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Heres the new addition.

Reply #15 –
nice bird...  I have a centercap for those wheels if your interested in having a spare.  pm me if interested.

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Reply #16 –
Nice Box Fox. Are those TRX wheels? I'd never been a big fan of the 80-82 Birds, but it seems that every time I see a nice one they come up several notches in my esteem. It probably helps that the boxy look is so rare to see nowadays, now that all the K-cars and G-bodies have rusted away. I really like 'em now, and I'm actually at the point I'd like to have one, but it'd be near impossible to find a decent one around here...

Ron: I don't know how Ford did it in those cars, but when we install radios in undercover police cars there's a module that goes between the factory radio and factory antenna, and the police radio plugs into that module. I was gonna snag one in case I ever wanted to install a CB in the 'Bird, but didn't bother because the new ones are all meant for the digital 900MHz frequency that newer police radios use.
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Reply #17 –
88turbo, I just sent a PM

1wld brd, Along with the car I got the factory electrical manual which has all the diagrams for how its set up, I can get you a copy if you want.

Thunder Chicken, yes they are TRX wheels, Actually the car came with whitewall Michelin TRX tires which are n/l/a. Right now it has blackwall TRX's but the guy had the correct whitewall TRX's which are on another set of those rims so I have a set for driving and the correct set for shows. When this bodystyle was new I really didnt like it either but over time it has grown on me, I guess since you just dont see many. Between my dad and myself we have had 35 Birds and atleast one of every series except the 80-82 so considering that along with it being a special anniversary one just had to get it.

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Reply #18 –
I have to say, I've never been a huge fan of pre-Aero Fox Birds, but this T-Bird is pretty shagy.

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Reply #19 –
Quote from: Dansbirds;180697

1wld brd, Along with the car I got the factory electrical manual which has all the diagrams for how its set up, I can get you a copy if you want.
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Yes please.

Thanks man.

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Reply #20 –
Yeah, it has to be a special type of antenna.  A normal antenna can only pick up signals.  A CB antenna has to be a two way antenna to both pick up signals and transmit signals.  If it's not it will blow up the CB.  I'm also curious as to how this works.  I got a nice CB for my bird and it would be cool to use it without the whip.
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Reply #21 –
Sweet:D . I have a pic of one of those done up with a EFI 347 from a T-bird show this year. I'll have to find the pic and post it.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #22 –
Here ya go :D








88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #23 –
That was a nice find for sure. I'm not a big fan of the box foxes either but that is one that I would definitely not turn my nose up to. The color scheme works beautifully with the amount of chrome and style of the car.

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Reply #24 –
OK, I have no idea how the hell I missed this the first time around.

You mentioned another '80 as well in the other thread?

The old C&D article on these (the tested car had the Recaros) was what turned up my interest in the Box Foxes.
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Reply #25 –
Quote from: Chuck W;214407
OK, I have no idea how the hell I missed this the first time around.

You mentioned another '80 as well in the other thread?

The old C&D article on these (the tested car had the Recaros) was what turned up my interest in the Box Foxes.


Chuck:
As soon as it gets here I will let you know. I dont know much about this one as it was a car I bought without ever seeing it($200) All I know is that it was from an estate sale and it has around 40k miles. The guy that had it till I bought it had driven it for the past couple years and it started acting up(from what he says it sounds like a plugged cat) but he was going to crush it if it didnt sell so I felt compelled to save it. I bought it back in January but it was buried in a storage place up in Maine.

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Reply #26 –
Very nice.  That would make a nice mate for my 82 Cooga Wagon.:D
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