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Interior Restoration

Reply #15 –
Quote from: lakenheath24;337749
I gotta figure out how to re-cover the visors.  I painted all the interior pieces today, but I am waiting to put it all together cuz I have decided to but a 6 point bar inside.


the material just wraps around 1 side and pushes into the slot on the outer edges
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #16 –
some more pics
carpet is in ans some dash stuff painted. Oh, and I ordered an 8 pt cage from Jegs!!!!!!!!  Always wanted a 5pt harness and a cage.

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Reply #17 –
Wow, pretty quick progress.  Any hard-to-replace parts break along the way?
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Reply #18 –
Nice work so far. Are you going to do something with the glove box door? Did you install sound proofing on the roof? I just installed it everywhere. It made a great difference.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #19 –
Nice work!  One of these days I'm going to redo my interior.

That black you went with looks very nice.  It will be an oven in the summer, though (my 'stang has black interior).
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

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Reply #20 –
These threads make me glad all I have to do is replace the carpet at some point and install a dash top.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #21 –
Well, several pieces have broken tabs, so they arent pristine, but most are hidden.  What I found with the dash cap is that you have to trim the speaker covers to make them fit.  Just waiting on my roll bar now and I will finish up, as everything is painted.  I need to redo the seats and door panels, so that may be awhile. I dyed the backseat, but hate the texture it leaves.

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Reply #22 –
Looking forward to see the cage inside, i have plans for a cage in my own 87 T-Bird. Do you or anyone else know if a Mustang cage can be used in a T-Bird? Im thinking of a bolt-in cagefor my car....

Vegar

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Reply #23 –
I would think that the interior cabin would be longer than a Stang's by 5 or 6 inches.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #24 –
Idk about you, but I think white face gauges would look awesome in that black interior....
-'88 Tbird 3.8
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Reply #25 –
OH yeah, I got my eye on a set of phantom gauges.  I want to get a set of mechanical gauges set against black plastic.  I an gonna replace the clock with one as well.  Hopefully these pics are more clear...

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Reply #27 –
I just mocked these pieces in temporarily.

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Reply #28 –
Couple of cage pics.  I've never done this before so gonna take my time.  How much gap should there be between the hoop and roof?  My concern is how to weld on the rear braces and not burn up the headliner.  I'm not sure if I can even remove it beforehand and get it back in.

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