1988 Thunderbird

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1988 Thunderbird

December 24, 2004, 10:01:45 AM

Hello, this is my first post here. I just bought this T Bird about 6 weeks ago, paid $800 for it. The car has has the 3.8 V6. I guess I am lucky, as the car only has 56k original miles, but it does have a few mechanical issues to iron out. I have been using it daily as my winter driver, so far it has popped over real well in the Zero degree temps!

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Reply #1 – December 24, 2004, 10:16:07 AM

good luck with the car, welcome to the boards.

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Reply #2 – December 24, 2004, 10:43:38 AM

I like the two-tone paint. Car looks good. Good luck!

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Reply #3 – December 24, 2004, 11:10:55 AM

The car looks good. Your using it as a winter driver :(

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Reply #4 – December 24, 2004, 11:39:59 AM

that is a very very good looking bird.
so thats the stance a fox is suppose to have on the rear end? (scratches head looking at my cougar's ass end sagging)

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Reply #5 – December 24, 2004, 01:21:03 PM

Man looks like rear air shocks or cargo springs.

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Reply #6 – December 29, 2004, 10:01:21 PM

Thanks for all the comments! The car might have cargo coils on it, but when I had it up in the air it didn't appear as such. There are replacement Gabriel shocks on it, no air though. I did remove the wire wheel covers and replaced them with a 1980 T Bird cover set I found on eBay. I also sold the wires on eBay. The only issue I am working out now is a rattle/clunk out of the rh front corner of the car after making LH turns and my repair garage says the front suspension and the struts/mounts are in good shape, as well as all of the engine/transmission mounts. Guess I'll keep driving it until something happens! Again, thanks for the comments, Happy New Years!

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Reply #7 – December 29, 2004, 10:30:10 PM

check the swaybar endlinks

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Reply #8 – December 29, 2004, 10:38:29 PM

Also check the control arm busings. Nice car, BTW

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Reply #9 – December 29, 2004, 11:38:51 PM

Yeah, like Shawn said, probably endlinks. A $15 job you can do without even taking the wheels off (though it makes it 100x easier).

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Reply #10 – December 30, 2004, 10:33:21 AM

Thanks for the input!

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Reply #11 – May 12, 2005, 09:03:31 PM

Well, I'm a piker now, as I just sold my T Bird. I am being transferred to another territory out of state and 1000 miles away, and to move all the contents of my condo into a new one elsewhere & 2 cars in addition to my company truck is too much for me to sort out, so one vehicle had to go, the T Bird. My company agreed to pay for my moving expenses and alike, but because I'm single, they would only pay to transport 1 personal vehicle (as I will drive the company van to my destination). I did get $1500 for it, not bad as I had about $1100 into it after repairing it and I drove it for 6 months. I paid $800 for it as it stood then. Thanks for all the input and help over the past few months everyone, I'll try to stay in touch!