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New Poster old bird

First of all let me say how glad I was to stumble on this site. For the longest time I thought I was pretty much alone on the 80 TC,s. You dont see many and you dont hear of many being restored.

A little History. In 86 I bought my TC new. It was the first real new car I had purchased. Had it undercoated pretty much babied it.It was an every day driver for me for years. As the family grew it became a little to small and was pretty much replaced. I had thought several times over the years to get rid of it but sentimental value and family history made me keep it. Hell I brought my fist kid home from the hospital in the thing when she was born. That child is now 26  and the old TC  has sat in the garage for the last 15 years under cover next to its older relative a 64 T-Bird I restored.

There is nothing I would like to see more than it to be restored to its former glory. But my biggest fear is finding after market parts.

And the fact that after 26 years finding tech info may be a night mare

But after reading the posts of some of you that have restored your TC,s it gives me hope that she can be saved from the wrecking yard.

I will post pics as I tear into it, Thanks again for posting your restorations on here.

Tim

New Poster old bird

Reply #1 –
That's one  fine year!!!! I brought all 3 of my girls home from the hospital in the bird, its very special to us. Most of the parts you need someone on here will get them to you, we all have something laying around.lol
1986 T-bird
347 stroker motor
185 AFR Heads
TrickFlow cam 224/232-542/563
Victor Jr. intake CNC ported
Quickfuel Holley 800 cfm
Hooker 1-3/4 long tubes
Custom built AOD
B&M 3000 stall
8.8 w/4.30 gears
UPR K-member,A-Arms,and coil-overs
UPR upper/lower control arms
Strange shocks/struts
26x10x15 M/T slicks
11.48@119.27
(coming soon Tremec 3550)
The Finished Product
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/

New Poster old bird

Reply #2 –
Hi and welcome!
...and there was light!

New Poster old bird

Reply #3 –
Need pics.

Good luck, and lots of us on this forum can find parts for you if you post in the wanted section.
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

New Poster old bird

Reply #4 –
Welcome from another long time Thunderbird owner (1983 Heritage).........its a great forum and really nice group of people here.  Would love to see some pics of the ride.








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

New Poster old bird

Reply #5 –
Welcome!! Now for some pics please    :hick: :beatyoass:


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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Reply #6 –
Welcome.  Glad you found this site, great people with great cars.
Mike

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Reply #7 –
Alright pic time. Here she is in all her faded glory. I got pumped after reading some of the restro threads and started some of the tear down. And forgot to take before pics. Shes pretty solid, surface rust mainly on the bottom door skin and rear quarters. Other than that shes fairly solid. I will see what damage is under the Zeibart when I get a blaster next week.

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Seems I did something wrong on the up load. Heres the address

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Reply #11 –
Welcome...
the pics work now.....
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #12 –
Nice looking Bird! Have fun working on her :D


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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Reply #13 –
Welcome! Nice bird bro!