Why I hate some 'Stang guys...

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Why I hate some 'Stang guys...

Reply #15 – November 12, 2005, 11:53:30 PM

no doubt about it. they ARE getting rare, and it wont be too much longer before they actually are. theres the good ones still out there. the boneyards for the most part have moved on. the one by me doesnt have anything older than a 95 of anything realy. eventually, its actually gonna be difficult to find good used turbo coupe parts...

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Reply #16 – November 13, 2005, 12:16:43 AM

A couple years back I got an '84 TC for $150 that I pulled the engine and tranny out of (I was looking for an engine to rebuild for my thunderbird). The car had no title and no keys, but it ran, and I STILL felt bad for junking it. It had been jumped at some point from what I could tell, there wasn't a straight panel on the car, somebody had crowbarred their way into the trunk, etc... If it woulda still had the keys, I probably would have kept it and fixed it up.

I did part out what I could from the car, the interior was nearly perfect, in fact I still have the seats from it (I wish somebody local would buy them), but unfortunately in the end it had to be junked. '84 Turbo Coupes are way more rare than the '87-88 ones too.

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Reply #17 – November 13, 2005, 02:36:29 AM

Quote from: srv1

Its not like these cars are rare. I see them often in the yard near me. So what is the big deal?

James

I want to know what junkyard you go to that has running '87-'88 or even complete turbo coupes...the average plain jane t-bird wasn't what this thread was about...it was about hacking a perfectly good running/looking T/C.

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Reply #18 – November 13, 2005, 11:07:41 AM

there are 5-6 87-88TC in a junkyard near me. most of them are in descent condition but they wont sell whole cars. There is also 2 86's and and 84TC in the same yard. none of which are totalled.

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Reply #19 – November 13, 2005, 11:18:38 AM

Quote from: Sick88Tbird

I want to know what junkyard you go to that has running '87-'88 or even complete turbo coupes...the average plain jane t-bird wasn't what this thread was about...it was about hacking a perfectly good running/looking T/C.

I can give you two: Gary's U-Pull-It where I live in Binghamton NY or Harry's U-Pull-It in Hazelton PA. Usually mine as at least one and Harry's when I go once or twice a year, usually has 3-5.

They will be getting rare but for now they arent, well at least in my area. I know of a guy who has 3 TC's in his front yard. I get my parts from him mostly. TC's arent rare right now and they are very cool cars. Of course any car will be rare after certain amount of years. I was never a fan of the turbo-4 in these heavy cars, but very cool none the less.

James

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Reply #20 – November 13, 2005, 11:22:35 AM

Also my friend had a beautiful 86 TC but it had no title. He stripped it and junked it. Nothing he could do to keep it. It was a straight body, nice shiny paint and it had working front fog lamps too. I didnt have my TBird at the time but if I did I would have ripped a bunch of parts off. He even told me to take what I want but I had no use for it at the time.

James

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Reply #21 – November 13, 2005, 11:44:09 AM

this place deals with mustangs turbo coupes and explorers http://www.midwestmustang.net/ bought a turbo from them a while back from what I understand they have alot of themand they are located here in kansas.

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Reply #22 – November 13, 2005, 12:54:28 PM

Well, then I guess Jersey is just T/C deficient. I have found one complete T/C in a yard and that was it. I couldn't find another one anywhere in south jersey. And actually seeing a T/C on the road around here happens as often as a blue moon. Jersey sucks!

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Reply #23 – November 13, 2005, 01:53:45 PM

I have NEVER seen at TC in a j/y with my own two eyes. In fact, I had only seen ONE on the road prior to moving to Michigan (counting mine I've seen two). I know someone with a TC in the back of their shop rotting away and they won't sell it. =/

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Reply #24 – November 13, 2005, 04:42:24 PM

jeez, There is always 2-3 tc's at a yard less then a mile from me, also, anywhere from 10-15 other tbirds,and about the same cougars.

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Reply #25 – November 13, 2005, 05:51:41 PM

I don't see many turbo coupes on the road here either. Besides mine, there's a guy up the road that has a few '87-88s, somebody else around town has an '83-84 or so turbo coupe (I don't know the exact year, but it has the 8-hole wheels on it), and some guy somewhere around here has an '87 or '88 TC that's the same color as mine except it has a white nose piece. I don't know what the deal is with the car (sorta sounds like it has a cat-back on it at least) or the guy (one time he peeled out in front of my house because he saw my car, and another day I was out working on it and he revved at me).

Other than that, I think 90% of the birds I see are 3.8's, and the rest must be 5.0's. There's a guy at school that has an '87 or '88, same color as my car, with the 8-hole wheels on it and dual exhaust. I'm guessing it's an '88 LX model with a 5.0?

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Reply #26 – November 13, 2005, 07:36:51 PM

While they're not TC's, there are about half-a-dozen other 'Birds around here that I see more or less quite often, there is another white with red interior '88, identical to mine, (had a run-in with cops about it one night, seems as if they thought I was them!!)
and another white with blue int, it's 87 I think, plus an older TC, probably 84 or 85, not real sure, plus we have slugs of 89 and newer Birds and Cougars...
I have 3 'Birds as it is...well 2 and a third, really.