heres a few pics of my bird with a new spoiler and a new header panel thanks to jasontbird and 87terdberd
its oming along dude
clean those wheels up!
planning on changing wheels soon to some chrome cobra R'smight do some cleaning on it tomorrow since I'd be the only one at the shop. should I do wheels next or a GST body kit?
id go with wheels, because wheels generally make the biggest impact on a car
plus, why put the money into the GST kit when you have some rough looking wheels?
good point.. I guess I'll get the wheels first then save for the kit. I really like the look of the GST kit
I wouldn't add the body kit Ford did some extra stuff to the T/C to make them lighter so I would preform better. Also before you buy wheels I would compare there weights to make sure you weren't adding weight there. Just my .02 cents though
not going for weight going for the looks
no idea......
light and t/c in the same sentence :bs:
they are actually heavier then the 5.0 and 3.8 cars depending on options :D
look'n' good man.
thanks and its getting better :D I'll take more pics tomorrow
new lights.......before and after
major differance , car is looking good
thank you
my TC with my friends 87 LX and finally a pic of me with my TC
update: friends LX bit a deer and was sped :(
your friends LX looks eerily like mine........ only difference is the fender moulding lights
you know I was thinking the same thing when I saw yours... his doesnt have the rust hole though ;)
what engine does his have? but yeha the rust hole is awesome and you know it :P
There not rust holes there "speed holes" only fast cars have them.
Gotta go put some speed holes in mine. :hick:
I have a bird that looks like that also.
mines a haphazzard HO.........its split personality........HO intake headers blah on a SO
he hasnt done much to it since he got it, been trying to encourage him to do things with it but he says its going out in the feild when he gets his truck going. guess I know where I'll be getting most of my parts
My 85 was in a field for 4 years and it was still in soso shape.
Put in battery and drove it onto the trailer.
my other friend has an 85 thats sitting in a feild as we speak with a 5.0
I'm talking to a guy with a blue 88TC with head gasket.
He wants to let it go for 400. I think i will have another one added to list soon.
I'd like to get ahold of another, looking for a white or black one or maybe a dark blue one
new wheels Thank you cougar man :bowdown:
, they do look good.
They look real nice on your TC!! (you're welcome ;) )
when will those lug nuts be here? :hick:
oh that's snazzy. need better pics!
still isnt a good pic but its the best I could get with the sun setting. I'll try to get some better ones tomorrow.
that looks fricken awesome man...people say those are way overdone but realy, other than here you never see them on tbirds and they look so sweet!
here is alittle better pic
Nice work. It's looking great.
now I need some GFX and paint then she will be almost done.
If you paint that header, your car would be so frickin nice. I wanna have shag with it, ok maybe not. NICE car.
few more from today
oh that's nice. i just can't hate the chrome anymore. :)
At least throw some gray primer on the header, that will help big time.
chrome on wheels...sweet....anywhere else save for the engine bay,:yuck:
I have some plans for the header ;) give me time
how is this? :flip:
niiice.
it looks better in the pics was a cheap rattle can paint job but it looks better all the same color. paint needs to be buffed but I think it will be alright for now.
Looks good. I must say. Still wanna buy the 86?
yes I do but what I want and what I get might be two different things :flame:
here are a few more
here are some teaser pics of the newest addition
more
Is the new one an '84? Can't see the window trim or the bumper lenses to tell.
It has the good steering wheel though.
Plans for it?
its an 83 :D was dads since 98 and since he doesnt have time for it he gave it to me.
Cool. I couldn't make the tell-tale identifiers in the pics.
What are you going to do with it?
right now I'm still unsure what is going to happen with it, dad still wants to keep it around but since he doesnt have time for it the outcome is still unknown
here are the pics I promised of the new exhaust. I know I know..... Get some paint on the rear bumper!! :flip: (http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/88turbocoupe/IMAG0270.jpg)
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/88turbocoupe/IMAG0272.jpg)
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/88turbocoupe/IMAG0273.jpg)
OOOHHH. I gotta get those tails ordered. Did you extend those like you said, or did you have someone do it? I cant wait to get back next week and paint my hood and get parts ordered. I have around $2000 I saved up ready to go toward this baby!
copier :flip: lol jk . . . looks very sweet man, who cares about the paint no one will even notice with those wheels glaring at em in the sunlight :giggle:
do you have the flowmaster tails? I think we extended them about 13 inches but something still isnt right. when I go through a dip in the road something hits and it doesnt feel very good. I'm not really sure whats going on back there maybe I need some new springs :dunno:
Man, I though you quoted yourself, lol. Those names are really confusing.
