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87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #225
all blacked out




87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #229
sorry for the lack of updates recently. took a break over " the big freeze" but im back on it now. pictures hopefully by tonight

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #230
I feel sorry for the poor  who ever "decides" they are gonna just strip the car down and paint  LOL.

how many layers do you figure are on that car?
we counted / sanded out like 4  LOL

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #231
We grafted in a 87 5.0L body harness up to the existing 3.8L v6 body harness

all done with splice work.

temp power provided to the whole car with a portable power pack jump starter and then tested 100% of all car functions that can work without the EEC connected.

all is well in the land of the coug build.

a before and after pic below

 

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #232
Loved the photos and story!!  Good luck with your lady!!

This part about the mice cracked me up!!  We moved a family of them out of my baby this summer after I caught a glimpse of one sitting up in the rear deck watching the scenery go by before it decided make the trip up front to sit in my lap!!!  I squealed.  It squealed.  Oh fun!!!  LOL    Glad I was on a 5 lane road pretty much by myself at the time!!    Mouse traps baited with peanut butter fore and aft solved the problem :O
1986 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Turbo-charged 5-speed.
Owned 22 years.

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #233
Wow. Awesome work. keep it up. more pics and updates!!!
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #234
like the commercial says

Servepro.. like it never happened

complete and ready for plug and play.  I love how tight i was able to get the harness around the booster.

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #235
adding our modified heater core (gusset mod)  to the car today through our firewall mod we have done a few times now.

we will make a custom cover on the fire wall as well as insulate & seal it


87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #237
Im really gonna do that heater core cut out one of these days.

Ive got it to the point I can swap the heater core in about 2 hours, but it takes me weeks to get all the panels back in place right and figure out where all the screws go.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #238
yeah,,
in our case, throttle body has to come off the car to extract the core.

not too bad of a trade imho.

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #239
tomorrow i start doing up new brake lines

car wont go 5lug yet or anything special.

going with the copper nickle lines so it is going to be really easy.
should take me a couple days.