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83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Is this anyone on heres car?  It has the same body kit my 86 had on it when I got it.  BTW where did this grill come from, one off?

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/3213909755.html
84 TC - under contruction
2018 F150 2.7 4x4 STX
98 F-150 XLT - 4.6, auto, 4x4, extended cab

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #1
Quote from: croga001;397926
BTW where did this grill come from, one off?

I hope it's a one off.....if not then I hope they smashed any replicas!!
1988 T-Bird Sport Coupe--5.0 HO, MAF swap, 1-5/8" shorties, BBK/Flowmaster exhaust, Explorer intake, 70mm Edelbrock TB, T5, B&M short throw, Centerforce clutch and PP, disc brake TC rear w/ 3.55's, TC front brakes, '98 Cobra springs, DIY SFC's, other misc .  14.05 @ 98mph with launching too low and shifting too high.

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Reply #2
haha kinda what I was thinking
84 TC - under contruction
2018 F150 2.7 4x4 STX
98 F-150 XLT - 4.6, auto, 4x4, extended cab

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #3
Pretty sure the grille was a FMC option.
...and there was light!

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #4
not too many of those around I bet
84 TC - under contruction
2018 F150 2.7 4x4 STX
98 F-150 XLT - 4.6, auto, 4x4, extended cab

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #5
I have one, :D
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83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #6
is that a 1 piece fiberglass front clip? or are my eyes toying with me?
84 TC - under contruction
2018 F150 2.7 4x4 STX
98 F-150 XLT - 4.6, auto, 4x4, extended cab

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #7
That 83 is a very nice car!

The nose in question is just a grill, simple bolt on (though needed to be painted to match).  They were available as an over the counter part from Ford in two styles:  83/84 & 85/86.  Both of those in the pics above are  85/86 units.  There are few around as they were $250 in the early/mid '80's.  Expensive and an acquired taste.

You can see what the 83/84 style looked like it you check out the first pic my thread: "A few updates".

I picked up an A&A ground effects kit yesterday (without the front spoiler), which is what appears to be on the cars above.  It's an uninstalled unit still in the box (well, what was left of the box...).

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #8
That grille was available thru Ford I believe. In 1982 we ordered a 83 Bird to match the 57 we had and when we picked up the car they gave us a whole slew of promo stuff. I still have it somewhere but it was a desk calender, an accessory brochure(which that grille is in) a key chain with the 83 bird emblemwhich I still use that if found will be returned to me, although after all these years I would highly doubt Ford still has any of that info on me, and a coffee mug, of course the mug has the emblem used on the 77-82's but for free you cant complain much.

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Reply #9
On the picture I posted the ground effects are moulded into the car.

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Reply #10
Someone put a lot of work into that car!

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Reply #11
that grill was def in the Ford Motorsport catalog.  I remember it well.








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler


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Reply #13
All the good stuff, but he put on wal mart wheels? WTF.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

83 Ford Thunderbird awesome - $6500 (bolingbrook)

Reply #14
This is not far from me. I saw the body kit and wheels and decided it wasn't worth my time to look at it. I just think it looks kind of "cheap" the way it's been done. Probably has more to do with the wheels and spoiler than anything else.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.