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Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

I waxed the car and thought I would share a few pics. 


Up close there are many little dings and a legion of scratches.
Mike

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #1
A few more.
Mike

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #2
Oh, I've polished a turd.......

Looks real nice
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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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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Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #3
Thank you.  Your car is awesome though.  I love looking at your car.  It makes me want to put my turbines back on.
Mike

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #4
I really like the exp emblem!  That's worth 20 HP Atleast!  ;-)

 Looks great BTW.

Travis

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #5
It covered a dent. LOL

I bet most people dont even know what exp means, or was.
Mike


Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #7
Why are your front and rear license plates different?
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #8
A front plate isnt required in KS.  It was an old KS plate I had dated 1989, with the old style.  I thought it was cool on the 88 cougar.
Mike

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #9
I always like the EXPs. wanted one but just never did.

Nice ride too:D


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #10
EXP. The coolest Escort.

And yes, I've polished a turd....apparently I've got to polish it some more, as the trans is out, and the  305 burns oil and water. FML.
'84 Mustang
'98 Explorer 5.0
'03 Focus, dropped a valve seat. yay. freakin' split port engines...
'06 Explorer EB 4.6

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #11
Um, yes, I'd say I have polished one..............

Before polish.....





After polish.,.....

'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..

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #12
Looks great. The blemishes must be fairly small as I don't see them.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #13
Nice!
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

Anyone ever tried to polish a turd, I did.

Reply #14
Amazing what a little polishing can do, car looks great. What products did you use Mike?

I've become attached to the Meguiars line of polishes and wax.




Done four complete vehicles with the stuff in the last year, well worth the effort.

Scott
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC