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Is a crank window bird really rare

Found one in a junkyard and I was shocked. No options minus I believe it has air and it has a digital dash??? Heres some pics I took of it.





Son of Jleews6, Johnny 5:p
85 GT 1C vert = resto project grey int. no power options but A/C. http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=92213&highlight=convertible+build+thread
85 GT 2R hatch = ALL original sunroof car grey int.,full scale restoration coming one day
85 GT 2A hatch =  tan int. 2.5" full exhaust, BBK headers, AutoMeter Pro Comp gauges, 5-Lug w/17" Bullitts, converted to FI, 8.8 w/3.55s etc.
90 LX EL hatch = grey int. stock 5.0 auto
85 GT 1C hatch = parts car :(

Is a crank window bird really rare

Reply #1 –
 hold on I forgot those were cell pics i got others though.
Son of Jleews6, Johnny 5:p
85 GT 1C vert = resto project grey int. no power options but A/C. http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=92213&highlight=convertible+build+thread
85 GT 2R hatch = ALL original sunroof car grey int.,full scale restoration coming one day
85 GT 2A hatch =  tan int. 2.5" full exhaust, BBK headers, AutoMeter Pro Comp gauges, 5-Lug w/17" Bullitts, converted to FI, 8.8 w/3.55s etc.
90 LX EL hatch = grey int. stock 5.0 auto
85 GT 1C hatch = parts car :(

Is a crank window bird really rare

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I would say probably semi-rare. My dads 83 turbo coupe was manual everything except mirrors. Thats pretty rare.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Is a crank window bird really rare

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Son of Jleews6, Johnny 5:p
85 GT 1C vert = resto project grey int. no power options but A/C. http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=92213&highlight=convertible+build+thread
85 GT 2R hatch = ALL original sunroof car grey int.,full scale restoration coming one day
85 GT 2A hatch =  tan int. 2.5" full exhaust, BBK headers, AutoMeter Pro Comp gauges, 5-Lug w/17" Bullitts, converted to FI, 8.8 w/3.55s etc.
90 LX EL hatch = grey int. stock 5.0 auto
85 GT 1C hatch = parts car :(

Is a crank window bird really rare

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Don't you have about a foot of snow on the grown in Roanoke???

Is a crank window bird really rare

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You need to snag those clear turn signal lamps... Those are 1983 only on this 1985-86 car. I am sure someone around here must want them as they are becoming harder to find.

The dash cluster trim panel, HVAC / radio trim panel and ashtray trim plate are also worth considering saving from this yard in case someone ever needs it.

I would also snag that buttstuffog clock. They are becoming rare as well. If it works then you have a valuable possession.

Crank windows are not that uncommon. Every once in a while I run across a car that has them. I just pulled a consolette trimplate from a car that had manual crank windows, no power seats and only a power mirror. The adhesive overlay trim only had the cutout for the power mirrow switch, but the bezel itself has the cutouts and provisions for mounting the switches. I will be using all virgin untapped screw posts!
 

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Yeah we got a lof of snow which is weird. We actually have had more this year than Mass. I guess lol.

I would get those parts but I dont have the money to keep them. I may just buy them and put them on here for sale we'll see. I did grab the clock as I thought it was cool but ugh......lets just say it doesnt work anymore :disappoin

Whats with the V8 badges. If your implying about the heads and intakes dont worry i already grabbed one set of heads lol but every intake setup was gone and there were like 15 explorers/mountineers there.
Son of Jleews6, Johnny 5:p
85 GT 1C vert = resto project grey int. no power options but A/C. http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=92213&highlight=convertible+build+thread
85 GT 2R hatch = ALL original sunroof car grey int.,full scale restoration coming one day
85 GT 2A hatch =  tan int. 2.5" full exhaust, BBK headers, AutoMeter Pro Comp gauges, 5-Lug w/17" Bullitts, converted to FI, 8.8 w/3.55s etc.
90 LX EL hatch = grey int. stock 5.0 auto
85 GT 1C hatch = parts car :(

