bye bye thunderbird January 11, 2012, 05:29:22 PM well last week i traded my 88 thunderbird(turn key) for an 87 mustang roller just did'nt have it in me to cut up such a clean tbird. kinda sucks cause i regret it but guess ill be on the prowl for another bird come spring hopefully.. sorry had to rant pic of the birdpic of the stang, i am use it as a grudge car n for some street action Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #1 – January 11, 2012, 05:41:02 PM That's a mighty fine roller. How complete/modded is it? Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #3 – January 11, 2012, 06:01:45 PM notch came with 6 point cage,coil overs, all the suspension is done tubular k member, th400 rebuilt with a 5k stall convertor,gauges,5 point harness, electric(sp) fuel pump 2 fuel cells,headers an full exhaust... oh ya its set up for sbc:burnout: came with the draglites an still got alot of life on the 28X10.5 tires Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #4 – January 11, 2012, 06:03:04 PM So you traded a driving car in decent shape for a good looking empty car? Do you at least have a motor for it or anything? Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #5 – January 11, 2012, 06:30:17 PM Quote from: Haystack;377481So you traded a driving car in decent shape for a good looking empty car? Do you at least have a motor for it or anything?i been hearing this alot lmao an what do you mean by empty? everything is hooked up the motor is goin in saturday than its good to go.. motor is a sbc 400. just didnt wanna tear the bird apart an buy all the parts to do the same thing to Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #6 – January 11, 2012, 06:55:09 PM I think it's a good trade. Shame about the engine choice fail Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #7 – January 11, 2012, 07:29:25 PM gotta use what i have laying around just so happens it sittin on the engine stand. Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #10 – January 11, 2012, 08:24:38 PM tom everything is done, i got the motor professionaly built(Henry Jackson Racing Engines) lets just say the #'s def impressed me :) Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #11 – January 11, 2012, 08:38:13 PM i hope the bird doesn't meet the same demise the notch did :(but that car looks familiar.. i think i may have seen it at atco or etown before? Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #12 – January 11, 2012, 09:06:46 PM shadow, the car has been at atco sevral times he texted me pics of it there, also he wanted a street car he could cruise around n have fun. he texted me like a day after saying he was converting it to carb n puttin a plate on it.. Quote Selected
bye bye thunderbird Reply #14 – January 11, 2012, 09:24:57 PM Quote from: slowbird;377493shadow, the car has been at atco sevral times he texted me pics of it there, also he wanted a street car he could cruise around n have fun. he texted me like a day after saying he was converting it to carb n puttin a plate on it.. maaaaaan.. converting to carb is 1 thing.. but a plate can only mean 1 thing (because we all know he's not talking about a restrictor plate!).. that's almost as bad as putting a sbc in it :(Quote from: TOM Renzo;377495Thats what i thought. I figured you had a motor if you bought a Ford outfitted for a chevy. Well those engine can really pound out some power. Built many in the day. i'd love to get my hands on a 400 for my dad's cutlass when he hands over the keys.. problem is, they're hard to come by these days ;( Quote Selected
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