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Tiny Boneyard score....UPDATE

Reply #15 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;427150
.......The interior looks mint. No fading on the seats, package shelf, nothing. Looks like it had been garage kept forever. The ashtrays were like new. No smoking in that car. Headliner is mint as well. It has a base dome light, not the one with the extra lights on the side. Beautiful interior.........


I'm always amazed how cars like this end up in junkyards??  Doesn't someone have a slight clue it may be worth something if it's that clean? :confused:

Don't post any pictures of it, don't want to get sick! :hick:

Good score on your parts though.
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Reply #16 –
I may grab a pic or two when I go next week. Sad, but it is helping my car out, so, the circle of life.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #17 –
I was able to grab some pieces from the car.....

-Dew wipes...still rubbery and great
-headliner...minty (may recover it for the Sport)
-Power door lock delete pieces (fill the holes where the door lock switches go)
-Column covers (column shift...NO TILT!!!)
-Package tray cover in blue (minty, the board is still stiff, no fading or damage)
-a/c-heater controls.... defrost delete
-manual window regulators and handles. (Super nice shape)
-dash cubby...very nice
-crack free blue dash
-Minty fresh blue sun visors with no lights.

It's crazy. I've never seen such a low optioned car. None of the following....

trunk release
fuel door release
tilt
power locks
defroster
electric windows
dome light with the two side lights on it
intermittent wipers
power seats
Cruise control

Those are the things I see in nearly every one of these cars...for the most part, but this car had none of it. I'm glad I got most of the hard to find stuff. I have never seen power door lock delete inserts before either.

Now, lunch, relax for a minute, and then go ship some package I needed to ship last Friday.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #18 –
vinne, how hard would a power door to manual conversion be?

I allotted the money I had for those doors into this other cougar instead, I was waiting for this car for quite a few years.

if you don't have a place for the manual window stuff, i will have money for you.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #19 –
Haystack, It would be very easy. There were 3 rivets on each side, but small bolts would do the trick easily. Remove the glass from the top of the door, then pull the tracks and motors out, replace this set up and bolt it in. It actually weighs very little, and it's an easy set up. I also grabbed the handles as well with no damage to them. The only "mod" to install these would be to cut a small hole in your door panel for the crank shaft to go through. The hole in the door itself is already there. Personally, it's only the second Bird I've ever seen with roll up windows, and the first in the '87/'88 model Bird.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #20 –
And by the way Haystack....I won't be keeping these regulators. LOL.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #21 –
Why do all the really nice cars end up in the junkyards and then when one finally pops up for sale locally, It's usually really beat down and worn out...

- JDB
~Project ThunderStorm = '84 Charcoal Thunderbird - First Car - Long Time Work in Progress~
~Project (No Name Yet) = 1970 Plymouth GTX/RR "Clone"~

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Reply #22 –
I've got a set of manual regulators to put in mine sometime...gonna have to be warmer than 16 degrees for that to happen. Cue Spring in 3...2......................
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)
 

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Reply #23 –
Quote from: Romeo2k;427552
Why do all the really nice cars end up in the junkyards and then when one finally pops up for sale locally, It's usually really beat down and worn out...

- JDB

Good question. If I knew then what i know now, I would have bought the car. He told me (too ate) that he was thinking of just selling it for $600 when he got it in so he could make some money and move on. $600........that would've been awesome. But I didn't know that til after I went at it three times in 2 months. This was very well taken care of. The interior had virtually no signs or wear. The seats had no fading and no wear even on the driver seat.No dusty pieces at all. Had to have been garage kept. At this point, though, I can't really think of anything I want from it. I may think of something before they give it the crush.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..