Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

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Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #15 – April 05, 2008, 09:02:06 PM

it translates into "we're not gonna spend our time looking for this information." Mitchell Data is a company, I'd ask them. It may cost money, but it's a decent chance.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #16 – April 06, 2008, 12:27:48 AM

Did you see the thread about how Ford is suing a Mustang site over their calendar? Ford's response sounds like they're not interested in sharing.

Maybe someone should point out to Rex that car companies are paying for the privilege of having their products represented in video games, and that they might consider a different tact, especially since Ford's bottom line isn't looking so good these days.

BTW Red Spar, excellent work.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #17 – April 06, 2008, 04:50:26 PM

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Well I decided to be bold and emailed Ford requesting blueprints.

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I just asked for a simple line drawing plan views

So which was it... plan views that anybody could get if the camera is far enough away (try hacking into the Hubble telescope), or blueprints which would seem to include WAY more detailed stuf, like exact dimensions, sheet metal thickness, alloy types, bolt strengths, etc... the kind of stuff some aftermarket "manufacturer" would want to make a bunch of bogus "NOS Ford, the Real Stuff, Honest!" parts.
As they said... [COLOR="Red"]Information of this nature is proprietary [/COLOR]

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #18 – April 06, 2008, 06:44:16 PM

Doubt any of these will help you... But figured i would post anyway:

Theres some more stuff here:
http://www.fedrelandsvennen.no/amcar/brochures/ford/84tbird.html

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #19 – April 06, 2008, 06:44:20 PM

Found this...
http://www.the-blueprints.com/index.php?blueprints/cars/ford/20644/view/

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #20 – April 06, 2008, 06:57:02 PM

Appears to be an 87-88 Thunderbird TC here, but you have to be a member to view.
http://www.smcars.net/forums/ford/index2.html

Registering now...

EDIT: Meh, just some dude's hand drawing of the 87-88

Found another profile of the four eyes on the site from Road & Track.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #21 – April 06, 2008, 07:13:17 PM

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Appears to be an 87-88 Thunderbird TC here, but you have to be a member to view.
http://www.smcars.net/forums/ford/index2.html

Registering now...

Don't get my hopes up like that.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #22 – April 06, 2008, 07:38:17 PM

Thanks for all the help digging around the net for me guys! You guys rock! Unfortunately, I have already found all those pics (The R&T side view is good!) and I have been a member of the SMCARS.net forum for awhile....That hand drawn 'Bird ain't gunna cut it...

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So which was it... plan views that anybody could get if the camera is far enough away (try hacking into the Hubble telescope), or blueprints which would seem to include WAY more detailed stuf, like exact dimensions, sheet metal thickness, alloy types, bolt strengths, etc... the kind of stuff some aftermarket "manufacturer" would want to make a bunch of bogus "NOS Ford, the Real Stuff, Honest!" parts.

I have been throwing around the word 'blueprint' around here pretty liberally, when I emailed Ford I asked for 4 views line drawings of the Thunderbird...But apparently line drawings are super secret info so no dice for me!

Well I am just going to have to find a really, really tall bridge with a road below so I can get a top down shot that is high enough so I can get a photo with the minimum of distortion.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #23 – April 06, 2008, 10:14:23 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/1989-MITCHELL-Vehicle-Dimension-Manual-Cars-Trucks_W0QQitemZ110239834600QQihZ001QQcategoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is what I was referring to. Unfortunately this is 1989 and not 1988.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #24 – April 06, 2008, 10:54:08 PM

Hmmm... very interesting... I'll look into this more. Thanks!

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #25 – April 14, 2008, 10:03:06 AM

Well I have scoured every tube on the interweb for 2 weeks ...nada, zip, zero for Bird blueprints. UGH..

-so-

I found a very tall bridge with a road below and got a great top down orthographic photo. I was little queezy hanging way over the edge with a camera to get the shot but hey, the you do for art.

Here's the pic showing how high it was:

Final product:

I still have some slight optical distortion, ~ 1 inch discrepancy in length with my side photo, but at least it is much better, enough to give my project the green light again.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #26 – April 14, 2008, 11:23:45 AM

Holy shiznite you are pretty high up! Nice job on the picture.

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #27 – April 14, 2008, 05:09:13 PM

Great Job. :hick:

Does anyone have blueprints of 83-86 Tbirds?

Reply #28 – April 14, 2008, 11:44:09 PM

I could get a picture of one hanging directly over an 87 bird in a bucket truck...