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Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Big B on September 09, 2012, 10:01:13 PM
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Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Crazy88 on September 09, 2012, 10:16:03 PM
Welcome, you have a fine looking specimen there.
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: vinnietbird on September 09, 2012, 10:59:45 PM
Nice car. One day at a time with these things. parts are getting scarce. Welcome aboard the train.
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: 1BadBird on September 10, 2012, 10:46:17 AM
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Welcome aboard! :burnout:
Nice score you made there! Looks to be a very good foundation for your project. Looking forward to the progress-pics.

John[/FONT]
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Thunderbirdz on September 10, 2012, 03:03:22 PM
Nice starting point for a project.
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Big B on September 11, 2012, 04:33:08 PM
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Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Soul on September 11, 2012, 05:34:13 PM
Curious what color the interior is, looks black or char. grey. I have a bird that same color in the junk and it has blue interior which confused the bejesus out of me.
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Crazy88 on September 11, 2012, 05:52:34 PM
Quote from: Soul;398032
Curious what color the interior is, looks black or char. grey. I have a bird that same color in the junk and it has blue interior which confused the bejesus out of me.

The "raven" cloth interior fades over time and appears to be a medium to darker blu'sh and grey instead of the original colors of charcoal and grey. SMS (http://"http://www.smsautofabrics.com/") might have the material for restoration if necessary.
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Trinom on September 11, 2012, 06:18:28 PM
blue like this?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lfF-mttxHAw/T8IL9Ha6IGI/AAAAAAAADMA/pRladQXimv4/s640/P1010187.JPG)
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Big B on September 11, 2012, 07:31:03 PM
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Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Big B on September 11, 2012, 11:42:35 PM
Well, a few things fell into place tonight and I'm now 100% sure that I'm done with the 2.3T, and am dropping a carb'd 351w into this car. Now, I need to decide if I should rebuild the low-mileage '79 351w block that I already have rotting in my shed, buy a crate 351w, or source junkyards for low-mileage 94+ roller 351w's. The 2.3T still runs fine, so it's going to be pulled soon, and we are gonna install the entire setup into my buddy's daily driver Volvo. I am gonna help get him converted over to run pure E85 in it as well.

Stay Tuned.
Title: My '88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe - Road Race Car Project
Post by: Big B on September 20, 2012, 05:53:11 PM
Looks like things have changed yet again. I just picked up an amazing '03 Cobra, that is gonna become my new Road Race Car/Rice Stomper. So the Turbo Coupe is gonna get to remain 2.3T, it is not gonna remain stock in any way though. I'm still gonna build the car into what I've always wanted out of a T-Bird. Gonna start a new thread soon to document the progress.