General => User Rides => Topic started by: Thunder Chicken on January 12, 2006, 04:07:19 PM
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 12, 2006, 04:07:19 PM
Since I bought it I was torn between tearing it apart and using the parts to make the 88 5.0 car better (which is actually what I bought it for to begin with) and fixing it up, something I didn't really want to do because I don't need two Thunderbirds and the white one is getting fixed up come hell or highwater. I just felt guilty killing a TC until I found the crack. The front subframe, right where the k-member bolts to it, is cracked, ed near broken in half. The inner strut tower is rusted all along the bottom and pretty much detached from the subframe.
Yes, it could probably be fixed, but to me it ain't worth it when the fact that the rest of the car needs major bodywork is factored in. The car will die, but its donated organs will help enrich the life of my white 88 'Bird...
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: cougarcragar on January 12, 2006, 04:13:53 PM
You should take it off some sweet jumps.
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: kewlbird08 on January 12, 2006, 08:36:14 PM
hey there's an idea. if any car dies, it should be along the road because you flipped it or blew the engine because of high rpms. i say: don't let it die...kill it.
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 12, 2006, 09:09:43 PM
Quote from: kewlbird08
hey there's an idea. if any car dies, it should be along the road because you flipped it or blew the engine because of high rpms. i say: don't let it die...kill it.
Yeah, I already had one "die" (The Volvo on Christmas day - I hope to finally get it back tomorrow with its new engine). Trust me - I will be quite actively killing this Turbo Coupe :evilgrin:
I'm not gonna go jumping it or anything, though - I want the suspension out of it more than anything, so I'm not gonna break it...
Title: !!
Post by: Austin Lawless on January 12, 2006, 11:05:14 PM
NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Wwwwhhhhyyyyy??? LoL, i wish i were closer, i would take it off your hands... let me know what parts are available off it (and what year it is, important) I may buy some parts off you if you would sell. Thanks
-Austin
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 13, 2006, 01:08:52 AM
Quote from: Austin Lawless
NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Wwwwhhhhyyyyy??? LoL, i wish i were closer, i would take it off your hands... let me know what parts are available off it (and what year it is, important) I may buy some parts off you if you would sell. Thanks
-Austin
Having searched for ten years for a TC in any shape (no joke - TC's, in fact, any older cars, are very rare in salt-heavy Nova Scotia. I was extremely lucky to find the white 88 car) and just happening to come across one when I just happened to have money, I doubt you'd be willing to pay what it would take to take this car off my hands :D
I will likely be deciding what's going for sale in a few weeks (depending on the weather). It's an '87, 5-speed, 120k miles.
And while it saddens me that this TC is gonna die, remember that it has basically been on life support for several years. It is rusty. Very rusty. Not worth fixing rusty. And you can take comfort in the knowledge that it didn't go to "Some Mustang guy that's just gonna take the rear end and junk the rest", as the lady that sold it to me said. The death of this TC, while sad, will make my '88 5.0 a better car (in fact, a better car than the TC ever could hope to be again, considering the 88's got just 62k miles and is in near perfect condition). It is giving its life for a worthy cause...
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: CougarSE on January 13, 2006, 01:30:34 AM
Hey carm was the woman who sold it to you a babe?
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Bane on January 13, 2006, 09:38:45 AM
hey its not the mustangs fault you TC's got a disk rear with better gears from the factory :p Bird/Cougar people rob mustangs all the time...one exists because of the other ;) but good luck with the white 5.0 bird.
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Austin Lawless on January 13, 2006, 03:18:30 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
Having searched for ten years for a TC in any shape (no joke - TC's, in fact, any older cars, are very rare in salt-heavy Nova Scotia. I was extremely lucky to find the white 88 car) and just happening to come across one when I just happened to have money, I doubt you'd be willing to pay what it would take to take this car off my hands :D
I will likely be deciding what's going for sale in a few weeks (depending on the weather). It's an '87, 5-speed, 120k miles.
And while it saddens me that this TC is gonna die, remember that it has basically been on life support for several years. It is rusty. Very rusty. Not worth fixing rusty. And you can take comfort in the knowledge that it didn't go to "Some Mustang guy that's just gonna take the rear end and junk the rest", as the lady that sold it to me said. The death of this TC, while sad, will make my '88 5.0 a better car (in fact, a better car than the TC ever could hope to be again, considering the 88's got just 62k miles and is in near perfect condition). It is giving its life for a worthy cause...
yeah i can understand that. Hey, since you already have a 5.0 in the other bird, are you going to sell the motor? If so let me know how much you want for it, and if you will ship it then my zip code is 30507. My TC is down with a bhg, but with all the leaks and shiznit, i am probably just going to rebuild. I would love to buy that motor off you. Let me know man, thanks.
