Hey guys,
I dont have a Thunderbird or a Cougar, but I was looking at buying one a couple of months ago, found this site, and have been hanging on to it. I do have a Fox body, however - a good old Fairmont.
Well, the only Fairmont message board I can find is slow, boring, and outdated. The ford truck website I hang out at is getting on my nerves. Plus you guys are hilarious. No other forum I have seen has such a dry sense of humor - everyone else takes it so seriously. Oh, and at one time, when the "music" thread was about 750 posts and counting, I read the whole thing, beginning to end. Is that initiation enough?
So is that uncool? Or can I hang out here, make saracastic comments, and ask advice on Fox-specific engines, transmissions, suspensions and frames?
--John
I dont mind.. welcome just hang your keys by the door :giggle:
I've got an '80 Z-7 myself as well...so you're welcome in my book.
I'm sure as hell not leaving my keys by the door :p
I'm fairly new but fairmounts are OK with me.
Welcome...
Can you hang out? NO! ;)
Sure man, stick around. This place feels like my second home- it's still nice and small, without too much BS going on.
By the way, if I might ask- what ford truck website do you go to? Is it ford-trucks.com? Just curious, because I was on there for a little while, and if that's where you're talking about then I know what you mean.
You can only hang out if you offer up your firstborn, we're greedy s on here :giggle:
Nah, you're cool as far as I'm concerned. Better check with the gods of the board, lest you be smitten!
you dont have too go home but yeh cant stay here...
jk
as oong as your running a ford your good in my book. and if your not running a ford ill just make fun of your car.
A fox-body is a fox-body, They havnt thrown me out yet :D
wait a minute, what is tbirdscott still doing here? Who told him about the new board?
Fox Boxes Rule! Welcome!
My grandmother had a Fairmont. That thing is long gone now though.
Sure you can hang out here, but did anyone tell you we like pictures?
Post pics or get out :deal:
Nah, I'm just kidding about the get out part. Enjoy your stay :D
You must mean:
http://groups.msn.com/Fairmont302MembersClub
Yeah, only a few new messages a day over there. :sleep:
Welcome to the site. We'd love to see some pictures, if you have them.
Awesome - you guys kick ass!
I'll post some sweet pictures soon, ya'll are going to love it.
I cant offer my first born yet - but the first person to call it gets it.
I play around on Ford Truck Enthusiasts but don't really post too much. Its a great site with an infinate amount of archived posts - but theres just a little too much BS floating around that comes from misconceptions and other stupid stuff. Not to point fingers, but this thread is what really set me off - 5.0 vs. 4.9:
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=451857
I'm really kind of 6 cylinder geek, and I love my 300 - but the guys on there that are defending it are delusional. They talk up the 300 like it has super powers. Happens all the time, this is just the most recent example.
welcome aboard
:ttiwwp: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin:
All I have now is an 88 Ranger with a carbed 2.0 and I'm still welcome, atleast I think. Of course I had a T-bird when I first came in.
Welcome to the board and enjoy your stay!:hick:
here's a ridiculous picture to tide you over. its pouring down rain and i dont have any of the car yet.
Ha, yeah I know what you mean. I know I saw a post on there one time by a guy asking if people thought his F-150 with a 300 could beat his friend's chevy with a 350 in a drag race.
There's a couple guys on there that are knowitall a-holes too.
Yeah for real. I remember that post too - I think the everyone jumped in and said "hell ya man that there 300 makes more torque than a 460 it will rip that cheby's guts out." I used to defend the little old 300 because its an incredible engine, so old tech especially to have lasted until 1996, and even have EECIV EFI with a knock sensor. But when I started seeing people blatantly spew out total BS (the 300 makes more torque than a 351! Its better than a cummins!) the site kinda lost its credibility. Still an incredible database, I dont want to talk it down too much.
So, I just took pictures with my digital camera - but they're too big to upload. I swear I'm not computer illiterate, but what do I do? I checked the sticky - theyre JPG files - how do I downsize them?
i'll second that, talk about a dry humorless board:yuck:
is the fairmont site you mentioned http://www.ford-fox.org ? some good info but its been pretty dead for years now.
Someone already mentioned it - its the msn group http://groups.msn.com/Fairmont302MembersClub
Nice guys I guess, but nothing goes on.
I've never been to the Ford-Fox site before - it looks kinda cool.
have you ever been to http://www.fordsix.com there is some great info on there about the 300. i totaly agree about fte sucking. i used to spend time on there but there are better things i can do with my time than that.
