1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #15 – April 15, 2007, 10:46:59 PM Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;140363The thing is (on the crushed Coug), the smash is straight and level, like a dumpster or Mack truck, not round like a tree. *shudder*So, I drug the Sport home. Observations:87 Sport, Oxford White on Shadow Blue cloth. Dual power sets, EATC, etc, loaded except moonroof and leather! The rear axle code is M (2.73 trac-loc), AND it's an 8.8" The interior is just stellar! Headliner is mint, dual lighted visors, UNCRACKED dash! The "Systems Sentry" plate is blank though (wierd). The wack to the passenger side intruded the door jamb BAD. Poor car was really nice maybe a year ago. Jerk parked it in a field of grass to rot for 6 months. I gotta figure what's wrong with it (cranks, no start, has fuel and spark from coil). Here's some pics after spending THREE HOURS washing it!!Also, it has the metal rear window trim, "Star Wars" gauges, EATC, keyless, and that stupid overflow bottle I wanted :hick:That friggin' thing looks better than my old '87 Sport, underside damage or not.The systems sentry panel is blank because the disco dash incorporates those functions. I've got a blank one in my car out of that parts TC (it didn't have systems sentry - is that odd in a TC?). I note it has the non-sport seats as well - the Sport seats didn't come in Sports until '88.As for the rear end, if it's an 8.8 it's the first '87 non-TC I've ever heard of with one. I've heard of a few 88 Sports sneaking out of the factory, but never an '87. All Sports had traction lock, though Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #16 – April 15, 2007, 10:59:44 PM It's DEFINATELY an 8.8. The thing is, when we were towstrapping it, the truck read 55MPH (and the truck is within 1-2 MPH of actual), the Sport read 61. Could be a swap? Or a really late 87? I have to dig some more. Don't let the pics fool you, it sat in a flooded field for the last 6 months, the underside is RUSTY! I can touch the gas tank through the trunk floor! It's sad too, because you can see it used to be really well taken care of. Tomorrow I'm going to crawl all over it with the camera to assess whether it's "safe" or not and document the damage/options. The paint is stained to all hell (sap tree) which sucks. At least they didn't mess up the interior. The non-sport seats have power recline though, kinda neat! Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #17 – April 15, 2007, 11:06:29 PM Yeah, it looks pretty loaded up - mine didn't have the EQ, only had one power seat, didn't have power recline, or any of the lighting options. Some day I WILL own one of these cars with the automatic lights and mirror! Just to say I did!I know you haven't spent much time under it, but is that rear sway bar as big as the TC one? My '88 had a rear sway bar, but it was only about half as thick as the TC one. The was about as big as a pencil. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #18 – April 15, 2007, 11:17:45 PM Wow, another power recline car... I've been trying to find another forever. My sport came like that and the only other one I've seen was in a junkyard and I definately nabbed the power recline stuff from it (seats were trashed) Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #19 – April 15, 2007, 11:20:59 PM The rear end looks IDENTICAL to Layla's (except the brakes). Remember though, I've never owned a Sport, and I've spent maybe 5 minutes under this thing. I did go through all of the paperwork on the car and checked off the options:5.0 V8 EFIAODSport Coupe (blacked out trim/mirrors/taillights/locks)TC style center consolefloor shift with leather shifterdual power seatspower reclinepower windowspower mirrorsEATC with rear defrost and A/CPremium Sound with EQPower antenna (chrome antenna, black base)front license plate thing (yes, it is NOT broken :D )auto-dimautomatic headlampsilluminated c-pillars and footwells (and glovebox and console box)dual lit visorspower trunk releasepower gas releasestar wars gauges with trip do-hickey (a LOT fancier then the "base" gauges my Cougar had)digital clockcruise controlalmost but not quite TC style steering wheelinterval wiperstiltkeyless entrylit locks2.73 posi rear (has an 8.8 with sway bar, unkown whether it's original yet)TC sized front sway barlots of rust, a big dent, a wrinkled 1/4, and warped rotors :hick:Also the blue seats have a lighter blue/grey middle. I've never seen that (made them look Charcoal/Raven in the py pics I was sent). And the drivers seat belt receptacle is perfect, the passenger one is busted. Wierd... Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #20 – April 16, 2007, 12:03:06 AM Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;140384The rear end looks IDENTICAL to Layla's (except the brakes). Remember though, I've never owned a Sport, and I've spent maybe 5 minutes under this thing. I did go through all of the paperwork on the car and checked off the options:5.0 V8 EFIAODSport Coupe (blacked out trim/mirrors/taillights/locks)TC style center consolefloor shift with leather shifterdual power seatspower reclinepower windowspower mirrorsEATC with rear defrost and A/CPremium Sound with EQPower antenna (chrome antenna, black base)front license plate thing (yes, it is NOT broken :D )auto-dimautomatic headlampsilluminated c-pillars and footwells (and glovebox and console box)dual lit visorspower trunk releasepower gas releasestar wars gauges with trip do-hickey (a LOT fancier then the "base" gauges my Cougar had)digital clockcruise controlalmost but not quite TC style steering wheelinterval wiperstiltkeyless entrylit locks2.73 posi rear (has an 8.8 with sway bar, unkown whether it's original yet)TC sized front sway barlots of rust, a big dent, a wrinkled 1/4, and warped rotors :hick:Also the blue seats have a lighter blue/grey middle. I've never seen that (made them look Charcoal/Raven in the py pics I was sent). And the drivers seat belt receptacle is perfect, the passenger one is busted. Wierd...Has all the options mine does but mine dosen't have a floor shifter. Mine has leather seats though. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #21 – April 16, 2007, 12:06:36 AM What are "star wars gauges" ?And power recline? is that just the tilt back and forth front and rear up and down type recline? i have that and thought all the bird power seats were like that. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #22 – April 16, 2007, 12:14:01 AM Quote from: Jim_Miller;140395What are "star wars gauges" ?And power recline? is that just the tilt back and forth front and rear up and down type recline? i have that and thought all the bird power seats were like that.Star Wars guages are the full digital dash option. Power recline is a kind of rare option. The seat backs are power up and down. That is in addition to the 6 way power seat option. You couldn't get power recline with Sport Seats though. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #23 – April 16, 2007, 12:17:54 AM thunderjet302 - Well, you also have metallic paint, 2-tone paint, and leather :DAnd yes on the star wars and power recline. This is the 1st power reclin I've seen in real life. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #24 – April 16, 2007, 12:19:16 AM Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;140401thunderjet302 - Well, you also have metallic paint, 2-tone paint, and leather :DAnd yes on the star wars and power recline. This is the 1st power reclin I've seen in real life.Power recline is fun isn't it? :D Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #25 – April 16, 2007, 12:30:05 AM My Sport has the thicker sway bars and quad shock,also the TL 2.73 rear.....until I install my 8.8. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #26 – April 16, 2007, 01:05:03 AM how does one tell it's a sport? I assumed it would say "Sport" like in the rear by the "Thunderbird" or on the Dsah, But I don't see it in eather of the pictures. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #27 – April 16, 2007, 02:35:09 AM Sports have blacked out trim and the floor shifter, iirc. Thats how mine is too, and Aero's is as well. Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #28 – April 16, 2007, 08:13:35 AM Sports are identified by the VIN - base Birds would be 60, Sports, 61, LX's 62 and Turbo Coupes 64. All T-Birds start out 1FABP, so a Sport would start out 1FABP61 Quote Selected
1987 Sport Coupe is here, pics page 2! Reply #29 – April 16, 2007, 09:54:25 AM Really? I learned something today! :hick: Quote Selected
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