Re: My 85 TBird Reply #255 – January 24, 2025, 03:04:11 PM Those valve covers look phenomenal with the Thunderbird on them.Hope it stays warm for you. We've been in a deep freeze in the northeast. Quote Selected
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #256 – January 24, 2025, 07:44:50 PM It cooled right down below 0 a couple days after I sprayed and stayed there, just today getting back to normal with some above normal temps again next week. My friend that did the instrument cluster milled those coil covers and powder coated everything for me. First time I saw them I told him I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to make the rest of the car worthy of them. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #257 – February 07, 2025, 04:59:20 PM Just a progress photo, quarters, rockers, and jambs painted and buffed. Working on some window trim and interior stuff. Things have slowed a little but still digging. Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #258 – March 11, 2025, 07:26:41 PM I'm so glad it's getting somewhere. I don't come on the board that much anymore, but when I do I always check to see if you've updated anything. Looks awesome man! Quote Selected
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #259 – March 14, 2025, 05:16:24 PM Quote from: Clayton – on March 11, 2025, 07:26:41 PMI'm so glad it's getting somewhere. I don't come on the board that much anymore, but when I do I always check to see if you've updated anything. Looks awesome man!Thanks! No real progress since the last update. I am no longer in the auto collision business. I grew very tired of dealing with insurance companies on a daily basis and 4 years ago the opportunity to rent my dads and an uncles farm came up. It’s that time of year to get my 20 to 40 year old equipment ready to go so the bird will have to wait some more. Hopefully I can keep at it here and there and get it on the road this summer sometime. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #260 – June 11, 2025, 08:32:42 AM How is the farm?Hopefully you get time to drive the car this summer. Quote Selected
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #261 – June 15, 2025, 01:13:27 AM Quote from: Mikey97D – on June 11, 2025, 08:32:42 AMHow is the farm?Hopefully you get time to drive the car this summer.Things are looking pretty good right now, could use some rain in are area. Have a couple other projects to take care of before I get back to the bird, hopefully they don’t take me too long. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #262 – November 25, 2025, 12:19:27 AM Back to Bird things.Carpet showed up today. Got a good start on it. I think I’m going to try and find some close matching carpet to wrap the sub frame connectors with. In the last week or so painted most of the window trim, installed what I could. Put the deck lid on and fit, got the wipers working, installed the front turn lamps and a horn, moved the cruise control cancel relay from under the dash to the under hood relay box. The relay clicking was a little loud for inside the cabin. I have the rear glass scheduled to get installed, and I think I found a new windshield, but it’s not in my possession yet. Next on the list is to redo the headliner and install some interior trim. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #263 – November 25, 2025, 08:24:10 AM I think the blackout trim is going to look pretty good on there.I bet ACC would have the matching carpet you need in a bulk roll. Quote Selected
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #264 – November 25, 2025, 09:20:01 AM Quote I bet ACC would have the matching carpet you need in a bulk roll. Yes they do. Thanks! Quote Selected
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #265 – December 24, 2025, 12:25:23 PM I completely forgot about this build but holy that car looks amazing! Was great to hear it run and thanks for posting that video. Keep up the work as this one is really sweet! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #266 – January 03, 2026, 09:16:10 PM Over the Christmas holiday was able to get the doors and fenders prepped, painted, and sanded//buffed. The bulk carpet arrived and wrapped the subframe connectors and also recovered the package tray with the same material. The rear window is installed, still no windshield in my possession. Going to keep working on the interior before installing the doors and fenders. I have a not so perfect set of grey seats I think I’m going to install while the original seats get reupholstered. Quote Selected 4 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #267 – January 05, 2026, 12:00:19 AM Spent today cleaning and painting interior trim. Using SEM Color Coat aerosol Presidio grey. The original interior was red, but have most of the pieces in grey, just a little faded and discolored. The dash and console were a shade darker. Somehow I’m missing one A pillar trim, other than that everything is done. It all went well until I got to the dash. Used the same cleaning process but it fisheyed really bad. So I used some 3M adhesive remover and started wiping the fresh paint off, and in the process the dark grey started to come off also. Once everything was down to the tan color it sprayed on fine. Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #268 – January 11, 2026, 11:46:05 PM Some interior progress, it’s been slow going but starting to take shape. I decided to paint the cluster mounting panel flat black. The factory shifter boot doesn’t fit over the MGW shifter, hopefully I can find one that does, or have one made. I’m also in need of the lower panel that has the cigarette lighter in it. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: My 85 TBird Reply #269 – Today at 07:16:04 AM That's a lot of work to redo the dash in the car like that.I need to do something similar with the dash in the LTD wagon. "Luckily" I may have to pull the dash anyway to deal with the heater core/box.The interior is coming along nicely! Quote Selected 1 Likes
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