Lessons learned from the Registry thread

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Reply #45 – March 13, 2007, 05:27:49 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302;134291

Sport/XR-7/Turbo Coupe seats are all the same. They were also used in Mustangs of the same era. They're just collectivly called sport seats.

Fine I'll stop being an ass about my options :D

Not quite :hick: '87 Sport seats are the same as the base seats except they don't have the consolette installed. Only 88 Sport models got the TC seats

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Reply #46 – March 14, 2007, 12:35:43 AM

I'm still wondering how this guy I know got an 87 LX with leather Sport seats and a floor shifter. Odd.

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Reply #47 – March 14, 2007, 12:38:37 AM

Quote from: thunderjet302;134409

I'm still wondering how this guy I know got an 87 LX with leather Sport seats and a floor shifter. Odd.

The same way you did, by adding it! :hick:

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Reply #48 – March 14, 2007, 01:03:29 AM

Nope the car is 87 factory original. It has the sport seats and floor shifter listed on the window sticker. I checked the VIN and it has P62 in it so the car is a LX. I have no idea how that car got those options. The car is all original with 25,000 miles. Screwy Ford:screwy:

Oh I don't have a floor shifter just the full console. I'm going to stick with the column shifter just for fun:hick:

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Reply #49 – March 14, 2007, 04:02:28 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;134284

Is your car a Sport or LX? I had only thought the floor shifter was only available in Sports and TC's, and the TC seats only in TC's and 88 Sports

It was an LX.

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Reply #50 – March 14, 2007, 10:35:04 AM

You know what's the strangest thing about full consoles? They were not on the options list. They had no order code. So how did one get a console?

By ordering the proper seats.

I sh*t you not.

Now...if one would have ordered the articulated sport bucket seats, one would have also gotten the full console with it, as part of the seating package for that particular trim level (LX/LS, Sport, XR7, Turbo Coupe, etc). It is possible that in 1987-88 the floor shifter was part of the seating package as well. I haven't found 1987 or 1988 dealer order books yet to confirm this. I'm basing this information on the 1983-86 books that I do have. And no, I cannot find any information about a floor shifter and non-turbo cars in 1983-86...I don't believe those existed. But I do know of several factory 1987-88 Cougar LS models with floor shifters. So at some point in 1987-88 the floor shifter was an option. We just have to figure out how one was able to order one: whether it was a standalone option that required certain seats, or if it was part of the seating package itself. It may also have been a V8-only thing too. We won't know anything until those books are found.

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Reply #51 – March 14, 2007, 11:03:19 AM

Eric has it correct... Until actual dealer order books are located, just saying my car has this, or I know one that has that, don't mean Jack Schitt... Of course if there is legit documentation(window sticker, etc.), then that's another story...

The Fair model Vinny mentioned is interesting... Likely it was mfgd as part of Fords display at the Fair, or possibly could have been part of a fleet Ford supplied for use at the Fair... Guessing it may also have the Home Office Reserve DSO code(89)...

the '88 buck tags have much info('87 have less) about the car options(keyless, moon roof etc)imprinted on them including the date of build. Also much of the same info is listed on the door jamb sticker(trim, paint codes, etc)...

Tags have 6 lines... decode as I know... DN=don't know

1988 Tag

Line #1
3179... DN (but probably rotation number, # of vehicle build for week)
S64...(prob body type, all TC have this code)
T... engine code in VIN
169765... last six of VIN

Line #2
2A... DN
1C... Paint Code(black)

Line #3
KE... DN, but is on all with Keyless
CO... DN, but on every tag I have

Line #4
FD... Red Leather(FB blue leather, BH, black cloth)
JH... year & assembly plant(Lorain) as coded in VIN
0203... Feb 03 1988 build
89... DSO(District Special Order) in this case home office reserve(company use)

Line #5
KEY... Keyless entry
CL... DN, but all keyless have this code)
(MOON will be listed as first entry on this line if equipped)

Line #6
T2... DN
8G975... DN(have also seen 8G976)

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Reply #52 – October 16, 2009, 02:28:33 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;134312

Not quite :hick: '87 Sport seats are the same as the base seats except they don't have the consolette installed. Only 88 Sport models got the TC seats

I got sportseats like TC ones, my car was made 09\87. I got 88 model year?

Also i wonder: on tag, in transmission line i have code T55KK. Aod, and what spindles i have?
Anyone got info about this?

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Reply #53 – October 16, 2009, 06:12:16 AM

Tapkin, the VIN will determine if your car is a true Sport, the first 7 digits should read: 1FABP61**********

According to Carm's site
(http://www.foxthundercats.net/samscars.htm)

60 = Base
61 = Sport
62 = LX
64 = TurboCoupe

Hope this helps:D

BTW, I too have an '88 Sport, also had the TC-style seats...

IIRC, the '87 Sports had the lower-level seats, but the TC style doorpanels.

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Reply #54 – October 16, 2009, 08:49:45 AM

Quote from: Tapkin;295010

I got sportseats like TC ones, my car was made 09\87. I got 88 model year?

Also i wonder: on tag, in transmission line i have code T55KK. Aod, and what spindles i have?
Anyone got info about this?

1988 production would have started in August(maybe even late July) of '87, you have a early '88... The transmission code also includes codes for all four springs used(makes a lot of sense huh?)... T is the code for the AOD tranny, which was the only automatic used in '88 for 3.8 & 5.0... Spindles will be same as any other Tbird(4 cyl Stang), other than the Turbo Coupes which got the 5.0 Stang type(11" rotors)... Yes that's right, the 2.3T 4cyl Birds got 5.0 Stang spindles and 3.8 & 5.0 Birds got 4cyl Stang spindles(10" rotors)...

BTW this is for '87 & '88, prior all used the small Stang components...

Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;295019

IIRC, the '87 Sports had the lower-level seats, but the TC style doorpanels.

Nope, the LX & TC use similar door panels, while the Sport uses the Base Bird DPs...

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Reply #55 – October 16, 2009, 10:45:06 AM

Quote from: thunderjet302;134416

Nope the car is 87 factory original. It has the sport seats and floor shifter listed on the window sticker. I checked the VIN and it has P62 in it so the car is a LX. I have no idea how that car got those options. The car is all original with 25,000 miles.

In the 1987 dealer book I have, the Articulated Sport seats with the full-length console were indeed and option on the LX model. However in my 1988 dealer book & order guide, that option does not appear for the LX model and they were limited to the Sport & Turbo Coupe.

Brent

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Reply #56 – October 16, 2009, 12:37:42 PM

Quote from: Tapkin;295010

I got sportseats like TC ones, my car was made 09\87. I got 88 model year?

Also i wonder: on tag, in transmission line i have code T55KK. Aod, and what spindles i have?
Anyone got info about this?

Yep it's an early build date 88. My 88 T-bird was built 09/87 as well.

Quote from: BCA;295049

In the 1987 dealer book I have, the Articulated Sport seats with the full-length console were indeed and option on the LX model. However in my 1988 dealer book & order guide, that option does not appear for the LX model and they were limited to the Sport & Turbo Coupe.

Brent

I figured that out awhile ago. I just never posted up my findings as I forgot about this thread:hick:

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Reply #57 – October 19, 2009, 03:02:12 AM

I got Tbird Sport, and what about springs?
55KK? Whats the difference beetween 5.0 LX 88 springs or 5.0 stang?

Door panels on my car are not the same with panels wich my friend got on his 88 5.0 LX Tbird.