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Since the check is in the mail

I'll let you all in on a deal I've been working on for a while now :deal:

Some of you may have seen my thread on handcontrols for manual transmissions and the deal with TurboCoupe50 that fail through because the transport companies would take a car without a engine. I've been dropping hints for a while now but no one caught on.

I've found another car that I'm getting shipped up from Virginia. Anyway, here's some pictures.












The trouble lights on the dash are fixed now. A new master cylinder, and temp sending unit fixed it.

So what do you think?

Re: Since the check is in the mail

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so, you need to drive with handcontrols? sorry, i never picked up on that, must have missed that tread.. nice looking car. keep us posted on how it goes.

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That must be in Tom's yard, is it? I see an Aerostar, a Lightning and a million Thunderbirds...

Nice find :D I'll trade you for a low mileage, rust free '88 5.0 'Bird :deal:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Quote from: Thunder Chicken
I'll trade you for a low mileage, rust free '88 5.0 'Bird :deal:

I don't think so Tim! :)

Yes, it's Toms yard. When I found out the transport company wouldn't take the car Tom was selling without an engine, Tom offered to sell me another. He even offered to drive it up here for me, sort of a cheap vacation, but that fell through.

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I need to take some more pictures... It's been cleaned up a bit since those were taken. Also the CEL and brake warning lamps are no longer glaring away, since it now has another ABS unit and temp sensor installed.

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nm my early post, i just looked at the pics thread.. hehe.. i have never been one to be known as quick on the up take.

hey, you can drive a car to me!!! i'll even take it for free :P

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Reply #7 –
Sweet,what's it costing ya to ship it up east??

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Haha, Ive actually driven that car years ago when I saw it around the corner from my house in Va. Thats ironic that Tom ended up with it. Its a nice car, looks exactly like my old one.

 :(  I see my old Lightning as well...I miss that truck.
1988 Tbird Stock bottom end 306, Windsor Jr's, Explorer intake, 125 shot.
Best ET: 12.11 Best MPH: 113.8 1/4 mile

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Quote from: dominator
Sweet,what's it costing ya to ship it up east??
The cost for shipping is more than I'm paying for the car. A little over $2000 CND taxes in. But the thing is I can't get a car in that shape here so I guess I'll have to pay

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Quote from: thundergrowl
The cost for shipping is more than I'm paying for the car. A little over $2000 CND taxes in. But the thing is I can't get a car in that shape here so I guess I'll have to pay


Holy *$&@!! You could buy a trailer and tow it yourself for that price. When I asked how much it would be to ship my car from Va to Ga, they wanted $1100, I said hell no I could put that toward a trailer for $1500.
1988 Tbird Stock bottom end 306, Windsor Jr's, Explorer intake, 125 shot.
Best ET: 12.11 Best MPH: 113.8 1/4 mile

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Believe it or not, that's about the cheapest way to get it here. Between myself and Tom, we exhausted all other alternatives. Flying down and driving it back, driving down and towing it back, driving it here and flying back.
 

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Tom just send me a new picture


If you want to browse all the pictures they are here

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Very purty :D

So you gonna part out the Sport? The first thing I'd do if I were you is install your 200km/hr cluster into that TC

Y'all should then send me those wheels :D
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Quote from: Thunder Chicken
Very purty :D

So you gonna part out the Sport? The first thing I'd do if I were you is install your 200km/hr cluster into that TC

Y'all should then send me those wheels :D
I've already thought about the cluster.

What rims do you want? The Riken's or the Snowflakes?

The riken's are 15". They could use a Thunder Chicken restore! I would sell them if you're interested. I'm thinking about taking a trip up that way next summer - I could bring them with me. My brother-in-law is buying a house in your 'hood and we haven't seen our new neice yet.