Is a crank window bird really rare

Reply #8 –
both times ive seen manual windows(both times on a cougar) the interior was tan also. both times they had manual seats and mirror also. if i remember correctly one had only a drivers mirror. both were 84s for sure.
this is the third time ive seen manual windows with tan interior.
"Beating the hell out of other peoples cars since 1999"
1983 Ford Thunderbird Heritage
1984 Ford Mustang GT Turbo Convertible
2015 Ford Focus SE 1.0 EcoBoost

Is a crank window bird really rare

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Quote from: jleews6;309952
I did grab the clock as I thought it was cool but ugh......lets just say it doesnt work anymore :disappoin



With the Mustang dash swap I just did, I unfortunately will not be using the buttstuffog clock I found that works. Such a shame!

Is a crank window bird really rare

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Well I tried to modify mine into a 85 console but it didnt work out to well. O well it would have bugged me if I never tired (I like to modify things which is why im puttin a complete bird int. into a mustang).
Son of Jleews6, Johnny 5:p
85 GT 1C vert = resto project grey int. no power options but A/C. http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=92213&highlight=convertible+build+thread
85 GT 2R hatch = ALL original sunroof car grey int.,full scale restoration coming one day
85 GT 2A hatch =  tan int. 2.5" full exhaust, BBK headers, AutoMeter Pro Comp gauges, 5-Lug w/17" Bullitts, converted to FI, 8.8 w/3.55s etc.
90 LX EL hatch = grey int. stock 5.0 auto
85 GT 1C hatch = parts car :(

Is a crank window bird really rare

Reply #11 –
I've seen many 83-86 T-birds with crank windows. I've yet to personally see an 87-88 T-bird with crank windows.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Is a crank window bird really rare

Reply #12 –
supposedly there is an 87-88 bird down the street with crank windows but I have yet to verify this.

Is a crank window bird really rare

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My 83 Cougar has crank windows, power mirrors and tan interior, heh...
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

Is a crank window bird really rare

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Quote from: jleews6;309960
Well I tried to modify mine into a 85 console but it didnt work out to well. O well it would have bugged me if I never tired (I like to modify things which is why im puttin a complete bird int. into a mustang).


I definitely like the idea of a Bird dash in a Fox Mustang! I think it suits the boxy Mustang lines much better than trying to swap a SN-95 dash in a Fox Mustang. I was never big on either of the Fox Mustang dashes but the one they used from 1987-2003 looks hideous to me now. It could have been a viable choice for my Tbird which would have been a much easier drop-in install if I liked that dash.

Honestly though, I am starting to like the original Fairmont based 1979 Mustang dash again, especially since I seen it done up nice on a black Faimont Futura with a gray-strobe basket handle quarter panel stripe. That Futura was modified with a 1983-86 midsize LTD nose and the complete array of 1985-86 Mustang GT gauges and the interesting gray blocks with allen head screw design dash trimplates set against a w red interior complete with Mustang GT seats and console. I also considered that dash as an option of I could not find a suitable replacement for my original 1984 cracker dash shell.  You can still get brand new dash parts for those Mustangs through Latemodel Restoration.com.

The Futura was always a favorite of mine. I had ideas long ago that the LTD nose would have been a great update to the Futura plus a great tie-in to the then new four-eyed Mustang nose. After the boxy 1980 Tbird came out I wish that Ford would have just saved themselves the cost and trouble of designing that very unsucessful Tbird. Ford already had designed the Futura which was in fact originally a downsized Tbird design proposal. I believe it would have been better accepted carrying over the much loved basket handle roofline of the very sucessful 1977-79 Tbird while acomplishing the goal of downsizing which was needed. To this day I still love the Futura Coupe more than the boxy 1980-82 Thunderbird.

Anyway the modified black Futura shows what that coupe body could have been but never was. That's what is so fun about the interchangability of so many Fox platform cars.