed Mustang nose. After the boxy 1980 Tbird came out I wish that Ford would have just saved themselves the cost and trouble of designing that very unsucessful Tbird. Ford already had designed the Futura which was in fact originally a downsized Tbird design proposal. I believe it would have been better accepted carrying over the much loved basket handle roofline of the very sucessful 1977-79 Tbird while acomplishing the goal of downsizing which was needed. To this day I still love the Futura Coupe more than the boxy 1980-82 Thunderbird.
Anyway the modified black Futura shows what that coupe body could have been but never was. That's what is so fun about the interchangability of so many Fox platform cars.
Wow thats a nice car. Yeah ive been workin on that project for 2 years and alot of it is ready to go in I just dont have the right car for it. Im even putting the door panels in using modified mustang panels with the material put over it and its gonna have the rear courtesy lights and rear seat. Maybe 1 day i'll get to finish it.
Rare like worth money rare, NO. Rare like someone would want that chit, hell yes rare....
whatever the ell that is, I think it's shagy.
My 1988 T-Bird had manual crank windows. Had the 3.8L V6, power mirrors, cruise and tilt with rear defrost. I don't believe that was rare but don't quote me.
There's an '87 in Brookfield (4 miles from me) with manual winders.
Yes, winders. :hick:
Uncommon or not, when they pull the engine from it for a truck, I'm snagging up the shell for some parts...including those manual winders.
My old 86 only had two options. A car with a passenger side mirror still has options. It had a digi dash, and the 5.0. No anything else. Origionally had no passenger side mirror, and nothing on the switch area.
That body doesn't look too bad in the pics. That car has signs of being taken care of until ...??? (probably driveline related)
Looks like good drag car potential.....:D
IKR!!! Theres an 85 in there too V8 but guess what...........It had CARS on the windshield so we aint gettin that one. The red one was near mint too and the interior was perfect til some.....idiot ripped apart a door panel cause he was too lazy to take a min (if that) to pull some screws out.
I hated that whole CARS program....brought out the true ignorance in politicians.
I saw several nice cars get turned in only to be destroyed. :mad:
Yeah it was a waste and the REAL clunkers are still on the road cause the people that own them cant afford to get a new car even with those stupid incentives (is that right cant spell good lol).