Can you take some close-up pics of the extension? And what tips did you use? I like the slash cut. :)
I used flowmaster tails for a 94-95 mustang, they werent installed very well..... here are a few pics
nope, bought some mild stainless sheets and got them fabed at a ler shop, they cut them and gave them the mustang style tip and what not, honestly i do not know what could be causing the noise or rattling back there, my guess is as good as yours, but from the sounds of it the shocks might be bagged :yuck:
the rattling is because they put the pipes right along the frame rail so everytime I go over a bump I bottom out on the pipes. :flame:
new springs fixed the bottoming out bs... so heres what I did over the weekend.
here are a few pics showing the new ride height.
lookin good man, lookin good...
ever thought about painting your mirrors body color?
where did you get that cold air intake
No, I havent but now that you say something about it... it does sound kinda cool :cool:
it was a 5.0 CAI that I made to work, I had to make cuts to fit the angles I needed.
TSTACC.COM first annual picnic!...a new pic of mine!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/Vantage08/S5300024Medium.jpg)
Car is shaping up.
I don't know why, but that bent/loop antenna was KILLING me!! The fix doesn't look much better either. Kinda like this ---> :pbb: lol
But it has come a long way. Your TLC is really making a difference for that car!
its a power antenna and I keep it up part way to show off the Ford ball :grinno:
finally an update, can you guess what I have done?
nice!! Side skirts!!
I knew it. It looks alot better bro!!! Keep up the good work
I dont like the side skirts personally, they dont blend into anything.
heres a pic from the show today
the window things that keep the rain out when you open the window
New trim on the driver door
You painted your front bumper molding right?! looks dope!
You guys dont see the new window things!
i believe those are vent visors. need to get a set for the cat.... they are quite stylish
oh yeah, and what you dont see... a 10" sub woofer box.... that I have yet to ship
It'll come this week bud
this is fun, so far daboss is +2 can anyone guess what else?
Tail pipes!!!
nope still waiting on tail pipes :(
ok theres more ill look harder
air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror!
paper on window from the car show
yellow dot on the dash
I'm out of random things i can see
You washed it :D
yes I washed it but there is something that nobody has guessed. Cougrrr302 knows :flip:
I see nothing else
O,, is it something obvious that we just ain't seeing or something life changing?
the key is.... your not gonna see it ;) no more rust in the doors :D
TRICK QUESTION!!!!!!! Congrats man. They look amazing now. As does the rest of your car
are you going to do the rest of the body kit? it looks odd with just the skirts(with all due respect)
where did you get them skirts anyway??
i like the factory spoilers on our cars. i don't know why, as i normally don't like spoilers, but those look pretty good. where might i be able to find one?
sure if I can find them.
certain member on this board... you know who you are ;)
I dont think its a factory spoiler but I could be wrong. also bought from a member here. Aerobird is making some that are pretty similar to the one I have, get with him :)
Do you mean the Ford Motorsport spoilers?
There were no spoilers available on Turbo Coupes from the factory.
Brent
:cougarsmily:
update, can you guess what I did now?
Repainted front clip???
BTW, nice looking car man
partially right but no. thanks for the compliment the car has a little bit to go before I am ready to show it off again.
Swapped the front bumper cover?New headlights?
bumper cover, been waiting for almost 2 years finally got to meet Nathan (cougrrr302) only took me 2 weekends to get it prepped painted and installed. paint was done by rattle can but who can tell?
It looks great.
Thanks Vinnie
more pics
Looking good,now tape off the red stripe and paint the black trim on the bumper.
YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT TO MY RED STRIPE!?!?!?!? lol
Sory about that.LOL.I meant "TAPE" the stripe off.LOL.
well here is alittle teaser on what I have been working on.
Well it muct be a Cougar and by the looks of it I'd say an older one. 70's maybe?
see my sig ;)
Valve covers are out of place huh?
why would they be out of place?
Thundebird with Cougar valve covers?
its a 79 Cougar XR-7
My bad I didn't scroll your sig down. I'm dumb sometimes.
honestly does it look alright?
Yeah I was actualy contemplating getting those valve covers.
these are original 69 XR7-G valve covers and they dont seem to be tall enough for the pedestal rockers.
Yeah, I always wanted to find some that said "Mercury" but so far no luck.
In the search also.
So you spilled it huh?
Nice work so far.It takes some power to move those cars quicly.I like the valve covers as well.They have to be pretty rare.
You can actually order remakes now. I'll have to look around and see who still sells em.
I want a pair for an EFI car with the "Bird" on it.
unless you make em i think you're out of luck
The wheels made the biggest difference!!!
Nice!
Hey, glad to see that thing in use again.
and I am enjoying it other than I need new springs in the front to keep me from sing the chin spoiler on everything. Thanks again Caleb
West Coast Classic Cougar sells the repops
http://www.cougarpartscatalog.com/valvecovers.html
Yeah, I guess so. If I find them I'll keep them my dirty little secret. :flip: :shakeass:
Yeah, it kinda took me awhile.......Im horrible about making plans. I'll be heading down again. Second member of the boards Ive personally met. That rear end is coming along. Theres a chunk gone from one of the spider gears. But Ive cleaned it up alot. Im gathering parts for the Cougar.
Cool! let me know when :beatyoass: j/k