project black bird April 02, 2014, 04:28:21 AM Alright so here is the story for this car.Originally this 88 tc was supposed to be the donor car for my red 88 tc. My dad bought this of intentions of it going that way. Well after doing some digging in the snow one day. I realized that this car has a better body then the red car, all it needed was to be put back together. So I bought the car from him and the work began. Well I have the interior done with all new black and grey leather, and also a repainted crack free dash that came from my dads 86 parts car. Witch is now gone.Before I started putting the interior back together it was a mess. The original owner was in the middle of pulling all of the electrical out to swap over to a 5.0 well i didnt wanna go that direction so i put everything back the way it should be. There was wires all over on the passenger floor bored. I wished i would of taken pictures of it before i went to cleaning it out to show you how much of a cluster the wires where. Well after about a week the interior was done and then it sat till I had some more money saved up to do the engine.Well now im working on getting the motor working again and learning from the story of the original owner he had blown a head gasket. Keeping I mind that this car only has 90k miles on the clock I wanted to keep the Same motor in, and once again all of the engine wire harnes has been unplugged from everything for the 5.0 swap. Well I have everything out of the way to pull the head out and get the head rebuilt. Thats as far as I've gotten on the project so far and im hoping here soon with In the week that I can pull the head and possible the motor to get it cleaned up and repainted.Still can't decide wat it will look like when its final but im thinking of keeping the black them and have everything blacked out to have a murdered 88 turbo coupe. But who knows I might throw some red on it somewhere. But still a decision to be made down the road. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #2 – April 02, 2014, 04:39:19 AM Also forgot the mention this is a southern car so no rust anywhere that I could find. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #3 – April 02, 2014, 04:42:28 AM The mess of wires that it took me 2 days to figure out what went where and labeled everything. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #4 – April 02, 2014, 04:48:56 AM New air box witch was a pain to put in after trying to find and the nuts and bolts for it. Repainted 86 dash installed. And dont worry I didnt just throw the wires behind it. Everything has wire tubing around it and the single strands are zipstriped.Trunk wires organized and I also wired up new alpine deck speakers. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #5 – April 02, 2014, 05:01:03 AM Carpet vacuumed, and shampoo New leather put in. Leather has been treated with Black Majic leather care. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #8 – April 03, 2014, 03:37:45 AM Thanks. I found a set of tinted tail lights in the pile of parts so those will be getting put on, along with tinted head light covers. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #9 – April 05, 2014, 04:15:04 AM Well ganna try and work on removing the head this weekend to get it in and rebuilt. Hoping all goes well. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #10 – April 05, 2014, 10:43:01 AM Looks like a solid car! Keep up the good work and keep us updated. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #11 – April 07, 2014, 12:34:06 AM Well no progress on removing the head but I did find out that one of my friends has a 2 drag radial tires wraped in mustang wheels. Just cant figure out what year of wheels they are so I can buy 2 more. If I get them I'll post a picture to see if y'all could help me. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #12 – April 07, 2014, 12:59:51 AM BlackBirds forever!Keep up the good work on that beauty.Ron Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #13 – April 09, 2014, 04:22:57 PM Got some drag wheels. And im starting to like the rims. Just need help to find another 2 for the front to have them match. I know they came off an 83 mustang just can't find any for sale. Quote Selected
project black bird Reply #14 – April 09, 2014, 05:35:52 PM Search for 10 hole wheels. Very common wheels. Also came on TCs and XR7s.Edit: I think they started using 10 holes around 1985. Quote Selected
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