This 1988 Turbo Coupe has every option available minus the sunroof, leather, door unlock keypad, and cornering lights.
Got this a little while ago for $750, been working on it for last 2 weeks.
When I got it, the engine bay was dirty like it had never been cleaned.
I started cleaning it and looks like the dirt preserved the shine of everything.
Most recently I took off the valve cover which seems to have been the original gasket, since it was like opening an egyptian tomb.. gonna finish that today.
Heres the only pic I have at the moment, but more will definitely come.
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Missing the turbo coupe door emblems if anyone has any spares, let me know what you would like for them.
I have a whole other parts car with other parts, that I possibly don't need on mine, so maybe we can make a trade.
Nice
my fave color combo for 87-88 cars, more pics!
will do, stay tuned, uploading pics from my phone.
I caint wait til my car is one color again =(
Phone is ungodly slow.. cause my sync cable doesn't recognize for some reason..
Heres 1 more pic
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Haha, I know what you mean BlackJack, I have a red parts car that i want to take the driver door from cause it has door unlock keypad, and both fenders, cause they have the cornering lights.. :D
I'll take more pics tomorrow, the ones I had on my iPhone are blurry cause of low light.
was caked in dirt and VC gasket leak oil, this is the aftermath of a good scrubbing, sorry for blurry photo, gonna take real camera pics from now on..
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Looks like you got a great deal!
In all actuallity, you could probably just cut the hole for the cornering lights if your fenders arent too janky. hell, I sold my cornering lamps to Graham (88turbo) I wasnt a fan of em. You have a very clean start my friend. Keep at it.
Thanks, I also paid $350 for a parts car roller, with the T5 transmission still in it, so grand total of 1k for everything... no engine tho.. haha
Yeah. Ive go somwehere in the ballpark of $4500 wrapped up in mine its been a while since i sat down and figured it. Cant even drive it yet =(
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all of these cars are money sponges, and we will never get back out what we put into these cars. Its a labor of love.......
any car that is sought after is a money sponge :P
Glad I joined this forum, the other Tbird forum was dead practically. The NATO one is the one I mean
from what I see, the only time nato really comes alive is when you say the words 5.0 TC
Ha
I think we can all understand that there are those purists that want to keep the remaining of unmolested TC's as high as possible. However, to get their knickers in a twist over someone else's car is a bit over the top. If you think about it, the owners of unmolested TC's can only benefit from those that modify their cars, since at some point they are no longer TC's at all, but more like a base 'bird in TC trim. My TC is going to be modified, not because I dislike the 2.3 turbo, hate turbos or for any other reason than I love my TC and I want to keep her on the road for another 25 years. If I can do that while making improvements in handling, braking and efficiency... all while increasing horsepower, drivability and yet maintain her as a modern interpretation of a TC, then I will... and sleep like a baby doing it.
When completed, I'll have a twin turbo Coyote, T56 (Viper spec) Tremec, a modified 2003-4 Cobra IRS and an Agent47 SLA setup up front. She ought to get very, very good gas mileage, yet to me will be what the designers of the original TC had in mind, if they had had the technology of today and the backing of Ford.
Sounds like an awesome project...
Its your car do with it as you please.... Let the polishers sit and spin.
Travis
People with original cars with like 25000 miles, and pristine paint jobs, probably have never put blood, sweat, and tears into that car, and to me, that is what makes your car yours, a little piece of you is lost while working on it. Plus when your paint job isn't perfect, you can drive it daily, and not worry about "OH NO, did I get a scratch???" :)
My 83 Thunderbird i have owned since 87 and has 123K on the clock......i decided to maintain the stock appearance and originality as so few of these cars are real survivors without heavy mods. I would love to own a modded car done totally to my taste one day as well. Whether the choice is to preserve or mod, that is truly a personal decision of the owner, and nobody should judge the choice. Your money, your car, your choices. Period. I can understand the idea of taking a minty survivor car and modding it to be a tough choice, not because of value, but a car is only original once, and we all know how tough getting parts for Fox Birds are. That said drive and enjoy your rides and to hell with others opinions.
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After:(http://i46.tinypic.com/34xl07p.jpg)
New gaskets all around, spark plugs, and tomorrow new plug wires come in. Oil Change tomorrow. Once its up and running gonna bring it home and flush radiator, and give it a proper engine cleaning.