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User Rides / Re: BlueBird
Not sure it will be an issue, but knowing how close my right header is to the rail I would be concerned about cooking the fluid in the line there. Just a thought.

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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Not much post worthy stuff going on, mostly block sanding and re-priming. Everything I ordered to get the suspension bolted up is not being shipped until some back ordered bolts are available.

Some photos of reworking the spoiler mounts to match the deck lid and level it up. Used some 2” tape on the deck lid so the 3M 8115 would release, and a couple of washers to get the height matched to the other side.

















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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
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It did move under its own power today. About 8 feet total and that makes me happy.

 :like: 

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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Making some progress here and there. Have a bunch of new bolts on order, hopefully they start showing up so I can get some suspension parts attached.

Modified the secondary hood catch brace for more room around the inter cooler.



Making a black out for the instrument cluster





Relocated the rear brake line mount again, third time is the charm.



Painted the rear axle, fuel tank, and a bunch of brackets



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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
In the process of trying to get the 03 mustang gauges in the bird dash I hacked a bit too much and pretty much destroyed it. That was the main reason for the purchase of the parts car though it’s been useful a couple times already. This weekend I got the parts car pushed in and de-dashed, cleaned up and repaired the wiring from the misadventures of my youth, and swapped it over.



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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Re: Need some help.....
Quote from: BCA – on
On my '85 XR-7, the one on the left had a plug in it and the one on the right is a vacuum line for the HVAC blend door actuator (I think).
Thank you very much. I will have to buy some body plugs for those holes I guess. I sort of recall a vacuum dump switch on the brake pedal and was thinking maybe that was one of the holes, I think all the hvac stuff gets its vacuum from over by where the heater core comes through. Regardless I can plug both holes and not worry that a chassis electrical harness is missing.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Need some help.....
Can someone tell me what was supposed to go through these holes in the firewall? 85 turbo coupe. Been working on the dash and wiring and can’t seem to find anything to go through them, I think I maybe forgot to weld them closed.

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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Thanks guys.

Thursday night  was able to get the engine/trans/kmember assy bolted in. Friday started getting wiring and things cleaned up and installed. Getting to the point I need to get more stuff painted up before I can go much further.

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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Quote from: Aerocoupe – on
DAAAAAAAMN!!!!  Now you are gonna have a feeding frenzy with all of us wanting to see the whole body with color. Looks fantastic man, you have to be stoked!

Thanks. Stoked for sure. It’s going to be awhile before anymore sheet metal gets color. The plan is to get the drive train in and get her moving under her own power for a change.
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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Quote from: Mrjody – on
Awesome man! Love what you're doing here
Thanks!

Most of Saturday was spent prepping the engine bay and then a couple hours sand blasting the k member and some other misc brackets. This morning  I hung up the blasted parts, masked up for paint, and did a little seam sealing. This afternoon did some spraying. 

Ready to go.


Etch primer


Sealer



Ford Race Red