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Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Well I bought the car not knowing anything about thunderbirds but I am pretty happy with the purchase. I have learned alot from this site. So here is my 1988 Thunderbird Sport:
















Well there it is! For $800 I think I got a pretty good deal. It is bone stock down to the smog pump. It does need some things like a center console cover, headlights, smog delete, new rims, headliner, waxed and buffed, and carpet cleaned. I see many more birds in the future, I like this car alot! Hope you enjoyed the pics and I will post more in this thread as I improve the car.
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #1
Nice!

Those are the seats I wish I could find in a junk yard for my 83. I just have the base-model "short seats". Tan sport seats are a beeotch to find. I can find red ones all day long.

CoogarXR
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #2
Thanks! I was suprised the drivers seat wasnt all torn up
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #3
Hey,that's a good looking car.I like it a lot.My car's sister.That's what mine looked like when I got it (O.K.,mine was ugly).What are your plans for it?

Here it "was"........


'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #4
man they are like twins! lol
Sell me the rims! jk it would cost more than I paid for my car to ship them!

Plans so far are cobra intake, gt40 heads, set of headers, BBK lowering springs in the front, 3:73's in the rear, and a set of rims. Possibly a supercharger down the line but for now until i get my mustang running its a daily driver.
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #5
Car looks to be in very good shape.  Kinda funny, though; you have the EXACT same rust spot under the corner of the passenger side tailight that I have.  Can't wait to see some progress on it!

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #6
Quote from: CoogarXR;274284
Nice!

Those are the seats I wish I could find in a junk yard for my 83. I just have the base-model "short seats". Tan sport seats are a beeotch to find. I can find red ones all day long.

CoogarXR


Aren't they just Mustang GT seats? They sure look an awful lot like the seats in my '89 asc.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
"as if 'religion' were something God invented, and not His statement to us of certain quite unalterable facts about His own nature." -C.S. Lewis

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #7
No those are the same seats they put in the xr7's too,.. i have them....i think most 5.0 cars had them
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Just enjoyin the ride!!!!

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #8
All the sports do. Not necessarily all of the v8 cars. lol

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #9
Quote from: ProTouring442;274294
Aren't they just Mustang GT seats? They sure look an awful lot like the seats in my '89 asc.


I think the mustang seats had the halo headrests (not too sure)...

CoogarXR
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #10
My '84 TC had halo headrests.  I think it was a feature of the earlier fox cars only.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #11
Looks clean man.
My fr500's would look awesome on there(no you can't have them lol), it's amazing what a set of wheels will do for a car.
Somebody on here must have a console lid for this man lol.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #12
dang the engine's pretty clean, same for the rest of the car, wish my 96 xr7 looked that nice lol

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #13
The engine is really clean but the valve covers leak some so it has a little oil on them. You can smell it burning off the manifolds too. Not ready to tackle that project just yet! lol
1971 Camaro Blown 640ci
1988 T-Top Mustang
1980 Mustang coupe
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe
And a purple mini van! :burnout:

Previous Thunderbirds:
1988 Sport

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #14
Quote from: Ifixyawata;274321
My '84 TC had halo headrests.  I think it was a feature of the earlier fox cars only.


Escort GTs also came with them. Forgot which years though.
1986 Cougar LS