Just got my car yesterday, took it for a ride for awhile.
I'm working on some videos at the moment.
Me and my neighbor is going to do more work on it, like that bumper and the dash lights.
Welcome aboard lionman and nice looking :birdsmily: you have. :cool:
Welcome aboard. Nice looking car. Any performance mods planned for the future or leaving it mostly a stocker?
I'll be thinking about it. What I have thought of about changing some filters to K&N.
Welcome! And thanks for the introduction and pictures. A very unique color Thunderbird you have. What color is the interior?
Mostly tan like.
Here's a picture with a new covering I got from the store.
Alright.....what's going on? nobody....I mean NOBODY does that to a dash board. I need some info. How old are you? Is this your first car? Are you angry with this car for some reason? If so, why are you angry? If not, it doesn't deserve this.
troll?
It was cracked and old. Why would I be angry at it? The Toyota I had deserved to be angry at.
It wasn't my idea anyway. If you know of a way of fixing the cracks, let me know.
British cigarette?
If you guys dont like it, look elsewhere.
I was only coming here to join, but seems theres nothing but jerks here.
Peace.
some of the stuff floating around on here and you guys burn him on the dash? Hell, joke or not, reminds me of the fake wood dash in my winnebago lol if it had been executed properly it would be a different look...
Better than the eyesore it probably was
without knowing what it was like before, its hard to know if its an improvement.
you've painted the front bar, but it looks like it was just slapped on.
not masked up or anything.
unless you're planning on painting the rest of it so wasn't concerned?
then the dash, can't even begin to understand why you'd do that.
if the contact/vinyl what ever it is is attached properly.. then it'd look reasonable, but all the creases and overlaps.... yeah.
just hard to tell if you're doing this for a laugh or not
Who cares? My first car I just ily spray painted the entire car black. No one said anything then.
Keep up on it. You can get a new dash from multipul places. Go to coolcats.net and they have a write up on replacing the dash.
Good luck and let us know if you need anything.
Get a Coverlay dash cap for it, that's what I'm gonna do for mine. Mine is covered in cracks, and I'd still rather leave it like that than put on that vinyl wood stuff like you did. :giggle:
Yeh, you're gonna endear yourself real well around here.
The reason for the hostility over that shiznitty shaging dash...abortion is that it's horrible, and most of us will agree a cracked dash is better than that... disaster you've concocted.
What's next...a shopping cart wing, neons, and the stupid light-up shifter?
I should've known what to expect when I saw those wheel covers...and then YOU toss the word "gay" at us like you've some chip on your shoulder!?
Idiot.
Truthfully, when I saw the dash, it really did make me wonder if you were joking. I've never seen anything like that before. I meant no ill intent. I'm trying to see who I'm talking to. Look up dash caps on Ebay. That'll fix all of your dash issues and make your dash look sweet again. I had one on mine until I found a crack free replacement. ....which these days is getting super hard to do. I see why you want to cover the cracks.
Let's start over...................
Welcome aboard.
If you need any tips or help, let me know. I'll do my best to give you good ideas and find whatever parts may help your car. We all started somewhere on here. I got beat a little too when I started here.LOL. Part of the game.
I could get past the front bumper when I saw it painted, but when I saw the dash I couldnt believe my eyes? I wasnt sure what to make either. I thought maybe a young kid/ first car........ or something.
Welcome, really nice Thunderbird and it has a 5.0. Lot's of potential there, and hey at least you're fixing it up congrats. :D
OMG on the fake wood dash .
If your serious welcome, if your trolling us GJ also as it made me smile.
For dash repair check out Cool Cats. Bumper black works better than rubber undercoat on the bumper also.
There are a number of dash overlays available that cover the areas that crack. One piece, glues on, fits perfectly and is difficult to tell it's not original. JC Whitney has a cheapie for under $100 delivered, and a couple of others around $150-175 delivered, depending on whether you just want black (cheapest) or color matched to your original scheme. I just received mine and will be installing it tomorrow. I think maybe the negative post was because they thought that this was the finished product. Does something peel off and leave a nice shiny smooth surface behind? Or is this how it turned out? Keep in mind that most of the people on this site have a personal interest in these cars due to all of the work they've invested in restoring them and there are fewer and fewer nice Cougars and T-birds every day to work with. I'm on my 3rd 88 Cougar and will reluctantly be junking my second because a tree fell on it (after I pull off every part I can get my hands on). The wood grain look is unique, but if it stays all wrinkly like that I would consider making it a temporary fix until I can get the real deal. Good luck with the car, either way. There is lots of good info on this forum and CoolCats.net, among other places, and sooner or later there's a good chance one of these guys that was just busting your chops will be able to hook you up with parts or information that will make or break the future of your car's looks or performance.