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Quick question.

April 26, 2005, 02:46:51 PM

http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=180021617&dealer_id=56108680&car_year=1985&make=FORD&distance=300&lang=en&max_price=&model=TBIRD&sponsorModel=&end_year=1988&min_price=&certified=&address=61603&search_type=both&advanced=&start_year=1984&isp=y&cardist=277

Ok, I have never seen anything like this, nose clip before. Is this an after market part, dealer installed, or a rare option?

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Reply #1 – April 26, 2005, 02:51:20 PM

Looks like a gst kit with a custom header panel

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Reply #2 – April 26, 2005, 02:54:56 PM

Looks like the Pacifica or Xenon ground effects kit, sans the rear.
That's the Motorsport grille and wing...both very desirable.

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Reply #3 – April 26, 2005, 03:20:36 PM

I think that grille is fugly.. kinda makes the car look like a fish..
however, I wouldn't mind that wing on my cats.

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Reply #4 – April 26, 2005, 03:22:52 PM

I wouldn't mind replicating the grille on my '86, just not stuck out so far forward like that.

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Reply #5 – April 26, 2005, 03:33:20 PM

Ok, your wish is my command....

http://natomessageboard.com/Forum1/HTML/013762.html

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Reply #6 – April 26, 2005, 03:39:20 PM

Not what I had in mind..

I was thinking horizontal crossbar, not vertical.

The floating-bird also came to mind at some point, in lieu of that. (would be much easier than what I want)

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Reply #7 – April 26, 2005, 03:53:40 PM

or you can always do what i did,
Leave 2 portions of hte bird grille cut the rest out, put a mesh behind it, paint it and stick an emblem on

And it complete

I did that literally 3 days before CJ '04 just so my cat differed in some way from the previous year's CJ.

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Reply #8 – April 26, 2005, 03:59:34 PM

Quote from: Bird351

Not what I had in mind..

I was thinking horizontal crossbar, not vertical.

The floating-bird also came to mind at some point, in lieu of that. (would be much easier than what I want)

WTF?! Somebody's actually going through the trouble to engineer and produce a custom fiberglass T-Bird grille, almost exactly like you said you wanted....and you're thumbing your nose at it? Cougar owners would kill for something like that. Read all the text for that post--the vertical part is for support. Paint it black, shave it thinner, whatever. It's the perfect base for a modded grille. Nobody's going to hand you your ideal grille on a silver platter.

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Reply #9 – April 26, 2005, 04:06:11 PM

-ok , correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't there a kit offered thru ford motorsports back in the day that looks erie close to that???

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Reply #10 – April 26, 2005, 04:06:20 PM

Speaking of custom header panels (sorry mild hi-jack in progress), It snowed one day, and my cougar thought it was a T-Bird....

Although it gave me idea of a flush header panel against the bumper cover. Which the snow gives the idea of a Nascar spec cougar, and more up to date with todays body lines....

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Reply #11 – April 26, 2005, 04:17:35 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats

WTF?! Somebody's actually going through the trouble to engineer and produce a custom fiberglass T-Bird grille, almost exactly like you said you wanted....and you're thumbing your nose at it? Cougar owners would kill for something like that. Read all the text for that post--the vertical part is for support. Paint it black, shave it thinner, whatever. It's the perfect base for a modded grille. Nobody's going to hand you your ideal grille on a silver platter.

My own grille's beginning to crack on the thinner parts. My plan is to secure one in a better condition in case my project fails, and then cut the smaller stuff out of my own grille and mold it the way I want it. It'll give me experience working with materials, and it'll give me the satisfaction of having done something mostly or completely by myself.

I wasn't aware that doing something myself was such an emotional issue.

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Reply #12 – April 26, 2005, 04:49:21 PM

All I'm saying is, 20 years hence we cannot be that frickin' picky about parts. If somebody is making a brand new custom part for these cars, they're worth supporting IF THAT'S IN YOUR PLANS. Doing up a stock grille into your own needs is cool too. Whatever works. But if it doesn't work out, remember that there's an alternative. That's all I meant.

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Reply #13 – April 26, 2005, 05:22:54 PM

I'm just going to walk away from this one for now. I am in a pretty rotten mood today.

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Reply #14 – April 26, 2005, 07:40:34 PM

I hate all you fornicatecers.