When I had my car painted last year I was able to find all the exterior trim NOS through places like Green Sales and eBay. That stuff is available. The big issue is interior bits. Being these things are 30 years old minimum it's only going to get worse....
I found the some of the exterior parts, but your correct on the interior stuff. Finding the interior components in better shape then what's in the car now is the issue.
Nice! I sure hope you keep it. Their are times I want to find another bird and do a street build, but its getting hard to find pieces and parts for them. One reason I've been looking for a four-eyed stang to build.
WOW!!! Looks like I'm looking at my car back when it was stock inside and out. My parents bought the bird I have now back in 87 from Battlefield Ford in Manassas. If you don't mind me asking what did pay for the car? You can pm if your willing to divulge the price.
Their is power in filters and oil. With all the testing that a buddy and I have done over the years on the dyno and the track, we have found horsepower. The wix filters is a good one, I see them on a lot of NMRA cars. Myself and several other racers use the System 1 filter, it is filter with a removable screen cartage for cleaning( I posted a pic of my engine in the show your engine forum a few years ago if anyone wants to see the filter). I have also done back to back passes with only changing the oil and have picked up anywhere from .08 to a full tenth of a second in the quarter. When I am running the normal brackets I use Mobil 1 0W20. When I want the extra I put in LAT Racing Oil. I used to use the Royal Purple, but I have found that the LAT lasts longer and gave me more power.
Hey Vinnie, I know its been a while but, are you still in need of the fuel lines that go over diff from ths fuel tank? Because of other commitments and life! I have not had the time to work on my car. Let me know, Donnie.
Yes your seat belt will still lock, you just wont have a warning light on the instrument cluster. The seat belt locking mechanism is built into the belt ratchet asy behind the B-pillar where the shoulder harness goes.
It supposedly also fits a few other vehicles. I know from working on Fords over the years they would use the same part on several different models covering several years.
Same car your swapping a t-5 into? Once you kill the colum shifter just about anything that will fit a mustang should fit. you might have to cut the tabs off of your motor mounts, depending on what mounts you went with.
Haystack is correct about cutting off the safety tabs if you want to keep the original Tbird mounts, if not and you want to upgrade by the Mustang mounts(either poly mounts or the convertible mounts as they are stronger).
