If I had an extra $9K this would be mine right now. The thing is only a 20 minute drive from me. Mint, mint, mint. A 5.0 and a Sport. Interesting that it has power recline but cloth seats.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Original-Black-5-0-Sport-Thunderbird-Fully-Optioned-Low-Mileage-Documented-/230724429973?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item35b83f6895
, that's nice.
Turbines, a clean, freshly rebuilt HO, tint, and fix that scuff on the rear bumper. Done.
nix the turbines and tint and it sounds like a good to-do list to me lol
Beats done-to-death cobra r wheels ;)
hey, watch it! i like my cobra r's!
That is a sweet looking bird :)
My 88 had cloth and power recline also
No, no, no. This car is way to mint to do anything to but preserve it. No mods, nothing. It deserves to be kept as a time piece:D.
at least an HO shortblock? COME OOOOOONNNNNNNNN.. our cars suck with the SO's :(
at least an HO shortblock? COME OOOOOONNNNNNNNN.. our cars suck with the SO's :( please? lol
No you do it like I'm doing the red car. ;)
But then it won't be original. I already have a modified one ;).
See they're out there though! The price is also OUT THERE lol but at least you can dream can't you!?
EDIT You know I just noticed..."Viper alarm system" :punchballs::flame: I sure as hell hope it's one of oh what like 15% of vehicles and it was installed RIGHT....if I were to go look at it and and see a rat's nest of SCOTCH LOKS under that dash I'd throw my arms up in the air and leave immediately.
car's modified, time for an HO :p
I couldn't see any errant wiring in the engine bay nor a loudspeaker or something, which is usually pretty blatantly visible along with bright red or yellow wires just sort of strewn about. Granted that's if it had the alarm sys put in back in IT's time, 80s or early 90s LOL. Now? They're all integrated to your horn. Either everything's hidden well or it uses the car's horn, in which case at least the mess might only be inside. No easier way to ruin a beautiful engine bay than with random wires and a goofy plastic trumpet horn.
Oh it's there. I can see it right behind the radiator shroud. I'd remove it though since it's not factory.
It's expensive but I think it's worth it. How many low mile, pretty much unmolested 5.0 cars with a lot of options are left? Not many. It's pretty easy to find 3.8 cars but they are usually low option and who wants a 3.8?
I have a theory as to why there are so many low option 3.8 cars left in good shape. My theory is that the original owners always wanted a T-bird but could never afford one. They were finally able to (barely) afford one in the 80's and so they bought a low option 3.8 car. They took care of the car and babied it and so that's why so many low option 3.8 cars are left. Those who could afford the more expensive cars drove them till they were used up. That's why it's hard to find a loaded up 5.0 car.
I have to agree, that is certaintly one possibility. Most of them probably older folks, clinging onto thier ideals of what a thunderbird used to be.
My thought was mostly old people bought them because they were cheap. Most 70ish year old people don't care about performance, etc. When I would get parts for my bird throguh a local dealer who was pretty good at locating nos stuff, he used to tell me everytime about a couple of TC's they had in 89 that had birthdays on the lot because they couldn't sell them. It always made me a little sad. :/
, that thing looks nice!
My 88 also has cloth seats and power recline.
I had dual power recline cloth seats in my old 88 3.8 bird.
Was your car a LX? I've only seen power recline on LX or Elan T-birds.
I have seen a few 87 sports with power recline also .
Useless feature unless your not fit to be driving in the first place.
My old Cougar had power recline cloth seats also, handy when their is a female involved ;)
But it sucks when your starter solinoid goes, so you starter is stuck on. 100 degrees outside, you shut off the car, pop the hood and pull the battery cable. Then while you sitting for an hour waiting for someone to bring you some tools, and a new starter solinoid, you push your car away from the gas pump, and sit upright with the door open because you can't roll down you windows, or move any part of your seat.
If it was manual recline, at least you could lean the seat back.
I think it was. Never checked, but it was well optioned.
, its up to $8000 now with 3 days to go. I wish i had that cluster with the digital tach. Are those interchangable?
I wonder how high it's going to get.....
Yes the clusters do swap. I have the same dash in my car (factory) and the tach is pretty cool, if not a bit hard to read. Each bar is 200 rpm so if the tach says 2000 rpm it could be anywhere between 1801 rpm and 2000 rpm.
It just sold for $9,500.
I think it was worth every penny. How many Fox T-birds are left in that condition? Not many.
It would be nice if the new owner would join this fourum so we could hear more about it. Kinda surprised he's not on here already.
doesn't surprise me any.. a lot of people with birds have no idea this online community exists
Agreed, problem is not many people want them.