Beware of the CLAW!

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Beware of the CLAW!

Reply #30 – October 23, 2006, 10:31:19 PM

Quote from: grutinator;109726

I dont even kno u anymore! your dead to me! get outta this group!

no im just playing...im tired....sorry

lol I still love the :birdsmily:

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Reply #31 – October 24, 2006, 12:19:33 AM

Too bad to see it go. I own a four eyed Coug, and Im itching to own a four eyed bird too! FOUR EYES RULE!

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Reply #32 – October 24, 2006, 01:01:00 AM

Nathan I know where there is an 83 or 84 4 eye bird. not sure what it has for an engine but its white and looks to be in good shape from the road. its about 30 miles from here

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Reply #33 – October 24, 2006, 01:34:25 AM

seeing that TC with the claw Carrying it away actually made my stomach turn. God im happy that all of us have a passion for this era of

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Reply #34 – October 24, 2006, 01:59:49 AM

While it does suck to see a somewhat decent TC sped...it IS his car, or was, rather....

Anyway, to get to MY point of this post, I'm gonna take a coupla pics of my TC, and my first Tbird tomorrow (today) when I go to pull the TC's 2.3t and T5. The pic will show just how much o've taken off both cars..

Yeah, it sucks he didn't get the glass, but hey...can't really expect somebody to keep they have neither the room for, nor a car that said parts will work on.
Believe me, I felt bad for partin' my TC..but it didn't have the title, and the front core support was twisted and beat up, and the gas tank had been cut out of it.
Knowing that 90% of the parts I took off of mine makes it easier to think bout though.

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Reply #35 – October 24, 2006, 02:06:28 AM

The solution is not to s them at all, take the parts you need and experiment with the rest

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Reply #36 – October 24, 2006, 08:56:20 AM

Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;109745

The pictures I saw of the car whole looked a LOT nicer and rust-free then what you say. Actually, the pics you posted of it getting clawed it still looks nicer. How bad was the strut tower rust, because the dime-sized in the 1/4's was pretty much surface only. They look nicer then the 1/4's on 75% of the cars on this site, including mine.

Everone should know that pictures hide most defects. The rust behind the LR wheel was definately not surface. Also, the area between the doors and the rear wheel wells along the bottom of the 1/4s was rusting from the inside out along that entire area on both sides. Same goes with the doors; rusting from inside to out all the way front to back. Most of the metal around the rubber moldings was rusting. I guess I should have media blasted the car and took pics of every rust spot before I took it to the sper so that YOU could sleep at night

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Reply #37 – October 24, 2006, 09:13:55 AM

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I guess I should have media blasted the car and took pics of every rust spot before I took it to the sper so that YOU could sleep at night

Yes, you should have. But instead, you killed it, you horrible, evil, wicked person. :flame:
A pox on thee and all those with the same shoe size (I have no idea what that means :confused: ).
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!

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Reply #38 – October 24, 2006, 09:22:51 AM

Death awaits YOU with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

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Reply #39 – October 24, 2006, 10:26:50 AM

I really could care less that you didn't get all the parts. It's the fact that you bought a running, driving car from a guy that was nicer then a large majority of 83-88 TBirds, and then proceeded to strip it and crush it. You didn't even tell the seller you were going to strip it, you just sent him claw photos. By all means, strip cars, save parts, build your own ride. Just stop taking the running driving GOOD ones will you? I know pictures hide a lot, but your pictures are hiding less then mine and a lot of other peoples. That's one less decent TBird somebody will be able to enjoy.

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Reply #40 – October 24, 2006, 10:28:52 AM

Those first pics made me cry on the inside, but Im loving that 86. Those kinds of rims you have on it (cobra R I'm guessing?) have really been growing on me as of late. I never really used to like them too much but lately I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a set.

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Reply #41 – October 24, 2006, 11:24:36 AM

Eh.. big deal. It was his car and he crushed it.

I can find you five of those cars a week in the $800-1500 range in about that condition. Maybe better, cars don't rust that bad here in Texas.

I like em too, but... man they made a LOT of them.

I did a quick craigslist.org search for turbo coupe in my state. Here's all the results I got, and it's all parts you guys are cryin over. Why don't you go ahead and buy them and ship them up from TX so they don't get wasted?

http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/213961087.html
http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/221511861.html
http://austin.craigslist.org/car/224847452.html
http://austin.craigslist.org/pts/206654256.html

Or better yet, do a search in your state and see what you find.

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Reply #42 – October 24, 2006, 12:08:11 PM

I see both sides of the issue here. My old '88 T-Bird Sport was that color and let me tell you, that color hides rust VERY well. And pictures lie, especially over the Internet. The bottom part of the car looks crinkled to me. And it's a pain to store auto glass (I've got plenty of it stored and honest to God, it takes up more room than you'd expect). OTOH, it does appear to be, overall, better than some of the cars I've seen on the road. Still, frame damage is the deal breaker and I believe he mentioned that so...why the continued arguing, I don't know. Y'all want some cheese with your whine?

I'm going to do the same thing next month with my '88 Blue Max V6. I'm removing what I want and junking the rest. Same exact reasons: rusted frame, rusted body, no time to remove a whole lot, no room for most parts. Glass is staying in. Moldings are staying on. Is that going to make me the bad guy too? Or is that alright if I just don't take photos of it getting crushed and posting them on the Internet? Boo-frickin'-hoo, people.

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Reply #43 – October 24, 2006, 12:50:32 PM

I guess the moral of the story is that is was HIS car and he die what HE wanted with it. It may be hard to accept that it was killed with parts on it but there are more cars out there.

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Reply #44 – October 24, 2006, 09:42:28 PM

It's not the parts, it's the car. And the previous owner still swears the car was rust-free in the framerails. Parts are parts, the more good stuff stupid people crush, the higher my prices go, big deal. The whining is coming from ripping a running, driving, no issues car for no reason. Previous owner said it had a dime-sized rust hole in the LR 1/4 and the bottoms (front and rear of the tire) were surfacing. Guy didn't even tell him he was going to strip it. $5 says that stupid Chevy pickup he HAD to have the trailer for has more rust. Waste is stupid, be it cars or anything else.