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May 11, 2009, 10:32:23 AM

Hello,
I am new to this forum and Cougars. I have an 87 TBird Turbo Coupe that I've had for several years and have done a lot of mods to it.
A few days ago a friend of mine gave me an 85 XR7. It's in pretty bad shape but could be restored. It has the 2.3T with a 5 Speed tranny.
What is everyones take on this Cougar. Is it worth restoring?
Thanks,
Bobby
:burnout:

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Reply #1 – May 11, 2009, 10:38:25 AM

Welcome! I would say the 85 XR7 is totally worth restoring.

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Reply #2 – May 11, 2009, 10:45:12 AM

Yes, 85 xr7 with 5-speed is getting to be pretty rare, 100% worth restoring.

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Reply #3 – May 11, 2009, 10:59:04 AM

welcome to the site, lets see some pics!

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Reply #4 – May 11, 2009, 11:03:17 AM

Thanks guys. I will get some pics soon. Right now it's not much to look at. He brought it to me on a rollback.
The major things I see are, it need a right fender, a hood and a headliner. What were those headliner made out of? It seems to be foam or something. It is completely disentergrated.

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Reply #5 – May 11, 2009, 11:42:26 AM

Goodness its like we have been finding all the 85 XR7's lately isn't it? Welcome and restore that car ASAP!

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Reply #6 – May 11, 2009, 11:50:43 AM

Quote from: Bob;271644

welcome to the site, lets see some pics!

of the XR7!!

P.S. Welcome!!

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Reply #7 – May 11, 2009, 12:12:18 PM

Quote from: 87TBo;271646

Thanks guys. I will get some pics soon. Right now it's not much to look at. He brought it to me on a rollback.
The major things I see are, it need a right fender, a hood and a headliner. What were those headliner made out of? It seems to be foam or something. It is completely disentergrated.

You can get a hood and a fender from any 83-86 Tbird/Cougar. You should be able to find something decent and useable down south.

The headliner is a foam-backed fabric glued to a backer board. You can just buy the material, pull the headliner board out of the car, clean all the old foam off the board and attach the new fabric. Not that hard to do. Using a good hi-temp adhesive is key though, and it's usually not cheap.

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Reply #8 – May 11, 2009, 12:25:46 PM

Welcome to the board Bobby!
Yes, any Turbo 83-88 T-Bird or Cougar is worth restoring.