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Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: creekcougar1988 on July 14, 2014, 07:56:09 PM
Can you make a 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 1988 cougar xr7 talking header panel, lights bumper and possible fenders, i hit a deer with my xr7 and cant find any parts but found two 87-88 turbo coupes with a nice front. Please help!!!!
Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: CoogarXR on July 14, 2014, 08:22:17 PM
Fenders and hoods are the same, and 87-88 header panels and bumpers are interchangeable between cougars and birds.

I believe you have to swap the bumper and header panel together though, since the tbird header panel is more pointy.
Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: creekcougar1988 on July 15, 2014, 03:32:26 PM
Thank you for clearing that up im not sure how its going to look but it will be different lol
Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: fordman3 on June 05, 2018, 10:58:44 PM
I almost had the same problem years ago, but opposite.  Hit a deer with my TC and could not find a parts car anywhere.  One yard had a Cougar with a good front end, and I considered buying it til they found the only TC in the county, and I didn't even care that it was maroon going on my blue car.
Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: fordman3 on June 05, 2018, 11:02:19 PM
Forgot to add, post pics if you do it.  Never seen a half breed before.
Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: Aerocoupe on June 20, 2018, 09:01:03 AM
Have you tried using http://www.car-part.com to locate the parts?  You are really close to Charlotte and a couple other larger cities that may have the parts.
Title: 87-88 turbo coupe front clip on a 88 cougar xr7
Post by: Haystack on June 20, 2018, 01:00:26 PM
It swaps fine, although, I went the other way.

Meet the thundercat. Tbird with a cougar front end.

(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d82/bosenKevin_02/Image0017.jpg) (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/bosenKevin_02/media/Image0017.jpg.html)(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d82/bosenKevin_02/Image0027.jpg) (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/bosenKevin_02/media/Image0027.jpg.html)

Later the same night, after draging the car around the driveway with the brakes locked to pull the radiator support out. Ignore the missing light, I was at AutoZone getting a new bulb. And the broken price of the header panel by the hood. When you only have one car, you do what you gotta do.