-Austin
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 13, 2006, 03:31:39 PM
Not sure what I'm gonna do with the ngine, but I can pretty much guarantee that it woould cost more to ship it to Georgia from Nova Scotia than it's worth...
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: thunderjet302 on January 13, 2006, 04:25:27 PM
Holy Sh*T! I thought we had bad rust problems in Chicago but that's severe. That's why my T-bird sits in the garage in the winter:tg: .
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Blck85TBirdV8 on January 14, 2006, 12:19:45 AM
Quote
Hey, since you already have a 5.0 in the other bird, are you going to sell the motor? If so let me know how much you want for it, and if you will ship it then my zip code is 30507. My TC is down with a bhg, but with all the leaks and shiznit, i am probably just going to rebuild. I would love to buy that motor off you. Let me know man, thanks.
Hey man i gotta good TC motor. Its got a bad turbo though. It has only like 90k miles on the motor. I'm here in TN.
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: hundred_dollar_5.0_t-bird on January 14, 2006, 10:26:25 AM
theres a TC for sale here in ontario $3000 canadain looks in ok shape found it on autotrader.ca i just dont have the cash or id be jumpin on that http://www.trader.ca/search/Results.asp?BFROM=1&BAD=N&BPRICE=N&BTYPE=B&BCAT=1&BOREGION=-1&BYEAR1=1987&BYEAR2=1988&BPRICE1=&BPRICE2=&BKEYWORD=&BMAKE=713&BMODEL=THUNDERBIRD&category=1®ion=-1&makeid=713&modelcode=17917&adcopy=&multiphoto=N&SortBy=askprice&SortOrder=d&DisplayType=pictures&DisplayRowCount=48&mknm=713&mdnm=THUNDERBIRD&subcategory=&CAT=1 (http://"http://www.trader.ca/search/Results.asp?BFROM=1&BAD=N&BPRICE=N&BTYPE=B&BCAT=1&BOREGION=-1&BYEAR1=1987&BYEAR2=1988&BPRICE1=&BPRICE2=&BKEYWORD=&BMAKE=713&BMODEL=THUNDERBIRD&category=1®ion=-1&makeid=713&modelcode=17917&adcopy=&multiphoto=N&SortBy=askprice&SortOrder=d&DisplayType=pictures&DisplayRowCount=48&mknm=713&mdnm=THUNDERBIRD&subcategory=&CAT=1")
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: 5.8fastcat on January 16, 2006, 12:31:36 AM
I need the frt lights if they are in decent shape and or FOR Sale
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 16, 2006, 11:06:18 AM
I'm keeping the headlights (they were a month old). As for the other lights, they are pretty badly yellowed and hazed (just like the ones on my car) so probably not worth selling. I'm just gonna hang onto 'em for spares - I had a hell of a time replacing one that fell apart on the white 88 this past summer.
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: jkirchman on January 16, 2006, 11:17:23 AM
Quote from: cougarcragar
You should take it off some sweet jumps.
I bet he could get like three feet of air.
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: shame302 on January 16, 2006, 01:02:21 PM
its not realy dying.....if it went off too the crusher then yeah, at least it was honered enough too go too an anthusiast and will be re incarnated in some way with its parts. nothings going too waste, i think thats respectable....
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Nate on January 16, 2006, 02:48:56 PM
gonna sell the engine and tranny? or turbo?
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Tha-slow-hoe on January 17, 2006, 11:16:17 PM
i would like to buy the turbo also... mine took a big shiznit the other day... is it stock? how many miles
Title: It's official, the TC is gonna die
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 18, 2006, 10:14:21 AM
I dunno if I'm gonna sell it or find a 4-cyl Ranger, Mustang or even Pinto for a swap. It is stock, it's got 120k miles, and it works good (showed 15PSI of boost the few times I drove it). More likely I will end up selling it because I've got enough cars (5.0 Bird, Volvo, Dakota) but I'm just not sure yet. I'll let you guys know.
I doubt it'd be worth it for any of you Americans to buy it, though - just imagine, Nate, what it would cost to ship an engine/tranny across the border if it cost $80 to ship a mere header panel! I'm betting it would be hundreds of dollars for the engine alone.