How rare is.. Reply #15 – July 26, 2007, 10:24:10 PM Quote from: Autocat;163645and no 87-88 verts?.IIRC there were 87-88 verts made, just not in the quantity the 83-86's were. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #16 – July 27, 2007, 02:10:32 AM QuoteIIRC there were 87-88 verts made, just not in the quantity the 83-86's were.87'-88's, there are about 24 total.86's. There are exactly 89 made.85's, at least 1684's unkown83's about 10Link to the coolcat site with the info. http://www.coolcats.net/fox/convertible.htmlThese are extremely rare cars, which is the only reason I would not like to see it done to one. Less than 200, most likely have been made, and that is VERY, VERY rare. I personaly hate to see rare cars altered to a large degree, since there are almost always a plentiful amount of the same cars that are NOT so rare. I'd even rather not see it done to a TC Bird either, and I don't care for the birds anywhere near as much as the cats, BUT, It's a free country though, thank God, and it would be yours. It would be kinda cool, and like my dad always said, 100 years from now....no one will really care much.:hick:You would pay allot less for a car to begin with that is not rare, making it cheaper, and there are plenty of TC hoods still around as well. I'd rather it even be done to a more common cat before a Turbo coupe. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE modified cars, because of thier individualality, but rare cars are already a little on the originality side to a degree anyway.My Black 88' is an XR7, and it will stay totaly stock.The silver car is an 86' XR7 Turbo, and fairly rare. I'm unsure what I may or may not do with it in the future.The other two 86' cars are LS's, and the yellow one has none of the original drivetrain in it except for maybe the power steering pump.After saying all that, it's your money, and it would be your car. You can always find someone who loves it, and another who hates, but when it comes down to it, it's all about you man. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #17 – July 27, 2007, 08:04:49 AM Actually to do it on a 'Bird, I believe the best bet is to use the top and all associated pieces from an '01-'05 Sebring convertible. My wife has an '01 and it parks beside my '83 in the garage, and the roofline is earily similar. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #18 – July 27, 2007, 08:09:20 AM Quote from: 4bangen;163610I would swap more than just the rears, I would swap front, rear, intiors, motor trans(tc stuff) if need be sheet metal aswell. Like I said my budy is an amazing body man. this would be well within his means. this is only an idea as of now. I dont even know if I realy want to do it.I mean the body side 'ridge' under the moldings are at different heights from one gen to the next. I've seen front clips swapped and it's nearly impossible to make it look natural. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #19 – July 27, 2007, 09:15:19 AM If I were to do it I'd start out with either a Sebring convertible donor car as 83 Heritage suggested, or better yet, an SN95 Mustang convertible. Since SN95's are Foxes and are closer in size and weight to our cars than they are to older Fox Mustangs I think the swap would be easier. Plus, parts are readily available and much easier to find than they would be for an 80's Cougar convertible that used a mish-mash of parts from other cars (including GM).If you simply want to swap 87-88 T-Bird sheet metal onto an 83-86 Cougar convertible I'd recommend cutting the front fenders in half, then welding the front half of the 87-88 fender to the back half of the 83-86 - that would eliminate the body side ridge problem. The rear sheet metal would require substantially more work... Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #20 – July 27, 2007, 09:42:19 AM I like the liftoff hardtop idea. :) Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #21 – July 27, 2007, 10:27:44 AM The Cougar has lived in the shadow of the T-Bird for many years. The one thing we have to ourselves...and it's worth hacking one up to make a T-Bird?! That's a switch. Although I detect jealousy is involved. It would be much easier to start with a T-Bird and cut its roof off. As mentioned, bracing would have to be done around the whole car. Subframe connectors are massive on the Car Craft convertibles...they are a necessity. Lots of additional bracing too. That's all without the roof mechanism being fitted and installed. This isn't a job for the weak.I have not run across any pre-made Fox Thunderbird convertibles. Seem to me they have to exist...probably in the Florida area. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #22 – July 27, 2007, 11:13:57 AM Ok I had my anser on page 2. thanks for all your input on this, but Im not willing to kill a car that only 20 exist. That would be a terable thing to do. I may look more into coversions on a bird,(not my tc) but that would be further down the road.thanks for the inputmatt Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #23 – July 27, 2007, 11:32:50 AM let's see some photoshops of what this would look like. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #24 – July 27, 2007, 12:31:37 PM I think the curved rear window would give a T-bird Vert. a Porche Carrera Cab. look. Very interested to see a PS. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #25 – July 27, 2007, 04:45:25 PM ill take one of my models and cut the top off and post a pic or two. I think it would look pritty cool(hence why I brought it up in the first place. Id photo-chop it but my comuter is down for a while.Im starting to ponder a turbocoupe speedster? hmmmm defanetly pondering! Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #26 – July 27, 2007, 06:29:59 PM QuoteActually to do it on a 'Bird, I believe the best bet is to use the top and all associated pieces from an '01-'05 Sebring convertible. My wife has an '01 and it parks beside my '83 in the garage, and the roofline is earily similar.this is what I was thinking. there's two of them parked on my way to work everyday, and thought they'd work, after reading this post yesterday. Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #27 – July 27, 2007, 06:38:09 PM Did anyone save the pics I posted in November of the convert for sale in Mexico? I went back to the post, but the link is dead. It was an 87 in red.Jim Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #28 – July 27, 2007, 08:25:50 PM Lemme get this straight... You want to take an extremely rare Cougar convertable and turn it into a t-bird? Quote Selected
How rare is.. Reply #29 – July 27, 2007, 10:13:45 PM So where is this 'Vert anyway and is it for sale? Quote Selected
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