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User Rides / Rehabbing an 87 Turbo Coupe
I have an 87 Turbo Coupe, it was my first car that I bought when I was fifteen for $3,300 in 1994. We grew up drag racing, so between my junior and senior year my dad and I pulled out the four cylinder and automatic and dropped in a 351 and a T5. Over the next several years it went through several iterations winding up with a 408 and a Tremec. During that time there were plenty of bad decisions, rushed mods, bad wiring techniques, the usual I guess.
Over time I also got into sportbikes, ATVs, then kids came along, so the car kind of got neglected. A while back I got it back on the road again, but it wound up getting hot and stretched the head bolts. I pulled the heads, then remembered how much I hate doing engine stuff with it in the car, decided to pull it, then got distracted....So this is how it sat for a while:
When I turned 40 a couple of years ago, I got on a big fitness kick, which then led to having more energy, which led to picking up hobbies again. First I went through my sportbike, then I turned my attention to the Thunderbird. I pulled the motor, got it reassembled and repainted.
