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88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #15 –
Welcome aboard ,,,,,,,,,,,,,and have a nice stay !!! great bunch of people here.
88 sport,TW heads, comp xe270hr, cobra u/Tmoss ported lower, 65 mm throttle body, under drives,smog delete,
1.7 roller rockers, cai, k&n, bbk adj regulator, 76mm Pro-m,all MSD ign. MSD dist,18° base timing, 3g alt.1 5/8 ceramic headers, 255lph walbro, 2.5" h-pipe, flowmasters, silverfox valvebody, 3.73 gear,
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc154/flipnbird/DSCF0185.jpg ( RIP : ( )

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #16 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;281439
Wow an LX with leather. That's pretty rare. My 88 LX has leather so your car is only the second LX with leather I've seen on the board.


Are you serious?
My 88 LX has gray leather interior!

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #17 –
Thanks  I have been reading this forum day & night. So much good information is in here what I still haven´t read yet. I started my 88 restoration too cause I´m sick of this rust now. Some progress pics:

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #18 –
Are you going to remember where all of the fasteners go?LOL.I did,but I was lucky.Ford actually designed everything well.Every single nut,bolt,screw,and plug went right back where it was supposed to go without any issues at all.
'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..

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #19 –
Right now I do & I have been packing all the screws,bolts & stuff into the plastic bags with letter on it. But so far its not that difficult than ford f-150 dash & mercedes S class dashes.
Right now I´m removing rust from dash metal frame.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #20 –
Should I do new thread for restoration ?
So I took out both seats & carpet. The floor is very nice :rollin:
Need more room in garage for stuff that comes out
Some pics:

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #21 –
one more

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #22 –
Interior is out now & next thing is to get engine out.
So maybe soon I can go to painting.
Don´t look the garage the whole stuff is gone now & garage is clean for today...

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #23 –
Today rear bumper cover & taillights was removed. Today mostly was packing bolts & screws. I went to shop for mini-grip bags & boxes for bolts& screws. Some pictures from back & every day car.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #24 –
Quote from: Thunderbird88;289861
Are you serious?
My 88 LX has gray leather interior!


Not "rare" but very uncommon. I've only seen one other 88 LX with a gray leather interior.

It's also odd but it seems easier to find base and Sport T-birds than LX cars. I don't know why though...


Looks like you're having fun pulling the car apart :D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #25 –
Be careful with the dash. I can only imagine what its like to get another one out there...
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Haystack;290617
Be careful with the dash. I can only imagine what its like to get another one out there...

Fortunately the dash is out for me & in good shape too.

I had a little free time again and some progress about the car. I have a box full of screws, bolts & nuts wich are going to the zinc bath and some details go chrome bath.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #27 –
Some pictures

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #28 –
Wow,that's one naked interior.LOL.Good work so far.
'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..

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #29 –
Looks like you got a major project going there! Good luck with it. Before you put the passenger side fender back on, you should take off that air intake silencer. The car breaths so much better without it, the engine sounds great without it too!!

Welcome to the forum!