UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #15 – May 22, 2008, 12:12:28 PM Quote from: cougar86_89;220227Looks great! are you going to lower it?Whats going on with the rear mudflaps? they are killin it with the body kit on there. Do you have a rear bumper cover?The shop said that it will settle a little bit over time. The new springs and shocks keep 'er up a bit high for my taste. We'll see on that. I have plenty of time. I suppose one would have to either replace or cut the springs. They replaced mine becasue two of them were broken... plus they wanted to beef them up with the bigger engine in the front. Yeah, man... the flaps will probably be going sooner or later.... just took the front ones off yesterday to put on the front ground effects. Don't you know they make the car go faster. LOL EDIT: No wait, took them off a couple weeks ago when I put on the side skirts. My bad.As far of the rear ground effects cover/skirt. I do not have one. When I purchased my gound effects the guy only had the front and sides. I am torn on whether or not I like the look of the rear skirt or not. I have looked at a lot of other cars on cardomain and some have it, some do not. For me it depends on the angle that you look at the car. I am keeping an eye out for one.... but I will only buy one if it is pretty cheap. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #16 – May 22, 2008, 12:16:52 PM That's a great story. I got my 88 Bird in HS also, and drove it even after college for a few years, before I put it in storage for about 5 yrs. I'm 31 years old now, and I'm just now getting it the way I always wanted it to be. Your car looks great...keep up the good work! Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #17 – May 22, 2008, 12:24:26 PM That car is awesome; a nice paint job will really set it off too. Glad to see it up and runnin :) . Enjoy it! Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #18 – May 22, 2008, 12:35:23 PM Quote from: 88BlueBird;220233That's a great story. I got my 88 Bird in HS also, and drove it even after college for a few years, before I put it in storage for about 5 yrs. I'm 31 years old now, and I'm just now getting it the way I always wanted it to be. Your car looks great...keep up the good work!Thanks 88BlueBird. It is far from done, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm just lucky I kept parts of it in good shape. I'm also lucky I was able to have other people do most of the work. It would have taken me a lifetime to do this. Part of our stories sound very similar. I SWEAR that this car drove me home by all by itself sometimes. We have always looked after one another. LOL Some people thought I was stupid holding on to it... said I would never get anything for it. I always said, "yep, you're right, becasue I'm NOT SELLING it." The funny thing is that the car does not remind me of a specific person, relationship, or point in time. We are one I guess. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #19 – May 22, 2008, 12:38:45 PM Quote from: kingcars;220237That car is awesome; a nice paint job will really set it off too. Glad to see it up and runnin :) . Enjoy it!Thanks. All of you guys' input means a lot to me. There are few people that I know that can really appreciate this style of car. Most people know of mustangs, corvettes, etc. These really are sweet looking cars. Oh, I'm enjoying it.... a lot. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #20 – May 22, 2008, 01:09:22 PM Quote from: 85bird;220232The shop said that it will settle a little bit over time. The new springs and shocks keep 'er up a bit high for my taste. We'll see on that. I have plenty of time. I suppose one would have to either replace or cut the springs. They replaced mine becasue two of them were broken... plus they wanted to beef them up with the bigger engine in the front. Yeah, man... the flaps will probably be going sooner or later.... just took the front ones off yesterday to put on the front ground effects. Don't you know they make the car go faster. LOL EDIT: No wait, took them off a couple weeks ago when I put on the side skirts. My bad.As far of the rear ground effects cover/skirt. I do not have one. When I purchased my gound effects the guy only had the front and sides. I am torn on whether or not I like the look of the rear skirt or not. I have looked at a lot of other cars on cardomain and some have it, some do not. For me it depends on the angle that you look at the car. I am keeping an eye out for one.... but I will only buy one if it is pretty cheap.I have the front and rear but no sides. I feel the same way about the rear. I saw it on one car that really looked good but i dont think im doing skirts now so Ill leave it off for now. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #21 – May 22, 2008, 01:31:58 PM Quote from: cougar86_89;220250I have the front and rear but no sides. I feel the same way about the rear. I saw it on one car that really looked good but i dont think im doing skirts now so Ill leave it off for now.Oh c'mon... no skirts... how bout a pink tu-tu. LOL. If you ever are looking to sell the rear really cheap to a heck of a guy.... you know how to get in touch with me.... but I'm in no hurry becasue I just do not know if I would put it on or not. I do, however like options. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #22 – May 24, 2008, 01:44:12 PM Car looks great! The wheels arn't in my taste but I have semi-simple taste. :) Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #23 – May 24, 2008, 02:31:45 PM Quote from: Vantage08;220509Car looks great! The wheels arn't in my taste but I have semi-simple taste. :)Thanks man. Appreciate it. Yeah, man... wheels are such a personal thing. Some have said they love 'em... some they're ugly. But, you know my opinion. I had to stay with something directional. Right after I bought the car, one day dad says he needed the car for the afternoon. I didn't ask why, just figured he wanted to be sure sonny boy got a good car. Well, he came home with new rims on the car for me. They were directional ones. (not pictured on my photos, actually on the front of the car). When I had my car done we went with a 9" 5-lug posi rear end. Becasue we went with 5-lug, obviously the old ones wouldn't fly and had to replace them. When looking for new ones I wanted to stay with directional becasue that is what pa picked out. Here's what they look like close up . . . . Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #25 – August 21, 2009, 09:31:42 AM Looking good there! Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #26 – August 21, 2009, 08:10:22 PM pull it out of the garage and take some pics. Looks killer. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #27 – August 24, 2009, 01:31:53 AM I am in love! That is one of the sickest t-birds on the site! One day my kitty will be there. Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #28 – August 24, 2009, 07:01:34 PM It maybe worth it to go back and get the Continental seat track then. If you guys can do it then I know I can as well with some serious effort. It will be fairly easy to see if the seat tracks bolt to the floor in the right places between the Cougar and the Continental they have in the yard right now, but it would be my luck the car would be removed by the time I make my next trip back! Quote Selected
UPDATE 8/27: The 85 Bird - lots of pics. Reply #29 – August 24, 2009, 08:03:50 PM Wow it looks like I won't be able to spot you by the "unpainted" ground effect any more. Well hopefully one of these days I'll see it out and about while I'm cruising around. Looks very nice sir.Peace,Dan W. Quote Selected
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