Bird or 'mont?

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Bird or 'mont?

Reply #15 – July 06, 2009, 07:55:32 PM

I would do little, or nothing if I was in your shoes.
Drive the bird, wait it out for better $ times, then make the decision. To take my only running car apart to do any kind of project to it, when I was short on $ sounds like something I would have done 30 years ago, time has taught me to be patient.
THEN ya never know, another good part's car could come along for the faimont, you could work on it while still having the bird to make part's runs for whatever needed.

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Reply #16 – July 06, 2009, 08:17:47 PM

If it's as bad as you say, I would have loooong ago junked it(have I ever mentioned I despise rusty cars?)... When those rusty northern turds wander down here, they are fair game...

That said, the '87-'88 TC EEC harness is rather complicated but with a EVTM you should be able to strip out any unnecessary connectors... Probably the biggest issue is the EEC test connector isn't even in the engine harness, but in the ABS/ride control harness...

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Reply #17 – July 06, 2009, 08:39:28 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;281225

If it's as bad as you say, I would have loooong ago junked it(have I ever mentioned I despise rusty cars?)... When those rusty northern turds wander down here, they are fair game...

Hey now....... LOL

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Reply #18 – July 06, 2009, 08:55:19 PM

The TC in the second picture looks like its eying the fairmont. It knows whats looming on the horizon.

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Reply #19 – July 07, 2009, 07:43:51 PM

Quote from: Chuck W;281160

Kind of a shame to sacrifice your "rare" TC for the 'Mont, but it's whatever you want to do.

Yeah I know, the bird was also my first car and has a lot of sentimental value and memories. But I have a feeling its not as "rare" as I have always thought. Its also such a rough car, theres no way it could ever be "nice". Too much "soggy metal" for me to ever fix.

Quote from: dudeman351;281220

you might want to swap the k-member over also. you did say it was an inline 6 mont didn't you?

Yeah, forgot about that. Still got the front end from an 83 Tc sitting around.

Quote from: Jim_Miller;281222

To take my only running car apart to do any kind of project to it, when I was short on $ sounds like something I would have done 30 years ago, time has taught me to be patient.

Its not my only car, I have two other running driving cars, in fact I am not even driving the bird right now, Im driving a capri xr2.

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The TC in the second picture looks like its eying the fairmont. It knows whats looming on the horizon.

Thats my dads old 83 tc which is long long gone. Like two or three years ago I tried selling it on here but it ended up going to the s yard.... rare car too... power nothing.

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Reply #20 – July 08, 2009, 12:31:00 AM

Quote from: bhazard;281360

Its not my only car, I have two other running driving cars, in fact I am not even driving the bird right now, Im driving a capri xr2.

I miss understood, that changes everything. I think in that case salvaging what you could off the "soggy metal" car and getting that mont on the road would be a good plan.