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friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

heres the deal---

the guy passed away and his son got the car. it may have been awhile for that stuff to get sorted out, and he recently gave my friend the car. so now my friend wants to sell it. he was a little unclear before but i corresponded with a member here and shot him a PM recently to let him know that now in fact, the car WAS in my friend's possession and he wanted to sell it. however he hasnt been on here in like 3 weeks so i gave him first dibs and now its going public cuz my friend needs to get rid of the thing.

i gave it a good once-over, though, and its a cream puff. he said ~70000 miles, its got the 3.8 v6,two-tone, this light tan-ish color on top and brown on the bottom. has the original wire wheels (i think theyre in the form of hubcaps?) the headlights look like glass, made me VERY jealous. still has original exhaust, only the brackets for the ler are rusty, etc. but the rest of the underside of the car is beautiful save the driveshaft, axles and pumpkin which have surface rust, must be typical of these cars, same with mine!

no rust on the fenders, lower quarters etc where there normally is rust. he said the car never saw a winter so that makes sense. i could not spot body rust ANYWHERE.

all cloth seats, grey interior, whole interior is in great shape. manual temp control.

 
if anyone is interested i should be able to get some pics this weekend. even if hes not home its sitting in his driveway so i could still stop and get pics. when hes home ill be able to get the engine bay, detailed interior shots, more info, etc, and maybe an asking price. hes not real sure. however i informed him of the relatively low value of our cars, so he understands that though its beautiful it wont fetch tons of $$.
 
btw not sure if its an 87 or 88 lol but its one of the two. i think 88 but im like 70% sure on that.
 
 
im in upstate new york--guilderland, which is right near albany (capital region).
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #1 –
if it has the newer intake, not the cfi one.. thone one that kinda looks like ours... its an 88 if it has the py cfi its 87.


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friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #2 –
oh ok thanks ill be sure to check that!
 
 
alright i cant find the friggin original thread, maybe it was deleted. this guy is my friend's neighbor, lived right across the street and down a couple houses. cuz im sure some of you are like wtf because you may not have seen the original thread. but really all you gotta know is whats in this thread.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #3 –
I remember the original thread, would like to see some pics of the car.

Scott
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

Doh!!!

Reply #4 –
well good and bad news. bad--it may have already sold. i went over today and he said his friend was in an accident, so his early 90s sentra has finally been laid to rest (it was a heap) so he might be selling him the cougar. the guy's alright, he doesnt BEAT on cars, and would likely respect this much more than the sentra but still its too bad it cant go to one of us. however he will let me know if the deal falls through which it might, so heres the pics anyway.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #5 –
the rest of the pics
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #6 –
my bird is identicle color wise

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #7 –
haha thats right! and the wires wheels too, thats pretty neat.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #8 –
he got lucky.. he has the full digi dash :D

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #9 –
yeah i noticed that, was a little surprised--its a base model, LS.
 
oh  btw i figured out its a 1988, and didnt look under the hood for CFI/EFI, just looked on the reg. sticker.:grinno:
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #10 –
Well, that, and I think the 10th digit of the VIN should also tell you.

H = 1987
J = 1988
1988 Thunderbird Sport V8 - only 1 previous owner, and 110% bone stock so far... and sold to Nate!
 

friend's immaculate 3.8 87/88 cat available again

Reply #11 –
What's he asking for it
:cougarsmily:~Karen~