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Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #30 –
that is a good price, especially to have the frame fix properly.  And also to have a rust free Cougar back on the road rather then in the s yard....

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #31 –
Thanks everyone! It is a little out of what I wanted to spend but I mean what are you to do! I want the car fixed so its worth it. Actually about the rust thing...my dad found rust under the mud flap on the driver side fender but that is the fender getting replaced :D. So that's a good thing. I can't wait to get my car back and running!


Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #32 –
Can you get "in progress" pics?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #33 –
still waiting on my car to go up the frame puller..... then i'll get some pictures up


Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #34 –
Cool.You know everyone loves the pics.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #35 –
I grabbed a plate holder for you if you still need it?
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. +

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #36 –
Quote from: Kitz Kat;253722
I grabbed a plate holder for you if you still need it?


its a cougar one right?
and yeah i'm still looking for one.
if your going to cat jam you can bring it then.


Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #37 –
Went up to the shop today and took some pictures...
When they took the fender off they found the windshield washer bottle was cracked but im getting a new one.












All the frame work is pretty much done.
They are painting the new parts then putting it back on.
The pinstripes are going to be a little different because they cannot buy new they have to duplicate.
The air conditioning is broken and I would have to put a whole new system in because mineis not eco friendly so i will deal without.


Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #38 –
I have a fluid container. $5.

Whole new system? I would think it would just be the condenser that is damaged. You can convert to 134a with everything else you already have. I have a condenser too but Im putting it on my car.... someday.
1986 Cougar LS

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #39 –
It's nice to see another Cougar restored. Yours is about the only cougar I've ever seen that looks exactly like mine. I even have the same original wheels in my American Racing wheel boxes. Do you have any interior pics? I'd like to see if it looks like my cougar. Good luck with the restoration & hopefully everything will workout.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]1988 Cougar XR-7. My parents specially ordered this car with every option accept leather seats in 1988. I bought it from them in 1998 & since then have installed American Racing wheels (still have factory mag wheels in boxes), ceramic coated headers into dual Flowmaster 50 series lers with single into dual stainless tips, 4 row radiator, B&M Transpak, converted to Mass Air with cold air intake, etc..

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #40 –
look great. don't see any hiden rust.

what funny is every body shop i been to see.
they dont know how to clean there shops up(like with power washer and broom). you can hardly tell the frame rack is red.
 I thought my shop was a pig pen.
remember it easier to fix them, than to find them after they been crushed.

V6 = juvenile delinquency!

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #41 –
I have a pair of new KYB Gas-A-adjust dampner shocks item #KG4521 & I decided not to use them. I paid over $60 for them last month & I'll sell them for $40 with no shipping charge if your interested.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]1988 Cougar XR-7. My parents specially ordered this car with every option accept leather seats in 1988. I bought it from them in 1998 & since then have installed American Racing wheels (still have factory mag wheels in boxes), ceramic coated headers into dual Flowmaster 50 series lers with single into dual stainless tips, 4 row radiator, B&M Transpak, converted to Mass Air with cold air intake, etc..

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #42 –
Quote from: rancheronut;253916
look great. don't see any hiden rust.




+1 on that. strut towers and frame rail look nice and clean.
1986 Cougar LS

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #43 –
Quote from: Samantha;253894

The air conditioning is broken and I would have to put a whole new system in because mineis not eco friendly so i will deal without.


Thats not correct, and its honestly sounding like a feeler to see how interested you are in getting a new HVAC system.  You can still get replacement parts and,,,, get your existing system charged up with r134 at the very least. 

Car looks great so far, frame work looks like it went pretty simple.  It wasnt as bad as you thought was it?

You wont know exactly how good of a tweeking job they did until body parts go on and you notice stacks of shims here and there.

Update on my 88 xr7.

Reply #44 –
-cigar in mouth- i love it when a cougar comes together!
:cougarsmily:5.0 HO, E303 cam, Exploder/Cobra intake, smog pump delete, Ford Taurus electric fan, MAF conversion, BBK headers, MAC 2.5" off-road exhaust w/x-pipe, AOD w/shift kit, 8.8 Trac-Loc rear w/disc brakes, 5-lug conversion w/'98 Mustang GT 17" wheels, Mach 1 springs:cougarsmily: