So I saw a red (orange) 83-86 Thunderbird at a show in Lenoir City today. It had the FMS grill, wing, and skirts. Anyone here own it?
Pics will come later...
Shiny Side Up!
Bill
Here's the pic...
Shiny Side Up!
Bill
Sharp looking car. Anymore details?
I like what they did with the light grey(?) below the rub strip.
Not a huge fan of the "grille" or the headlight covers, but it's not a bad looking car otherwise.
That things got an 80's vibe going on:roxor:
kinda reminds me of a saleen
It looks well-done.
Agreed ... kinda sorta.
I kind of like those head-light covers. It's certainly not something you see often. As for the stripes, the less your eye is attracted to the black bumper strips, the better, in my opinion. Thought the 4-eye's strips are not nearly as bad as the 87-88's. Nice car.
hate the game, not the player, dude :nono:
Anyone know much about the grill? As in: who made them, when were they available, what they're made of. Anything factual would be helpful. I've searched the net, but came up empty.
Thanks
Ford Motor Sports made it in the late 80's. Please don't find one for your car as it looks good as is:D
LOL, thanks!
I have an 83/84 grill on it now and have been trying to locate a pristine 85/86 for some time with no luck (outside of this board, there may only be 100 people who can tell the difference...).
One of these surfaced recently and I thought it could be an option.
The advantages are: No plastic covered chrome to worry about (pitting, scratching & fading) and it attaches with the same mounting holes as a stock grill. So if/when you get sick of the look, it's easy to swap on and off.
Unfortunately, this one's in pretty rough shape. There are no markings on it to indicate the manufacturer or part number. It's an unusual material, appears to an old style urethane (pretty flexible and doesn't sand well).
I checked with a local body shop who has a restorer who does urethane bumpers. I have the impression he didn't want to deal with it. He quoted $800 to get it ready for paint.
I'd like to find out more about them. I have only seen a handful of pictures over the past couple decades, so there can't be many out there. Information on how to repair and restore it would be helpful too!
They are pretty rare, made by FMS in the 80's as Thunderjet said.
Otherwise, Not much is known about them (That i know of).
Did you buy the one that was for sale on here not too long ago? That one did look pretty rough.
Theres actually 2 versions that FMS made, The other is extremely rare~But its more of the regular grille dimensions with a weird meshed design.
here is the other one
That is pretty slick but the opening doesnt flow with the grill.
Yup. I assumed it was fiberglass. Being urethane, it's not as simple to bring back to life... Eventually it'll get the attention it needs.
Thanks for the info.