Does anyone know if any other cars used the same front bumper reinforcement as a 83-86 thunderbird/cougar? I have been searching for some time now and have come up empty handed. I never thought this part would be the hard one to find. :toilet:
Thanks guys.
No other cars share it, sorry. It's been discontinued for some time now.
Make one!!!
Your saying the bumper supports that bolt to the core support, or what?
Yea the inner metal bumper is what im looking for i have the cover. I was also thinking that the 87 might he a good bet but i would have to make a spot for the turn signals
The Inner Reinforcement bumper on my '88 is all Fiberglass. The one on your '84 is Metal?
They're metal up to 86
I would just make one...its pretty much just a metal "U"
A puff of smoke a few sparks a whiff of ozone and presto a new support.
You can use an exhaust pipe and make brackets to facilitate you needs for this simple part. It is not that difficult. just some fabing. If you have a TIG you can make it out of alluminum.
here are some ideas, but it is definately easier to find one.lol
Yeah I bet that was a bit of work, I like it alot though. I have the ability to fab something up that would work but I would like to have a factory peice. Does anyone know if the 87 piece is similar enough to use as far as dimentions, and would it be possible to notch areas for the turn signals? I dont have a lot of time to work on the car now so Id like something to just bolt on and go.
The '87-88 pieces are fiberglass and are not the right shape at all.
Bummer the search continues! I kinda figired that but my fingers were crossed.
last I was at cherry picked in toledo, oh, they had an 86 tbird in there, but it doesn't help you a whole lot.
yeah the only car in the yard close to me is an 87 cougar but that doesnt help me either. Someday ill find someone close to me parting one out.
I have one sitting in my yard...... it needs a new home.........
Ill bet shipping would cost me an arm and a leg no pun
Are you needing one that has the fog lamp provisions or just a standard one? Also, what color do the lenses on the lamps need to be?
Darren
mine is from a TC
the main thing it has to have it is the turn signals with the amber lenses. Im sure I can get my hands on those if need be. The fog lights im not too concerned with at this point. I have the front clip from an 86 turbo coupe minus the bumper reinforcement thats all I need.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/88turbocoupe/IMG_20130114_171525_715.jpg)
wish there was an easy way to get this to you....
A freight company will be much cheaper than a carrier like UPS. I would see what they would charge if you crated it in some 3/4" plywood of XX" x XX". It may turn out very economical and you can secure that very easily with some blocking and screws to one of the side pieces of plywood and then build the box around it. Trying to find one of those in a salvage yard is getting more difficult by the day. It also just comes down to how bad another person wants it if they cannot find one locally.
Darren
88 thats exactly what I need. I wouldnt want you to have to go through the trouble of boxing that all up for me. I wonder if it could be thrown on a greyhound bus and shipped up here. Ill have to look into some options. If you could hold onto that for me until we could figure out how to get it up here that would be awesome. Im almost at the point now where I would make an excuse to drive down. Im having zero luck anywhere local. Cant even find a whole junked T bird for parts.
Its not going anywhere ;-) got your name on it :D
thanks bud
Anytime, let me know what you want to do and I will do what I can to help
Ill make some phone calls this week hopefully, or for sure this weekend and keep you posted. I think my paypal account is still active, if not I can set one up again. Just PM me what you would like to get for it.