Special order 87-88 Tbird? March 13, 2009, 04:06:56 PM I was looking for a daily driver, and found a 87-88 Tbird at a house near me. At first I thought it was a Lincoln Mark 7 because of the trunk (looks as if it has a spare tire in the trunk). I got to talking to a friend and turns out the car is a thunderbird that was special ordered, and the guy doesn't want to sell because it is rare (the car is covered in pin sap and doesn't run).Anyone know if this really is rare? How about which 5.0 it had? Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #1 – March 13, 2009, 04:23:15 PM Get a pic. need to see this! Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #2 – March 13, 2009, 04:28:57 PM It's an aftermarket replacement trunklid, probably fiberglass. Several companies made them available to dealerships when new. That is all that is "special" about it.But photos would help. Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #5 – March 13, 2009, 06:45:01 PM If you had ever seen one of these you might not want to see a picture , they used to turn up on 72-76 birds and never looked right there either Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #6 – March 13, 2009, 08:14:37 PM Was it anything like this?http://www.thebiglot.com/auto_photos.asp?WI=4908476491&ST=OH&MK=MERCURY&PN=1&AT=1&PL=0&D=1988%20MERCURY%20COUGAR%20CONTINENTAL%20KIT.&P=J&PLOC=476491.jpg&R=5500&O=true&M=88,000&C=4&SP=Ohio& Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #7 – March 13, 2009, 09:11:52 PM even better for the rear spring sag!!! Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #8 – March 13, 2009, 10:20:32 PM No, I know what he's talking about, the subject has come up on this forum before. Back in the day there was an aftermarket trunklid available for Thunderbirds that mimicked the "hump" trunklid of the Mark VII. It was fiberglass, and it was pug ugly.It is not a special order car. It may have been a dealer-added thing, much like many dealerships of the time added GFX kits, but it was not factory ordered that way. If it's even got a 5.0 in it, it's the same lo-po 5.0 that all other factory V8 Fox Birds had. Given the condition you say the car is in, I'd say the trunklid is the only thing even remotely "valuable", and even then only because it (the trunk lid, not the car) is a rare piece of T-Bird history. They were rare for a reason, though... Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #9 – March 13, 2009, 10:26:50 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;261479No, I know what he's talking about, the subject has come up on this forum before. Back in the day there was an aftermarket trunklid available for Thunderbirds that mimicked the "hump" trunklid of the Mark VII. It was fiberglass, and it was pug ugly. They were rare for a reason, though...I remember those pimp looking things. not a good look. It was the "I wish I could afford a Lincoln" look Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #10 – March 13, 2009, 10:33:42 PM Yeah, made even funnier by the fact that many Mark VII owners would pay good money to have a trunk lid that looked like a Thunderbird's :hick: Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #11 – March 13, 2009, 11:26:04 PM Here you go...found my photos of one. It's a 1983-86 lid that I saw at Carlisle in '05. Dude was trying sooooo hard to get me to buy it (@ $100) but I don't think you could have paid ME to take it... Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #12 – March 13, 2009, 11:33:58 PM Honestly, I like it. If it would fit an 88... Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #13 – March 14, 2009, 12:50:56 AM Seen plenty of them....Never liked it. Quote Selected
Special order 87-88 Tbird? Reply #14 – March 14, 2009, 03:59:04 AM Please post the photo of a car with trunk like this)Besides the trunk on EricCoolCats photo don't look like fiberglass? Quote Selected
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