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My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #45
Quote from: MY83T;388094
That was water on the driveway from my hose.....i had to wash a inch of dust off the car.......garage bound it is.

I would like to have seen the dust cloud behind you as you drove away from storage lol
--Steve
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L
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My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #46
Looks great! It doesn't look like the years of sitting in storage hurt it at all.

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #47
Quote from: MY83T;388094
That was water on the driveway from my hose.....i had to wash a inch of dust off the car.......garage bound it is.

 
Ah I see. Since you're going to restore it close to factory spec are you going to go really crazy and try to replicate the factory inspection marks? I've been trying to figure out where they were for years.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #48
Quote from: thunderjet302;388134
Ah I see. Since you're going to restore it close to factory spec are you going to go really crazy and try to replicate the factory inspection marks? I've been trying to figure out where they were for years.

Im not sure how far im going to go on this project. Depends on time and funds......of which i have little of either right now... :-)








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #49
Busy day today........i pulled my replacement front seats from storage and cleaned and conditioned the leather.  I plan to pull the seats from the car and replace soon, as well as shampoo the hell out of the carpet.  Here are a few pics of the replacement seats after i finished them today.  Then a few of the ones in the car.  I paid $75 including shipping for the pair, and they were mis-listed as 86 seats and no one had bid on them. It was also a no reserve auction and mine was the only bid. That was around 5 years ago. 













1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #50
You defenately got them for a great price. I'd say you needed them pretty bad! lol!

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #51
Wow, with shipping charges the way they are today, the seller probably would have paid more than $75 just for shipping. That's better than a good deal, I think you stole them.
1987 Turbo Coupe - Son's car
1987 Super Coupe - Son's project car
1934 Ford - My project car

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #52
Bored tonight so i installed my new seats, and put my control panel on my console back together.......pics to follow tomorrow.








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #53
PICS......










1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler


My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #55
That looks nice. The seller definitely lost money on that deal.

turbo charged 94 Cobra engine/440cc injectors/megasquirt /5 speed swapped (T5)/maxbox upper intake/70mm PP throttle body/AJE coilovers/2003 Mustang control arms/S.T. sway bars/ES rear control arm bushings/11" brake conversion/manual rack conversion/8.8 TC rear with rear discs and a welded diff/3.73 gears/PLX wideband/199mph speedometer/Aeromotive FPR/CNC hydraulic hand brake/cobra R wheels/....ect.

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #56
Quote from: bryan163;388716
That looks nice. The seller definitely lost money on that deal.

yes, he was not a happy man.......turns out that he mis-listed the seats as 1986 seats, and these are specific to 83/84 only.  I saw the pics and emailed him asking if the items in the photo were the same being offered for sale. I got a one word reply... "yes".  The rest is history......








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #57
Located my build sheet under the passenger seat after i changed them out......a bit tattered but mostly legible and intact. 









1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

 

My bone stock 1983 Heritage lives again.........

Reply #59

I did actually...its in my color too, but thats a steep price.  I may try painting mine 1st as its solid and no cracks or breaks and its still pretty pliable.......thanks for looking out.








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler