Have you ever noticed... Reply #15 – January 20, 2007, 11:30:17 PM Quote from: Chuck W;124843To the rest they are "beaters", or just plain old and can't be worth anything since their not a fashionable, or collector car.Sure but give it time the fox stangs are going up maybe they'll drag the other foxes up with em. Plus i'll never let my cat go unless i find that convertable SN95 Gt 5 speed I want, even then it would have to go to a really good home. Quote Selected
Have you ever noticed... Reply #16 – January 21, 2007, 09:16:37 PM thats nothing, i just went to walmart and i was lookin for a random movie i'd watch to pass the time till tomarrow and i just so happend to pick up "a man apart" got vin diesel, havnt watched it yet, but when i examined the background of the cover guess what i see? i see a cop car and a Champaign (sp? silver) 1987-88 TURBO COUPE on fire. and on the back is a good picture of said car, ON FIRE. and i know its a TC b/c its got the red trim. when i watch it and if its not a turbo coupe i'll edit this.. but still, here we are searching far and wide for parts, and hollywood goes and blows up prolly a mint condition TC. **** those mother****ers. :2gunsfiri :shakehead Quote Selected
Have you ever noticed... Reply #17 – January 22, 2007, 09:58:38 AM I've owned and saved my share as well as stripped my share. If it's worth saving, I save it, and I think everybody knows I probably save some that SHOULD have been stripped (Layla for one...). Anyways, that Red TC with the nice red leather that I would LOVE to have is definately a parts car. The rust wouldn't make through a state inspection. Think of it like this:1. Rust?2. Hit badly? 3. Hole hacked into it anywhere?99% of TBirds/Cougars that can honestly say no to those are good and shouldn't be stripped. In my 27 Fox TBirds/1 Cougar though I have run into 2 exceptions. An 84 TC that was stolen, stripped, and then involved in a high-speed chase (all locks punched, half the interior was trashed, and a cop car PIT maneuvered it) and a 87 TC moonroof car (had been hit before in the rear, so they made an entire 1/4 panel from Bondo). So they got stripped as both were farrrr beyond saving. It's the nice, low mileage TC's that jerks strip for another Mustang and the nice DD Birds and Cats that families drag to junkyards for no apperant reason that confuse and infuriate me. I'm saving my part though (83TC from being sped, 88 Coug LS 5.0 from a redneck 4-wheeler, Layla from a JY, and the 87 Code 33 TC from a JY) The 83 and the 87 are both with new owners and getting new engines, the Coug was being enjoyed as of 6 months ago by a new family that loved Cougs and Layla is still in my driveway. If I had the money and space, I'd save more of them. Quote Selected
Have you ever noticed... Reply #18 – January 22, 2007, 10:47:02 AM Quote from: Chuck W;124733 People bitch about it, but those who bitch loudest are also the ones who won't step up to the plate (for whatever reason) and "save" the car.Here, Here!!:iagree: i hate parting one out, thats why i have a YARD full of cars. not because i dont have the time to part them, in my book they are too good a car to piece out. i agree with the chicken, whats good to someone in the north may not be to someone in the south(usually me) because i HATE anything with rust and/or filler in it covering rust. i wouldnt part any of the birds i have in my yard right now, but i have a Ranger GT that i picked up w/o a drivetrain. truck was used for "stump jumpin'" is what i say when theyve been treated very poorly. bed has wrinkles at the tail light, had a front clip put on it at sometime. windows left down in the rain, ETC, ETC..do i want to part it?, no, because of the same as Chuck, so few made. will i ever do anything with it?? no, because its to rough. will someone buy it like it is. prolly not for the same reason. so whats left?? part it to recoup some of my money, or let it sit till it becomes one with the earth? just to pass along my thoughts are prolly will strip it, keep what i want, sell the rest, and haul to the s yard whats left. NOT because i want to, but for the sake of recycling and space, its the thing to do...... Quote Selected
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