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I have another car!
Huey866 Offline
Posting Freak
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We had to go to Nashville to get it. Its an 88 Thunderbird Automatic. The previous owners took it to a shop that didnt know what they were doing before they sold it. The vacuum lines were all messed up and the timing had been set without pulling the spout.

The car is fully loaded and everything works great.With a little TLC and the red parts from the silver car (which will be painted silver, ironic huh?).

Enough blabbering ---- PICS!!!
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87 TurboCoupe - silver, 137k, 5-speed, 3.73, 5 lug swap, MM... Evertything, 03 Cobra Brakes, Griggs Subframe connectors, Bo 1.5, Big Valves, massaged 79 turbo head, Essy Cam Gear, Boblog + Elbow, .63 T-3, Stinger Exhaust/FMIC

Currently dreaming about ball-bearings and Pimps
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Pete D Offline
Administrator
#2
Congratulation. Looks pretty nice. Any plans for it?
Pete Dunham


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Jeffrey Daly Offline
Senior Member
#3
cool find. Same color as mine. Whats the mileage?
1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe 5 speed/ Gillis Valve/ 140mph Ford Motorsport gauge/ RAM Powergrip Clutch/ K&N Cone filter
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turbobike Offline
Member
#4
rust free!!! good find
85 TC,86 TC,65 Mustang GT
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Bill S. Offline
Senior Member
#5
Quote:Originally posted by Jeffrey Daly:
cool find. Same color as mine. Whats the mileage?
171544 if the picture is correct


Lookin' very nice.
'88 TC T5
'85 XR7 Roller
Mods on hold pending swap.
Stinger header & mBC on shelf
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FLSTCI71 Offline
Senior Member
#6
Looks good, but lose the first couple of pics. It looks bad to have a Ford being towed by a Chevy. lol.
1987 Turbo Coupe - Son's car
1987 Super Coupe - Son's project car
1934 Ford - My project car
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Redbone Offline
Senior Member
#7
Nice car. Same year and almost exactly the same mileage as mine but nowhere near as much rust as mine underneath. I'm asuming a southern car?
All your boost are belong to us
1988 TC 5m 3" elbow back exhaust(with cat and muffler), Walbro 255, gillis mbc, airbox removed w/ K&N cone, A/C removed, Spec clutch, Ranger roller swap.

John A.
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Huey866 Offline
Posting Freak
#8
Quote:Originally posted by Redbone:
Nice car. Same year and almost exactly the same mileage as mine but nowhere near as much rust as mine underneath. I'm asuming a southern car?
The car was bought and picked up in nashville, so yea, if you call tennessee southern. The car actually had a tag on it saying that it was going to be towed on the 27th. We beat the tow truck by about an hour.

Quote:Originally posted by FLSTCI71:
Looks good, but lose the first couple of pics. It looks bad to have a Ford being towed by a Chevy. lol.
That thing was awesome for the trip. Its an LT with Autoride and a 5.3 Vortec. Got 13mpg running 80mph on the way down and got 12mpg on the way back towing the car at 80mph. Its time for a tune-up.

I think my favorite part of the trip was stopping at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green on the way home. We only took up 8 or 9 parking spots.
87 TurboCoupe - silver, 137k, 5-speed, 3.73, 5 lug swap, MM... Evertything, 03 Cobra Brakes, Griggs Subframe connectors, Bo 1.5, Big Valves, massaged 79 turbo head, Essy Cam Gear, Boblog + Elbow, .63 T-3, Stinger Exhaust/FMIC

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