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Reply #15 –
Quote from: FLSTCI71;322139
As I've mentioned before, I still have the 69 Torino that I used in 1978 to pick up my wife for our first date. I have NEVER regretted keeping that car. Moral of the story - Keep the Sport!!


That is awesome! And yeah everyone listen to the moral!

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Reply #16 –
I almost sold my '78 f150 once for $600.  For the reasons mentioned above: desperation.  I'm glad I didn't, even if it's been a lawn ornament for 13 years now, lol.
1987 TC

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Reply #17 –
I REALLY REALLLY regret selling my old white one for the last couple weeks, i miss the rims, side skirts, EVERYTHING i want that wouldve been cheap, i wanna find that guy and call him back but idk his name or anything, he just wanted the engine....

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Reply #18 –
Quote from: daminc;322151
after all my body work, paint, new motor, and everything extra I put in my car, I'd have to say about 17 grand would be my bottom price.

You better be careful tossing numbers out. It's obviously not worth that much yet, but in a few years, who knows? Plus, if it got advertised like Foose or Boyd, "This is the famous daminc car!!" The sky would be the limit on that bidding. :D
1987 Turbo Coupe - Son's car
1987 Super Coupe - Son's project car
1934 Ford - My project car

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Reply #19 –
You never know what will happen... in 20 more years, our little group may own the only couple hundred  Fox birds and cats left on the planet. They could sell as high as $4000 on the collectors market by then.

Then again... there may only be a couple hundred left right now. Does anyone have a way to actually keep track of the cars in existence? They come and go so fast around here.

Got another one for you Mike... "You never know what's in the pickle barrel, until you get the lid off"
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #20 –
There's surely as hell more than a coupla hundred...I mean, c'mon, I've had 4 1988's since 1999, and you know me...I very likely paid less for all combined than what Vinnie has into his wheels, or Jerry has into the metal on his car :rollin:

Mostly just kidding, but one thing is "for s"; our cars' numbers are dropping every day.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

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Reply #21 –
you know what really ticks me off:beatyoass::beatyoass:!! is when jefthro from the backwoods wouldnt offer you s price for your ride!! whats he think it is a ...chevy?:D

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Reply #22 –
Well, just looking at the active member list at 438 and figuring an average of 1 car per member (some don't own one at the moment, or are looking)... or......Even if we say there are 5000 left on earth at the moment, or even 10,000 fox birds & cougars combined, with maybe 1/3 of them about ready for the s yard. It's still a low number I think.

I'm just rambling on my first cup-O-coffee. lol
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #23 –
There's got to be more than 5,000-10,000 left. Ford made close to 800,000 T-birds alone between 1983 and 1988....
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #24 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;322346
There's got to be more than 5,000-10,000 left. Ford made close to 800,000 T-birds alone between 1983 and 1988....


Where are they? You never really see any ;)
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #25 –
There seems to be a good many of them around here. I have four TC's and didn't spend  much time looking for them. Dad has two TC's. We have several v6 and v8 cars for parts. The local yard has several sitting side by side, only one of them a TC though. Besides the ones I see cruising local, and this isn't a highly populated area.

So I can't say they are everywhere, and I am sure they are harder to find compared to years gone by. But I don't necassarily put them in that rare category.
...and there was light!

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: daminc;322354
Where are they? You never really see any ;)


Once you come down below the Arctic circle they become less rare , below the Mason Dixon especially  :hick:
Fox-less at the moment

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Reply #27 –
It's hard to tell how many are left.I'd guess not a lot.These weren't like Stangs.These were built and designed for people around 40 and up,and that was 25 years ago.I know there is a following,but a very small one.I figure by now,more than half have been sent to their demise.
'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..

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Reply #28 –
I look almost every night in ALLL of the big citys of the midwest and southern states (i dont look in the northeast because if there are some the chance of them being rusty is more.) I found a good looking Bird in Vegas and one in Memphis, but other than that there arent any....

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Reply #29 –
There everywhere, there just all under car covers or in barn or sitting in someones backyard. Case in point http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=0&nid=443&tab=list/view&ad=2473213

They had another ad with pictures, I think it would rival just about anyones car here as far as factory stock goes. I generally see three or four a year with under 75,000 miles on them. People just think there worth gold.
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.
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