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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Last post by bodyman -
Took advantage of the 40 degree day yesterday and sprayed the hood, roof, and deck lid. I’ll be sanding and buffing clear coat the next couple of days. Still have a little bit of bodywork to do on the header, spoiler, and bumper covers. Going to try to get those caught up before painting any more.

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User Rides / Re: She wants to be plugged in too !
Last post by Mikey97D -
If you are concerned at all about the antifreeze and don't want to get a tester or it test bad, you will be better off dumping all the coolant out leaving it empty.

Poor kitty out in the cold!  LOL
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User Rides / She wants to be plugged in too !
Last post by Muttwood -
It's cold outside !
The Electric Focus has a message on the dash to keep it plugged in when not used.
The Cougar is kicked out for a few weeks, she demands to be plugged in too.
I'm not sure how good the antifreeze is.

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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / 1983 Ford Thunderbird Heritage V8 (Chicago area)
Last post by Thunderbird83 -
1983 Ford Thunderbird "Heritage" - located northern suburbs of Chicago

This car has been in my family since 1985

The pictures are from several years ago when I swapped from steel wheels to the original TRX wheels. 

The car was driven daily or weekly as recently as about 8 years ago.  It has always been kept in a garage, but I stopped driving it about 5 years ago.

It was running well when I stopped driving it, but it has not moved in a while and it's very dusty and the tires are flat.  It was not prepared for storage, I just stopped driving it.

This was a completely loaded car in 1983.  I have the original window sticker, and with all of the options it sold for $16,087.00 (that's about $51,000 in today's dollars).  It has the 5.0 V8, electronic dash, leather seats, keypad keyless entry, power driver and passenger seats, talking voice alerts, automatic headlights, cruise control, etc...  It truly has a very rare set of options.  I have never seen another Thunderbird of this era loaded as fully as this one.

I need to make space in my garage, and it's time to let it go.  It has never been restored, and is generally all original.  Miles are over 100k.  Someone who cares about this model of car could make this into a nice restoration, or with some mechanical TLC could make it into a driver.

I'm not going to attempt to start it.  The battery is dead.  It will need to be towed away.  I will include the TRX wheels and a set of steel wheels with Thunderbird hubcaps.  All of the tires are old and should be replaced. 

I have no idea what this car is worth...  I am open to offers.  I would love to see it go to a good home where someone who loves these cars can clean it up and get it on the road. 

Please send a PM if you are interested.
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Electrical Tech / Wiper won’t park
Last post by 88AeroBird -
So the wipers on my 88 LX will not return to the park position. When I turn the wiper switch off, the wipers stay in the “raised” position and I can hear a buzzing sound from the Interval Governor relay. Anyone else ran into this issue before? Thanks!!
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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Last post by bodyman -
Been in body work mode the last week. The Linear sanding blocks and sand paper showed up a couple days late but was worth the wait. For block sanding large flat surfaces I think they would be hard to beat.

Got the doors primed tonight so everything is in primer surfacer except the spoiler. Hood, deck lid, and right fender are ready to sand for paint, as is the chassis. Everything else will need blocked and reprimed a time or two depending how they sand out.




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Lounge / Re: seeds
Last post by jcassity -
start your sweet potato slips now if you like,, anywhere between now and mid jan,, drop your sweet potato into a jar with toothpicks and get those sprouts started so you have time in march to get them into dirt and drop em in the ground when its warm.