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I think the interior on that one  is a dark blue?
One thing I forgot to mention prior about the car I just brought home, since it has the digital gauge cluster, I couldn't get the mileage until I put in a battery. It only has 73,000 mile on it! There was also a warranty packet in the car for an apparent Jasper transmission replacement at some point.

Notice how long the two tone cars been sitting? :) The black car with the turbo coupe style interior  does show as a sport according to the vin.


Tried to start the car today. No go. Pretty sure its a fuel pump issue. Fires if you give it a little starting fluid and fuel barely trickles out of the pressure fitting at all if at all, most times none. Have I mentioned that I hate changing a fuel pump?

It could even be that rubber hose in the fuel tank is split or rotted from age. Mine split, and it caused the same issue, just a dribble at the schrader valve. That's not a whole lot of comfort though, you still have to drop the tank and pull the pump to fix it. And you might as well replace/upgrade the pump while you are in there. Because I didn't, and the pump went out like 10k miles later, lol.

I think you have an 87 Sport, not an LX. The car has blacked out trim. LX would have chrome trim, Turbo Coupe door panels, and different seats.

Either way [COLOR="#FF0000"]too nice to part[/COLOR] and, being an 87 Sport, one of the rarer late Fox Birds.

Yea, keep in mind the car is 31 yrs old!  Amazing condition.

Not sure yet just what I am gonna do with it? I want to get it running first and then decide from there. I'll probably drop the tank this weekend and see what's up with the fuel pump. Once I get it running, I need to diagnose whatever is the miss issue that it had that resulted in it's being parked. Even the spare in it has never seen use. All the trunk linings look nearly perfect.

  Fordman3, yes it does have the digital dash. The other Sport in this collection that I am getting is black with red interior like the Turbo Coupes and it has the buttstuffog dash. And yes, it did come with a title.


It also appears that the transmission was replaced at some point. It had a packet in the door map pocket with Jasper warranty info.

If I were you I would try and drain the tank as well. Then new pump/rubber fuel line/pump filter ("sock)/fuel filter. As far as the miss goes change out the spark plugs/wires, distributor cap, and rotor before trying to figure out what it is. All those parts are old and could be contributing.

After you're done crate the car up and ship it to me :).

Well, I did buy a battery for it today, just so I wouldn't have to keep switching the one out of my turbo coupe. That battery gives up pretty quickly cranking the v8. And hey! Just about everything I have can be bought for the right amount!  :)