Yeah that site is pretty cool. I usually just lurk around there and daydream, but I rarely post at all since my 300 is just a daily driver that I hardly work on. It seems like most of the action is for the Falcon six, which doesnt do much for me. But there are some hardcore 300 drag racers on there that really know their stuff.
the pic in strange rangers avitar is awsome. my truck is bone stock but i have been planning some upgrades so i have been askin alot of questions lately + i post alot in the social places.
Welcome :hick: . We like all fox bodies even the boxes :D .
Were you from?
North Georgia area. Live in Gainesville, commute to school in Dahlonega. I find myself in Dawsonville and spooging alot too. Anybody else from around here?
Anyone? Help! BAD ASS PICTURES AWAITING!
send 'em to Tcj429@yahoo.com
ill postem up for ya
send me the picture via email and ill rezize it for ya
Assuming your using windows open picture in paint, go to IMAGE at the top of the window, select STRETCH/SKEW from the list and enter a number less than 100 in the top two box and Save As to somewhere you can find it then at the bottom of the post window click on Manage Attachments and add your pics.
Boom!
Im just right across the line in TN:flame:
I'm not gonna lie, I had to mapquest East Ridge - but you aint far away at all.
and heres a smaller verizon for the 56kers lol
(http://members.tccoa.com/lovemycougar/DSC01473small%20(Small).jpg)
good grief, that looks like an ex government car with the dog dishes on it:D
oh yeah!
The rear end looks pretty good with the aluminum bumper on it - I had to take it off to get it on the trailer and theres no point to putting it back on yet. There is a little body damage along the lower line, under the tailights and license plate panel - but its unoticeable with the straight bumper on it.
breath taking......i want one ;) did those come in 4 doors?:rolleyes:
same suspension front and rear and fox k member/ engine bay as a fox stang and tbird?
i need a good grocery giter....and a home for my tbirds old drivetrain.....
i love it....lol
what other cars out there sit on the fox platform anyway guys?
i actually wanted a mid/late 60s 4 door fairlane with a fi 5.0 HO and t5 pretty bad at one point. nice little family car ;)
I really want a white 4-door fairmont. Would be a neat car for a 2.3L Turbo, even if it were the non-intercooled 2.3L, it would be a kickass thing to see.
Heres a pretty good site about all cars Fox. http://blizzard.he.net/~foxbody/
Same everything as Fox Mustangs and Tbird/ Cougars (give or take)
My friend with a 1987 Mustang looked at the empty engine bay and said he could hardly tell a difference.
Yeah, the 4 doors are bangin. But the king of 4 door foxes is a Cop spec LTD LX.
Yes, but how often do you find an LTD LX, let alone a Police Interceptor?
Id be happy with a nice 4-door mont, and stuff the good factory stuff under it. Even the bench seat would be badass.
Fairmonts are pretty cool...ever since Forrest over on Turboford built that silver one with the black bullitts on it...man, that thing was pretty sweet.
That's actually a minimum requirement. ;) Welcome.
WTF, I dont have a t-bird or cougar can I hang, Do we look like a charity or a homeless shelter:giggle:..................Cool with me Welcome aboard.
Or he might lick you to death!
I think for that occasion, this one would be more appropraite --> :barf:
... followed by a cigarette...
oook getting this back on to more civil discussions...I'm gonna be a post w and post up the pic of this sweet fairmont I saw at WFC years back (in 2000), haven't seen the thing there since even though WFC has been in St. Louis every year since then.
i've got the spedo from an LX for my t-bird:flip: cost a pretty penny but its cool
i used to have a 79 fairmont 4 door loved that car i even have an old vhs movie we made with it
edit: and that was the first car i went to the back seat in
BOO-YA-KASHA...
This is one hell of a Fairmont
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-ford-fairmont-drag-car_W0QQitemZ8033234441QQcategoryZ33651QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I like it too... Looks like it would be fun with 300hp + 5 speed and a nice throaty exhaust
Sorry to hijack but
Thunder306 this must be the first time I've noticed that picture of your car in your sig. Makes me all fuzzy inside. :tg: Nice man. lol
thanks man... I'm looking to get rid of the tc hood for a 2.5" cowl, not now but when she gets painted again. The black is getting old for me ( 8 years black now lol ) I think I'm going back to its origional color silver metalic or something as crazy as that sounds in the next year or two... I have to chill out this year I put like 4k in it last year :shoothead
Dug out my scanner and thought I would post a pic of a couple fairmonts (and a most likely scared honda) that were at the car show a couple years ago. I had some better pics but I cant find them.. might be on a disc somewhere since I had my digital with me aswell. The blue one I saw at the track a couple times but this was the only time I has seen the black one before. Both had 302's