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Reply #15 –
Quote from: fordguy545;164366
somehow that doesn;t look like a very even trade:beatyoass:lol



LOL  yeah id have to have some boot:birdsmily:
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1974 maverick lsx powered turbo car SOLD
1973 maverick Tijuana Taxi Tribute
1957 chevy LSX Turbo project (race car)
Owner of Joe Dirt Fabrication

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Reply #16 –
Umm... your rear plate bracket is crooked and there's rust on the master cylinder. You should junk it and start over.

J/K :hick:

I really like that truck. I've always liked the 78-79's - is that a '79 Grille? I thought the 78's had round headlamps (but I am definitely not an authority on the subject). It's not very often you see a full custom job using modern ideas (laying frame) on a late 70's Ford truck. You've done a great job, and I can only imagine the job you could do to a fox 'Bird :D

What did you do with the front suspension? Is it still the twin I-beam?

My only criticism with those tail lights is that you used two red and one amber lens on each side. You should've used red for all three and then installed one of my sequencers :D
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2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #17 –
Yes the truck is still on twin I beams, but I used the 3" dropped beams from chassis tech.  Those were a pretty penny:punchballs:
The taillights are factory toyota supra taillights, but mounted upside down.  I had them apart to clean them once, but was not feasable to move the lenses around.  I did manage to wire it so I could use the ambers as turnsignals instead of the reds.

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

newb, no t-bird yet but...

Reply #18 –
Hey man the friggin fit on the panels o' them old things was probably never that good anyway! (Or at least it wasn't for long, if you buy a truck and USE it like a truck, you ain't keepin' it nice!!!!)
 
Honestly I didnt notice any of the imperfections pointed out, even the bed, until mentioned. Just looking at the pics first impression I thought "Oh cool lowrider 70s ford truck!!!"
 
545 ci!!!!!!!!????????????? WOW absolutely nuts. Careful with the right foot there!!!!! :evilgrin:
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #19 –
^^why, its only 8.9L and gets 8.5 mpg on 93 octane:hick:

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

newb, no t-bird yet but...

Reply #20 –
Wow that is a sweet truck i love those years (73-79)
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1988 Mercury Cougar LS 5.0L AOD 2.73 :cougarsmily:
1993 F150 XLT 5.8L E4OD 3.55

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Reply #21 –
whoa guys (im only on page one) im sorry im such an opinionated person when it comes to truck body modifications.  ie tailights, seen it a billion times like frenched caddi tails or vette tails.  the supra tails fit that bill.  and i knew the truck went from wreckage to riches.  i mean i was not trying to be a dick and say "your truck sucks" b/c In my humble opinion, body mods heavily outweight engine and drivetrain mods.  i mean yeh, its got 500rwhp.  but im more interested in the bed, and the drop/cnotch andTHANKY YOU for posting the pics of the boxed frame b/c that shiznit looks tight.  so does the truck today.  i'm not ganna say it'd be a feature b/c of lil problems here and there, but i'd defnatly say its worth a mention in a mag somewhere.  and sorry for thinkin the radioactive symble was for nopi, im just so used to seeing that on badges and stickers around here (where there IS NO NPP)  im givin you much props man, i guess i came off the wrong way.  its was like "this doesnt look right, this is kinda played out but other than that ****IN SWEET"  so... the million dollar question... do you se up the anoying little reflecters in the middle of the road?

Edit:  the reason i was pointing out such things is only b/c i guess im getting closer and closer to doing body work (the welding part anyway which at home would need some filler etc), and im ganna build a ser myself, have wanted to before i was ever interested in cars.  why?  b/c i always thought of doing what 545 did puting about 500hp+ in a truck b/c trucks can be made LIGHT.  easier to hang a body on any chassis out there.  (plus the craftman truck series trucks look bad ass)

14 years old lookin at truckin and mini truckin mags way before i got the nopi or street tuner or super chevy etc.  my first choice was always spoert trucks and mini trucks..

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Reply #22 –
Don't forget the rear plate is tilted! LOL  that is a nice truck I would drive it.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
4 eyes see better than 2! 
Da Bird!

FreeBird

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Reply #23 –
^^^haha yeah ive seen that a few times (mostly in the tailgate). first thought is "oops lost a bolt" then i see the indentation:hick:
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

newb, no t-bird yet but...

Reply #24 –
ive seen it on a chevy blazer almost at the top of the hatch, at a 45 degree angle. it looked stupid, now that looks right on this truck! and man THATS a hell of a engine!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

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Reply #25 –
that's a really nice truck you got there.  because of the fact that it looks like you have a clue of what you're doing, i'll go ahead and approve your request to buy a turbocoupe.  you have my blessing.
91 ranger 2.3 turbo - nowhere near stock
87 thunderbird turbocoupe
06 pontiac g6 gt
:birdsmily:

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Reply #26 –
heh the reason i didnt point out the licence plate b/c like you've all said... its done in taste (where other guys hack and weld those frenched in pieces in the most retarded places and angles.  if i were to do a cabbed truck (i'd rather take a s10 blazer) i'd get that plexi glass rear window that has a prefabbed bucket for the plate.  thats the best licence plate mod except for draggin the rear so bad it bends the plate upward.  heh.. turbo ranger, send me a PM about your truck, i've seen it around with your sig, just noticed its boosted.

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Reply #27 –
yes I can drag it, but all our reflectors in ohio are protected by a nice little metal surround, and I havent driven down the center of the road to pick them off,lol

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

newb, no t-bird yet but...

Reply #28 –
lol wtf? they must do it alot around your area.  in ga they're sitting ducks.  get a pick of you draggin with 20 foot sparks :D hell make a video where you go from draggin to a wheel stand? ahaha

newb, no t-bird yet but...

Reply #29 –
^yeah well the reason the reflectors are like that is because in the winter time, you constantly hear thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk, and look out the window and there goes a snowplow down the road.  Thats why these are like that.  They use them to know where the snowplow is on the road without breaking all of them.  I'd love to start picking off some of them, but I know that it wont work, and as I hit them, the truck will go slamming back into the ground again.  Just ask crystal how hard it hits.  I bounced her off my seat:D

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick: