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Reply #15
Quote from: EricCoolCats;174222


So...who's calling? ;)


Probably someone who is actually interested AND actually HAS THE MONEY to do something of the sort.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon-  '81 Granada GL 2dr

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Reply #16
"Spare  Parts  Inventory
A complete spare parts inventory is maintained for all conversions that we build. Most shipments can be made the same day.
"

Maybe they still have cougar parts, Or even Bird parts if they ever made em.
~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 #17
Quote from: Chuck W;174230
Probably someone who is actually interested AND actually HAS THE MONEY to do something of the sort.


Eric it is lol
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

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Reply #18
I Wish I Had Vert Ads....i Might Roll Over To Gainsville One Day And Check The Place Out Its About 30 Miles From Me
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Reply #19
That would be cool.. Maybe they would take interest in a conversion they did over 20 years ago and check for spare parts or even make some.
One 88

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Reply #20
I would love to put one of their convertibles and the car craft convertibles side by side to see the differences.

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Reply #21
Quote from: EricCoolCats;174222
Here's the company info:

Coach Builders Limited Inc.
1410 South Main Street
High Springs, FL 32643
Parts/Service: 386-454-2060
coachbuilders@alltel.net
http://www.coachbuildersltd.com/

Looks like just the area code changed on the phone number, compared to the original 1985 ad. Nice.

So...who's calling? ;)


I called them........ company name is still the same.

Larry Moran talked for a while and he said he joined the company back in 82.

He remembers doing a few cougar verts and more specifically ,, he remembers that the Tbird was not done for many reasons that made the whole setup not so practical.  The Back window on the cougar compared to the tbird was the problem.  Doing a vert to a bird of that body style was not something they decided to follow through with but thats not to say another company didnt do the vert bird either.
I guess you could say in short, they were not satisfied that they could keep the bird looking like a bird with respect to the back window after the top was up.
Larry also mentioned that he remebers doing the cougar verts but not directly for any one dealer.  He also said there are really no records available to support any info on how many were done.

Also,,, no they are not interested in doing any more verts or kits on these cars.  That would call for refering to information / drawings / data that they no longer have.  Parts are probably out of the question as well.

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Reply #22
Awesome info!
Too bad they won't do anymore work on our cars though. :mad:
Makes 'em all the more rare though. :hick:
~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 #24
Car Craft ( sp) did.

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Reply #25
Quick question. Were all Vert Cougars white with red interior?
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

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Reply #26
Quote from: cougrrr302;174468
Quick question. Were all Vert Cougars white with red interior?


No they weren't; in fact I was going to buy one a couple years back that was all original, red exterior with tan leather interior, and a white top.  It was #56 (I think that's what it was) of the collection.  The guy wanted $1,800 for it and when I called him about it, he was asking me questions about it, and said that because of my knowledge of the Cougars, he'd give it to me for $1,500.  All it needed was the driver's side window regulator.  Still kicking myself for not having the money for it.
'86 cougar gone to the big yard.
'86&'88 Jeep Comanches.

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Reply #27
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Quick question. Were all Vert Cougars white with red interior?

LOL No, just seems like it though. ;)

There was definitely a very conservative color palette on the convertibles. So far I've seen...

White/red interior/white top
White/blue interior/blue top
Black/tan interior/tan top
Black/grey interior/black top
Black/red interior/black top
Red/red interior/white top
Red/red interior/black top

There are probably other combinations. Maybe even brown. :yuck:

 

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Reply #28
Quote from: jcassity;174420
do we know of any other company who did the conversions?

I think Car Craft did the majority of them. Eric's, Baxo's and Bearmax's are all Car Craft conversions (I think)...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #29
Yeah, we're all car craft conversions.