88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

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Been a long time

Reply #120 – January 13, 2011, 01:57:43 AM

Hy everyone, it´s been long time since I wrote something here. I have been raising the thunderbird fund for body work. Now I can buy all the body panels but need some more for paintshop work money. I will buy and replace both front fenders, both rear quarter panels, both door skins and both rocker panels.
Yesterday I got some parts from paintshop they were first sand blasted and then painted and crossmember was powdercoated.
Thanks everyone in this forum and good luck with your projects!

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #121 – January 24, 2011, 04:28:41 AM

Wow! Impressive work!
You did better job with the hood lock thingy than I did neighbour! :)
Here's mine, fixed it yesterday.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #122 – January 24, 2011, 06:07:54 AM

Thanks! Good luck with restoring I have zinced all small parts of my car. How´s your progress going?

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #123 – January 24, 2011, 10:28:20 AM

Mine has been slow for a couple of years but soon time for paint so my goal is that the car is road finish for April 1st :)

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #124 – January 24, 2011, 11:31:35 AM

Wow that´s really soon good luck with it ! Mine is not going to be ready for this summer I´ll hope that body work can be finished for the end of this year. But you´ll never know.
Hope that you post some pics of your car if it´s road ready.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #125 – January 24, 2011, 06:31:26 PM

Quote from: maandy;349522

Hy everyone, it´s been long time since I wrote something here. I have been raising the thunderbird fund for body work. Now I can buy all the body panels but need some more for paintshop work money. I will buy and replace both front fenders, both rear quarter panels, both door skins and both rocker panels.
Yesterday I got some parts from paintshop they were first sand blasted and then painted and crossmember was powdercoated.
Thanks everyone in this forum and good luck with your projects!

Where are you going to get your panels and doors from? They're out of reproduction... Will you get used parts here in the US, and have them shipped?
I was just wondering

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #126 – January 24, 2011, 09:43:23 PM

I figured Estonia was somewhere near Russia... your grammar has sort of a Russian accent to it I think. Is Russian the language you normally speak?

By the way, the car is coming along very nicely. I'm happy for you that you're able to accomplish so much being so far away from where these cars came from.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #127 – January 24, 2011, 09:57:52 PM

Isn't it Estonian?

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #128 – January 24, 2011, 09:58:58 PM

I guess they're very similar...

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #129 – February 02, 2011, 02:08:17 AM

daminc: Like in the fender thread I said: about year ago there was in sherman parts but now I don´t have any idea where I can get my parts. If finding used parts from US is the only choice then I have to start looking for them. But it´s very good point from you... makes me wondering too.

sarjaxxx: If look at the map then Russia and Estonia are neighbors and Estonia is very small country. I don´t speak russian at all maybe I know few words and language is Estonian which is no way similar or even close to russian. So 10 points to daminc! By the way thanks and I like that car so much and I want to drive it again but it must be perfect.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #130 – February 02, 2011, 05:39:02 PM

oh well now I feel dumb:dunce:

You're English is pretty good though. A lot better than a lot of foreigners that actually LIVE here... Are there a lot of English speaking people there or did you study it?

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #131 – February 04, 2011, 04:51:33 PM

Thanks a lot! Like todays business and web is english & studying from 4 class at school to 12 class + now more at university. And most of young people talk englist in Estonia.

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #132 – February 05, 2011, 08:21:43 PM

Love the progress on the car. Great build. Keep it up!

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #133 – February 05, 2011, 09:43:50 PM

This thread inspires me. Great work!

88lx 5.0 t-bird Maandy´s restoration

Reply #134 – February 06, 2011, 03:50:52 AM

Thanks! Progress should be faster atleast I have feeling like it´s really slow. I hope that at summer I can get plenty of time to do real good progress and show you some pictures. Right now it´s so cold out there to do some bodywork, car is in the garage but not heated garage.