Original cars, owners, documentation

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Original cars, owners, documentation

Reply #105 – February 19, 2013, 08:06:32 AM

Not documentation...but just came across these the other day. A pair of NOS front floormats I ordered when I bought my car. Even back then I knew I would be keeping the car until it was an antique and able to take it to car shows! :hick:

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Reply #106 – February 19, 2013, 11:05:07 AM

Quote from: rodsterh;409666

Not documentation...but just came across these the other day. A pair of NOS front floormats I ordered when I bought my car. Even back then I knew I would be keeping the car until it was an antique and able to take it to car shows! :hick:

My first new car was and 88 Cougar xr7. I wish I'd had the forsight to save things like documentation, I don't even have a picture of it. I didn't have the finances to keep the car around as a 2cd. car back then. At least I was able to find the same car.

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Reply #107 – March 21, 2013, 09:59:25 AM

Quote from: MY83T;397796

a few more items for the archives:

I'm suspecting not all cars got these. If your car has one, feel free to post a picture, the year of your car, where it was built and the build date from the door tag.

I don't recall seeing any early (83-84) Turbo Coupes with them?

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Reply #108 – March 21, 2013, 01:45:33 PM

Quote from: rodsterh;411563

I'm suspecting not all cars got these. If your car has one, feel free to post a picture, the year of your car, where it was built and the build date from the door tag.

I don't recall seeing any early (83-84) Turbo Coupes with them?

Mine is missing the buck tag. All that's left is the bolt holding it and a nub. Many of these cars are missing it. They're easy to break off when doing any work behind the grill, like changing headlamps or removing the coolant overflow bottle for cleaning. On the Mn-12s the buck tag is not hanging over the radiator support so they all have them.

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Reply #109 – March 21, 2013, 08:48:53 PM

I agree, they would be easier to be broken off than the Mustangs but not all the TBirds got them in the first place. I'm wondering if just the early Atlanta cars didn't get them? Hopefully people will chime in with some info. My 83 TC never had a buck tag as is evident from the lack of a hole on the radiator support and no tag anywhere else.

What year is your car and where was it built?

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Reply #110 – March 21, 2013, 10:19:35 PM

Here's an interesting one. Found what looks like could be a hand written date code? inspection mark? on the DS rear of the header panel. If you look between the radiator support and the header panel, on the outermost headlight bucket, that's where I found it. It's on both of my 83's and I've owned my Heritage all these years and never noticed it before!

Let me know if anyone else find something similar and maybe we can figure out what it is.

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Reply #111 – March 22, 2013, 10:58:17 AM

Quote from: rodsterh;411563

I'm suspecting not all cars got these. If your car has one, feel free to post a picture, the year of your car, where it was built and the build date from the door tag.

I don't recall seeing any early (83-84) Turbo Coupes with them?

All of them would have had them since the buck tag was a required part of the assembly line process. It is possible that some early cars didn’t have them fastened to the radiator support via the sheet metal screw method that we are familiar with. Such as with the case of your ’83 TC and that they were possibly temporarily put on the chassis during that time or at that particular plant.

Here are pics of an 1983 base T-bird, an ’84 XR-7, an ’83 Heritage with them in the usual place.

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Reply #112 – March 22, 2013, 11:51:18 AM

I'm not sure the metal buck tag was required. It's possible some plants used something else such as paper build sheets. Not all Ford plants followed the same procedure.

My wild guess is Atlanta did not use metal buck tags but Lorain did.

Hopefully we can gather some information to figure this out.

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Reply #113 – March 23, 2013, 07:04:22 PM

My 88 TC had the tag bolted to the core support originally, before I removed it. I've had the entire interior out, as well as the the dash pulled fully out, and no build sheet to be found anywhere unfortunately, which sucks because I have factory build sheets for every other one of my cars. No marks on the header panel either, other than the standard date codes that are stamped in yellow on every panel.

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Reply #114 – March 23, 2013, 07:49:28 PM

I think I posted all my stuff somewhere before
this stuff came with the car when it rolled out of the dealers parking lot.
its still in the map pocket in the passenger side door where it was kept since day 1

Still have the tag on the car. one of the few things that actually survived.

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Reply #115 – March 23, 2013, 09:23:27 PM

Quote from: Big B;411671

My 88 TC had the tag bolted to the core support originally, before I removed it. I've had the entire interior out, as well as the the dash pulled fully out, and no build sheet to be found anywhere unfortunately, which sucks because I have factory build sheets for every other one of my cars. No marks on the header panel either, other than the standard date codes that are stamped in yellow on every panel.

I had an 84 and an 86 that had the build sheet on top of the gas tank. You might look there if you haven't dropped the tank before. My current 86 had it under the passenger seat between the foam and wire but it was shredded.

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Reply #116 – March 23, 2013, 09:49:39 PM

my 83 build sheet was under the passenger seat foam also.

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Reply #117 – March 23, 2013, 09:55:37 PM

anyone have one of these?

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Reply #118 – March 24, 2013, 10:26:56 AM

Quote from: MY83T;411685

my 83 build sheet was under the passenger seat foam also.

So is mine, it is awaiting retrieval this summer. :D

Quote from: daminc;411687

anyone have one of these?

Sure do! :hick:

Found it in the interior but can't recall where.

Do you have a buck tag on your car? I'd be interested if '62' matches the rotation # on your tag if you have one.

Mine does not match the rotation code on my buck tag so it may have just ended up in my car as 'trash'.

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Reply #119 – March 24, 2013, 09:03:26 PM

Quote from: Loaded87IROC;411683

I had an 84 and an 86 that had the build sheet on top of the gas tank. You might look there if you haven't dropped the tank before. My current 86 had it under the passenger seat between the foam and wire but it was shredded.

Ok, thx for the info. Looked under the springs of the passenger side seat this morning, no dice. I've never had the tank out yet, but I will for sure look there when I finally do pull it out, probably been ruined by moisture now though, if it is there.

Quote from: daminc;411678

I think I posted all my stuff somewhere before
this stuff came with the car when it rolled out of the dealers parking lot.
its still in the map pocket in the passenger side door where it was kept since day 1

I was lucky enough to get that entire book/paper set with my TC as well, since I bought it from the original owner (old lady in her 70's), everything was still in the glovebox. The little black book with the T-Bird emblem on the cover is nice, the flocking on mine is still cherry as well.