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Finished the '84

Some of you may have been keeping up with this car's progress in this thread.  Unfortunately we had to hustle and well... we didn't have any cameras around AGAIN this past weekend.  I guess you'll just have to see the "finished" shots.  There is still some work to be done, the glass needs to be tinted and we need to black out the wheelwells.  But this was put back together enough to drive it home. 

We also did a lot of other work unrelated to the paint job, including new 2.5" exhaust with '05 Mustang lers (sounds pretty good!) and new headliner and package shelf.

Doing this car for my sister was all my dad's idea and you should see him fretting over it, he is like a proud papa and excited as I've seen him in a while.

Turned out pretty nice for what started out as a $500 car....

(someone touched the lens in the upper left hand corner - arrrrrrgggh)




















And here is my sister, I hope she loves it.  Speaking of - the car has a nickname now, the Lovebird.  Not only is it pink, but the previous owner PROPOSED to his wife in it!  :rollin:

:burnout:

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1984 Thunderbird V8

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Reply #1 –
Good job, man. That's pretty  clean. Pink wouldn't be my first choice for flames, but I'm not driving it. :P Also, you probably should have masked over the lock on the trunk. Speaking from experience, that's going to flake a lot.

You've got a finger-print on your lens, btw. ;)

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(someone touched the lens in the upper left hand corner - arrrrrrgggh)

Oops, I didn't see that part. It's smudged on the right too.

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Reply #3 –
Quote from: oldraven;238593
Pink wouldn't be my first choice for flames, but I'm not driving it. :P
Well yeah.. I would hope a grown man wouldn't put pink flames on his car. ;)  It's for a little girl and it was her idea.
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Also, you probably should have masked over the lock on the trunk. Speaking from experience, that's going to flake a lot.
There are tricks for dealing with things like that. :)

Thanks fellas.  This was fun to do for her.
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1984 Thunderbird V8

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Reply #4 –
Nicely done!
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Reply #5 –
Good Brother.

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Reply #6 –
Looks good, what did you guys do for the package shelf carpet? My son and I redid his 83 over the summer and who ever had it before got a cigarette burn in it.

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Reply #7 –
Just used more headliner material over the stock stuff.  The cardboard base had gotten waterlogged at some point and we weren't able to take the old carpet off.
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1984 Thunderbird V8

Finished the '84

Reply #8 –
VERY COOL !!!,,,,i like the stance
88 sport,TW heads, comp xe270hr, cobra u/Tmoss ported lower, 65 mm throttle body, under drives,smog delete,
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Reply #9 –
VERY NICE!!! the 83-86 'birds look awesome with flames
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Reply #10 –
That is just to cool !!!......it looks like it could use a little somthing towards the rear of the car,but still,very nice looking Bird.
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Reply #11 –
OMG that is freaking awesome.  The stance is dead on perfect and the pink flames look good too (especially with the theme of it being a chick car).  Totally makes me want a 4-eye... they look good white.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

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Reply #12 –
Great Work! :burnout:
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Reply #13 –
OK, I can say it now.
That car with pink flames, is really cool looking. LOL

Nice job
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Reply #14 –
Wow that's really nice. The stance is dead on, and it has the Cobra wheels I've been wanting for my car.

I think that's as badass as chick cars get.:hick:
Matt
1984 Thunderbird - 89 302 HO, GT40 heads w/ Trick Flow springs, E303 cam, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake and 600 cfm 4bbl, Mustang headers, Jegs o/r H pipe, Dynomax lers, Mustang AOD and shifter, Mustang 8.8 w/ 3.73s, 3G alternator, Mustang front and rear sway bars, KYB 87-88 Turbo Coupe shocks and struts, and 11" front brakes.

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