what is this? May 06, 2014, 06:59:23 PM Saw this '88 T-bird out front (waiting to be put out in the yard) at a JY today. I'm not sure what the hell it is. had all the LX options, but had a full console w/ auto shift. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #3 – May 06, 2014, 08:57:57 PM With full digital cluster, wood dash & the high series door panels?? I believe it's an LX with the Sport seats, full console and floor shift. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #4 – May 06, 2014, 10:53:25 PM '87 Sport. Vin should have a 61 in it. Or it's an LX, I'm not 100% certain which is which without the VIN....hard to go wrong with it's info. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #5 – May 06, 2014, 11:16:55 PM I believe the door jamb sticker said 12/88 which now that I think about it, wouldn't that make it an 89? I read somewhere on here, that if you ordered TC/Sport seats in an LX that they threw in the full console and floor shift or vice versa. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #6 – May 07, 2014, 05:38:59 AM My guess is its an LX. I think if it were a Sport it wouldn't have the chrome around the windows? Wouldn't it have the black trim like a TC ? I may be wrong though. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #7 – May 07, 2014, 09:28:17 AM Quote from: White85GS;433390I believe the door jamb sticker said 12/88 which now that I think about it, wouldn't that make it an 89? I read somewhere on here, that if you ordered TC/Sport seats in an LX that they threw in the full console and floor shift or vice versa.It appears to be a well equipped '87 LX to me. I would bet that the the sticker actually reads 12/86. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #8 – May 07, 2014, 11:46:07 AM Quote from: ISTLCRUZ;433392My guess is its an LX. I think if it were a Sport it wouldn't have the chrome around the windows? Wouldn't it have the black trim like a TC ? I may be wrong though.nope. LX/LS had the chrome trim and mirrors, it was the gimmick for that package - the "luxury" look. Sport/XR7 had black trim and body color mirrors/grilles, to offset the luxury and be more sport style....which cofuses me about this car, as those mirrors don't appear to be correct for that car at all... its hard to tell in the picture but they look like 83-86 mirrors, note the absence of the trim ring around the mirror glass...Quote from: White85GS;433390 I read somewhere on here, that if you ordered TC/Sport seats in an LX that they threw in the full console and floor shift or vice versa.Yes they would have to since the consolette would have no way to mount to the sport seats. As for floor shift, I don't know, some cars came with column shift and full consoles, but I think that was only four-eyes... this one is definitely special...then again, you have to consider, it may have been converted at some point, just as mine and many others on here... (although I still have my base seats, I just hacksawed my consolette off of them lol)On a separate note, was that dash actually in as good of a condition as it appears to be in these photos? Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #9 – May 07, 2014, 02:20:52 PM My 86 has a full console with regular seats and colum shift. it also has a full length console for some reason, and i doubt it was swapped in. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #10 – May 07, 2014, 03:10:56 PM Quote from: sarjxxx;433401nope. LX/LS had the chrome trim and mirrors, it was the gimmick for that package - the "luxury" look. Sport/XR7 had black trim and body color mirrors/grilles, to offset the luxury and be more sport style.All '87-'88 Thunderbirds had black mirrors.I stand by my original assessment that this is a nicely equipped '87 LX with no "special" equipement or deviations from factory. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #12 – May 07, 2014, 09:55:45 PM Quote from: BCA;433398It appears to be a well equipped '87 LX to me. I would bet that the the sticker actually reads 12/86.Yep I agree. In 87 you could get sport seats and a floor shift on the LX. 87 Sports came with base seats. It has to be an LX as no Sport had the LX/Turbo Coupe style door panels. Wood dash, floor shift, LX/Turbo Coupe door panels, and sport seats means this car can only be an 87 Thunderbird LX. Quote Selected
what is this? Reply #13 – May 07, 2014, 11:43:59 PM I went back today but it was in a holding area, so I couldn't go up to it again. I bet you guys are right about it being an '87, a 6 and an 8 look similar. Such a shame though, who here wouldn't want an almost fully loaded LX with sport seats, full console/floor shift? BTW, they crushed that '88 Bostonian already :-( But since I harvested the radio out of it for my Ranger, part of it still lives on :-) Quote Selected
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