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Project "Red Phoenix"

Reply #45 –
Got the taillights finished up, still need to wet sand and buff them but they look good. Might need to get some brighter bulbs to!!!


Project "Red Phoenix"

Reply #46 –
Well tomorrow Im taking the TC to its first car show in all its multi colored glory!!! Its a local one put on by my buddy at his shop. Along with that Im also wearing a shirt I had made at the Chicago Auto this spring that Ive yet to wear!!! Me and white dont get along so I will only wear it for stuff like this and Ill have a back up shirt incase I have to get under a hood!!!

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Reply #48 –
Thanks I ho-hummed around the idea of getting one til right before I left. Almost missed the bus home I waited so long!!!LOL  I was hoping to have the body work started on it before the show, but work took most of my time and energy up this past month. Hoping I can get some where on it before the next show in a couple months. I should get a sticker made that says "Work in Progress" for it, so people understand Im actually working on restoring it.

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Reply #49 –
A buddy of mine had a sticker made for his that read "under reconstruction".

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Reply #50 –
Well the show and cruise was a blast. Got compliments on my shirt and bringing out something other than a stang. My tires have a few less miles on them needless to say!!!!! LOL You can all guess why that is!!!! Only pic I had time to get, but Im gonna see if I can get my hands on some that other people took.

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Reply #51 –
Still working on getting more pics from the show and cruise, but I did track down 1 more. A gas station full of fords!!!!! And of coarse my TC is in this one!!!LOL




On the working on it front I finally got a burr up my rear and got the CEL working, no ones ever bothered to put a bulb in it.


I also had a sad day just 2 days ago. The 24 year old fuel pump finally died on me!! LOL  But the good news is Im now running a Walbro 255hp pump. Ready to start getting stuff to gether for more mods. Unfortunatly I had to change it in this heat wave we've had in the parking lot of the store it wouldnt start in.

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Reply #52 –
Body work had officially started to fix rust. Started on the right rear quarter, and ended up using some fenders I had for the mthere's just no cars in yards around here for me to steal pieces off of, so I get to make my own quarter pieces. I'm not quite finished yet, rain and some other things slowed the progress. Got just a little more welding, grinding, and sealing till I can move on.
Oh and most of that black is a primer so I don't have the moisture rusting it already.
 

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Reply #53 –
Made more progress on the body work, not 100% done because I ran out of hardener. But its looking alot better than it did when I started!!!


Ironically today I actually had someone offer to buy the car. If I knew I could pick another that didnt need quite as much work, Id had told him make an offer!!! But Ive also fallen in love with this car, so I dont think I could actually let it go.

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Reply #54 –
I went through a lot worse with the Sport, and others have gone through WAY worse than I have, but it's worth it to keep the car, and in the end, be able to say that you did it yourself. Means a lot to me anyway.
'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 #55 –
I agree thats why I told him its not for sale, then of coarse took him for a ride to he could feel how one felt. Dang rain made it an interesting ride  though!!! We were going sideways until 4th!!! LOL

Im contemplating new tires soon and Ive been trying to figure out how to get these 15" rims to have the same diameter of the original 16" for speedo reasons. To get close enough to stock diameter and wider Id be looking at about a 295/50/15 (one of the only feasable sizes I could come up with at the time that I can get relatively easy locally) and thats via a tire calulator. Right now Im trying to figure out if they will even fit without modding anything. I think once I get the tire diameter close to stock adjusting the trans speedo gear will be easier to find the proper tooth one. Right now Im right about 10 mph faster than actual speed (gps tested). Also Im gonna be swapping trans's soon. The one in my car either has a synchro problem or possibly a bent shift fork, it grinds in 1st and 2nd no matter what and 3rd and reverse sometimes. Sometimes I even have to fight it into 3rd. 4th and 5th are fine, no grinding or difficulty in shifting, but it never jumps out of any gear so Ive been leaning toward synchros.

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Reply #56 –
Well thanks to ramair351 and 1Bad88tbird Ive gotten some more things working better or pieces Ive been looking for. I picked up a set of nos keys from ramair351, dont even have them cut yet and had people liking them!!! From 1Bad88tbird I got the cornering lamp relay harness, a headlight switch, and a TC shifter . Harness and switch are already in and working. Thanks to both these guys Im getting the motivation to start tinkering agian.

Last week I had to swap 5 speeds, broke all 3 of the synchro keys on the 3-4 hub. Not to mention the synchros have been gone in 1-2-3 since I got the car, just had to find time to swap. Well I had to make time, I couldnt use 3rd at all. In the process I found out that the old trans and the new one are both out of late 80's mustangs, not even TC's. Only reason I found out was I was verifying that it was a WC T5 by the id tags on them. The old one will be rebiult and by me even!!! It'll be nice to have a back-up just incase I damage this one, especially since this replacement is 20+ years old it self.

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Reply #57 –
I'm glad you got it all and everything works! That's great news! Thanks again.

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Reply #58 –
I have always like those wheels, my friend had some on a camero!!!

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Reply #59 –
Quote from: 83TB;399982
I have always like those wheels, my friend had some on a camero!!!
Im actually trying to figure out for sure who they are made by. I have 1 center cap that says Enkei, but I want to verify before I pick up a full set of caps. Im missing one of the spinner caps, so I wanna get a matched set of some kind.