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1983 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

Reply #15
Quote from: 88turbo;306530
I dont know if the black ones got the tape accent but my white one has it.

EDIT: look here http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=26855


I don't see a white one??:hick:
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Reply #16
sorry I dont have any close up pics this is the best I can do.

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Reply #17
Got it, thanks.

So you have a black AND a white 83 TC?
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Reply #18
Just came across an old picture I took back in 1984 of a slightly modified 1983 TC.  It was in a box of old slides!

Looks like someone wasn't satisfied with the factory look.  :D
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Reply #19
that body kit was out when the tbird first came out then?
the oldest ad i remember seeing for it was in an late '84 or so issue of MotorTrend.
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Reply #20
I mounted a tach behind the clock face in my 1980 t-bird, idled around 1 o'clock or so :D


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Reply #21
Quote from: Ductape91;316294
that body kit was out when the tbird first came out then?
the oldest ad i remember seeing for it was in an late '84 or so issue of MotorTrend.



The picture was taken in August of 1984 so I imagine someone might have had a body kit out by then.  I don't have them handy but there were articles in the Hot Rod magazines pretty early and I think they might have had a body kit?  I'll look when I get a chance.

I suppose there is a chance the owner of this car might have had some inside connections to suppliers seeing how it was in CA where mods seem to happen early.
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Reply #22
Quote from: Loaded87IROC;306527
You know I was wondering what that extra clock spot was for when I had the dash apart.  I had seen this thread and forgot all about it!



yepx2

I also see the same knock out off to the right of the clock when a dash is gutted.  Are you the one who replaced a dash that split in the middle?  thats when i noticed it also.

 

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Reply #23
I must say, that is a sharp looking car there!
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