Here are a couple of my new project. 1981 T-Bird Town Landau. I'm in the process of transplanting the 8.8 from my smashed '87, as well as a rebuilt AOD and an '89 mustang 5.0 converted to carb.
Looks good. Love the turbines on it.
that looks like its in good shape, what are the door and fender bottoms like? any interior pics?
the car is in nice shape. I looked it over when I picked up some parts last week. Speaking of that.... I will stop by tomorrow and grab some other stuff off it, if thats ok Ron.
wow, that's the first Box Bird i've seen with turbines on, and I have to say i really like the way it looks.
Wish I coulda got that white 5.0 '81 from the junkyard i used to work, and I've a set of turbines that woulda looked good on it...
Anyway, ed nice car!:D
Nice.
I wish I had the room to tear into my '80 XR-7. Gotta wait for that though.
Nice.
I wish I had the room to tear into my '80 XR-7. Gotta wait for that though.
If you do what you said to it, you cant get more of a slepper than that.
hey nice.. i would love to check that out sometime
Any interior pics?
Nice, gotta give it up for the Towne Landaus. Those coach lights are sweet.
Nice box Bird. It looks great with the turbines. So much better than with the factory wheels.
I'll snap a few after work today.
Ahem *taps foot* :D
LMAO!:rollin: :giggle: :D I just pictured Sonic the hedgehog with that line. LOL
HA Now that takes me back.
oops! Uh ...right, I forgot:sleep:
Here we go. The fabric is sun faded almost white . Door bottoms are very good shape. It looks like it was oil sprayed..a lot!
Oh I love it! I wonder if the console out of an 83 would fit?
i think all foxes are interchangable. i could be wrong though...i have been before
The bottom of the box dash doesn't look like its made for a console though... You can see the bottom of the dash under the radio surround.
The consoles on the box-Foxes were different
(http://www.turbochuck.com/images/80%20XR-7/80xr7interior_s.jpg)
If you can find a console out of an LTD or an LTD LX they would work since they are the same dash/console.
I have always thought of those cars as the 2-door versions of my late, great, beloved fox-chassis LTD.
The car looks AWESOME with turbines on it.
Thanx for all the comments.:D I've been busy getting the old drivetrain ready to come out.(This weekend I hope) As far as interior mods go, I'm trying to keep it stock as possible . Thanks for the console info Chuck. That is the one mod that I would like to do, more so, if the linkage for the AOD gives me too much trouble. I'll post more pics as I get things done.
If you wana keep it looking stock but have some goodies hidden I put a mini tach in to the clock so it revs from 12 o'clock, and I was able to mount my cd player where the ash tray goes and hinge the cover off the front of it so you flip the door down (it actually has hinge points in it that line up almost perfect to the width of a stereo) and attach the face plate and when its off you can close it up so nobody will ever know :D
Quick question...
Do the rear springs still happen to have their little tags on them?
If so can you read them?
Just curious.
Chuck
It's raining like hell right now , so I'll have a look see when it quits. The whole underneath is covered with 1/2 an inch of oil spray so if they are there I should be able to read em. just checked...sorry no tags
So, it stop raining yet? :D
Lookin good. Makes me nostalgic for that old 82 XR-7 my mother had...
It's hard to see right now as I have the front end jacked up to pull the motor. I hope to have it out this weekend. Then I'll be jacking the rearend up and I'll know for sure if the tags are there. They might be up top, out of sight.
No worries. I guess I missed your edit post.
If they're there, they're there, if not, no big deal.
I've been busy working on the project last month:cheers:
The Cougar 8.8 went in with pretty easy. Only downside is that the way the gas tank sticks out on the pass. side, i can not use my quad shocks. Engine and trans went in easy too. I had to use the trans cross member from my '87 Bird because the C4 one was 2 inches off. I used the motor mounts that were in the '81 since they looked fairly new. I had to have a drive shaft made and did some mix-n-matching of brackets to eliminate the AC bracket.
Last Sunday I added the fluids, charged the battery and it roared to life, literally (open headers). Pretty sure the the family next door was NOT impressed.:shakeass: After running it for about 20 min. checking for leaks, setting the timing etc. It was time for a drive around the block.:evilgrin: Yee Haw!! That was fun! Took it pretty easy tho, I haven't adjusted the Lokar cable with a gauge yet. Going for exhaust and tranny adjustment tomorrow.
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nice box bird
I know the open headers feeling. I reciently did that with the Fila and the houses near me were not happy either. Great job on the car so far. Keep up the good work
Excellent. I've been busy working on my box Cat(in the General Discussion forum) the past couple weeks. Good to see more progress made on yours
Think you will actually be able to beat me this time when we line 'em up? :shakeass: :nkhk: I know, I will keep the V6 in it so you at least have a chance. LMAO!:rollin: :giggle: :laughing:
Nice work Ron, I gotta get down there and check it out and show you the progress on your old bird. :sawzall: :welder: :hick: :cool:
OOOOH! Ouch! Felt that one in the nads.:nkhk: I'm not sure if I want to try running ya. If I lost to a V6 I'd have to kick MYSELF in the nutz.:pbb:
I took it to Vic's Performance Transmission today to get the TV cable set up right and got the duals put on. It's a little louder than my 87 was so my plan to keep it a sleeper is down the tubes.:disappoin
With the rain today it was hard to tell how the shift kit will work out. 2nd gear hits pretty hard tho:grinno: Still lots of work to do but at least its mobile.