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Wife backed into Bird :(
deadbird Offline
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AS the Wife was leaving to take my Daughter to school there was a crunch. I ask my son what he just did and then my Wife yells in that she just hit the bird with the suburban. She was more upset with me I surprisingly kept my cool. A long time ago she hit my 06 Mustang with my 88 TC that caused no damage. Not this time. I need a new header panel, inner marker light and bumper cover(it ripped it down?)

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1987 5 sp.
- 4.6 2v swap.
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Viper7 Offline
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#2
Wow, that is a sad sight. Hopefully you will be able to find the parts. If I hear of any I will let you know.
Viper
88 TC Project Car|Deep Ocean Blue Metallic|Marchal Fog Lights|Custom Interior|Custom Instrument Panel|Gillis Valve|Cone Air Filter

Shine she may, Run she must
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Pete D Offline
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#3
Congrats on keeping your cool. Really sorry to look at that picture.
Hope you find the parts soon.
Pete Dunham


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deadbird Offline
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#4
I have a line on some parts cars I found when I was originally looking for a bird. My dad is gonna swing over later. Other than that Craigs List, Ebay, and local junk yards are fruitless. Closest I found on CL was West of Chicago and I'm in Western Michigan.

I kept my cool mostly because the car is on my bad side at the moment. Its running like crap. Needs TFI, PIP in a bad way along with some funny noises from under the hood?
1987 5 sp.
- 4.6 2v swap.
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turbird77 Offline
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#5
Sorry to see that. Hopefully you will be able to find all the needed parts in a local yard, or on a parts car. Having to Buy them all piecemeal from ebay/craigslist/forum sellers will get expensive quick. Most people that are into Ford's seem to know how rare our parts are, and charge accordingly. There used to be re-pop 87-88 TC header panels on ebay, but they where not very good quality from what I've read about them. Good Luck with fixing the old girl.
88 TC - Work in Progress.
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gadgetolds Offline
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#6
You may not need the bumper cover, looks like it may have ripped the bolt out of the header, hopefully the bumper cover "can be buffed out" lol
1988 Turbo Coupe - A237 cam, K&N Cone, T3(.60-.63), 255 Walbro, Gillis BV, gutted and knifed intakes, ported e6, 3" elbow/dp to dual 2.5s, Kirban and spearco fmic.

Up next, ported head, t3/t4 upgrade.
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5.0TurboCoupe1988 Offline
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#7
smoke her...
1988 TC 2.3/5-Speed, 148K
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Stang8u Offline
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#8
Damn
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RDOG Offline
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#9
Ugh! That stinks. You should list in the "wanted" section. I have a header panel but it will ship from California. I can ship it via greyhound if you are willing to pick it up from them. Its not perfect, because one of the attatching studs is missing. No one will notice and it< anyway hit me up via PM if you want it.
1986 Turbo Coupe. Boport StageIII head, Boport 2.1, Performance Techniques 50 trim hybird, StageII.63, stinger 3" exhaust, Phenolic spacer, Boglog header,NPR FMIC intercooler setup, kirban fpr, bigrmotorsports fuel rail, diablo water meth kit, CAI, remote mount TFI, CHE rear adj control arms, MAC girdle, 8.8 rear disc, aluminum drive shaft, H&R lowerings springs Tbird Turbo Specific, y MAS!!
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vinnietbird Offline
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#10
Does she have insurance? LOL.
1988 Thunderbird. No details will be given or spoken of.
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