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Drove the Cougar to work today...

Reply #15
Quote from: thunderjet302;239772
It's not the kind but the ammount. If it's anything like in Chicago the streets are white with salt from the first snow (any ammount even 1/4" will cause the salt trucks to come out) till a good rain in late March/early April.
 
 
So will you now stop driving the XR7 in the winter? ;)

My car doesn't see the snow or salt it hiebernates for the winter.
I do snow removal and the last couple of years we did salt a lot more for lack of snow "ice".
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

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Reply #16
Quote from: dominator;239750
Hey that looks familiar,my 88 was like that.
My advice would be to grind the mounts right off the chassis and fab/weld up entirely new units.
Thoses mounts where always weak and had way to many holes in them to allow for water and  intrusion.
By the way ron,you need new PIPE extensions man those things are terrible looking compaired to the rest of the exaust.

LMAO yeah I plan to get some real polished stainless tips for it over winter, was strapped for cash at the time I did the duals and use cheap Chrome tips....
That is the plan about the mounts too Chirs.. I will fab up something similar to the factory look, but a whole lot stronger....

Quote from: thunderjet302;239772
It's not the kind but the ammount. If it's anything like in Chicago the streets are white with salt from the first snow (any ammount even 1/4" will cause the salt trucks to come out) till a good rain in late March/early April.

So will you now stop driving the XR7 in the winter? ;)


your right, it is the same way up here...  as for not winter driving it anymore... I only did the first year I had it as I couldnt afford another set of wheels at the time....  this year she goes away for storage....

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Reply #17
Hey, mine looks like yours. LOL
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #18
I have a set of BRAND NEW tbird/cougar/mark straps in my car, since im pulling eveyrthing off it, ill sell them
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

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Reply #19
for a quick fix run a long bolt through the trunk floor and use the strap... thats whats been holdin the tank up on my bird for the past3 yrs

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Reply #20
Quote from: daminc;239816
Hey, mine looks like yours. LOL


I just realized it, there's paint and undercoating in the back of my car.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #21
Quote from: 87thunderbirdBlackJack;239874
for a quick fix run a long bolt through the trunk floor and use the strap... thats whats been holdin the tank up on my bird for the past3 yrs


hahahah, Im not drilling any holes in this car...  my temp fix till pay day was a couple of 500lbs ratchet straps, lol....:mullet: :hick: :rollin: