A new Bird for me! March 12, 2013, 02:06:58 AM Picked this up this morning, 1980 Thunderbird with 54k original miles. Better pics will be up tomorrow, these are the sellers. Its in wonderful shape, guys dad bought it new & only drove it a few years before he died. Hasn't been on the road since 96, hasn't been driven any real distance since 83. Power efffing nothing a 302 and A/C that looks about it. Needs a good solid tuneup, a carb & a new brake booster and shes good to go!I've now had every body style of T-bird or Cougar from 77-97 :DEdit photobucket is not cooperating! >:( here's his CL ad thats still up.http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/3658260703.html Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #1 – March 12, 2013, 10:20:19 PM Nice...there's some BoxFox fans here, you'll fit in. What's the plans for it? Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #2 – March 13, 2013, 12:40:37 AM Ummm, as of right now i'm just gonna drive it, it's pretty different than any other Tbird i've had. I kinda like that it's simple, not a whole lot that can go wrong, I won't have to play with window or seat motors for once :D I have a '79 Heritage that i'm either putting an engine in or selling for about a 1/4 of my investment (D: i dont wanna!!) or selling my '65 Imperial. I'm trying to stray away from Ma Mopar, much too expensive for my taste & that's if you can FIND the parts, lol.but i've ballooned up to four cars now, at least one has to go. Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #3 – March 13, 2013, 12:44:57 AM Tub it fill blown drag car lolClean car though Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #5 – March 13, 2013, 01:20:13 AM Orange and brown isn't exactly my favorite color combo, but it's growing on me. It is nice to have a break from baby blue & whiteThat's my truck & the Heritage before i had the top put on. There's a 68 Plymouth Fury III behind them Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #6 – March 13, 2013, 05:42:34 AM how much are ou trying to sell the imperial for because that thing is sweet Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #9 – March 14, 2013, 12:26:49 AM Quote from: turbotrav;411164AOD? Cruise?Travis Nope, no cruise & a C4. As far as options go all i see is the 302 & leather seats. Manual seat, crank windows, manual mirrors, no premium sound either. Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #10 – April 14, 2013, 11:13:28 PM I wasnt too crazy about the colours either but after I got mine polished up I really like it.Mine is a Town Landau, you dont see too many base model cars with tu-tone paint.Nice heritage too. Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #11 – April 16, 2013, 05:26:51 AM dang that is nice! I had an 80 that was all gold (top color on yours) back in 1992. I wish I knew then what i know now about these cars! Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #13 – January 07, 2014, 01:54:59 AM long time no talk lol. Drove the BoxFox for about a week in the summer before let the headgasket go :( we just finished putting a new motor in yesterday, here's some pics of the process. Quote Selected
A new Bird for me! Reply #14 – January 07, 2014, 01:57:47 AM A few pics of the old motor and the new motor waiting its turn. The oil pan was paper thin along the sides & literally every single freeze plug was on the edge of popping (even the one behind the bell housing)Should've been done with it done a couple weeks ago but we dropped the oil pump shaft down into the pan & we weren't to enthusiastic about getting it out. >:( Dropping the pan and fishing it out wasn't nearly as hard as i thought, just really tight and awkward. We've got it running now, I get paid wendsday night so I'm gonna take it to get a set of duals and have the timing light put on it, then it should be good to go mechanically! Quote Selected
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