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clean '88 thunderbird

This has me thinking too much!
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/4784381277.html
home ported E7's, HO intake, 93 Tbird cam, 65mm tb, Shorties, dynomax lers, TC 3.73 rear, Mach 1 springs, Bauman shiftkit, epoxy mod, SD, 3G alt, black magic fan

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #1
I telling people, and I'm sure you guys would agree, that the best all-around Fox T-Birds & Cougars were the 1987-88 Sport & XR-7.
Current: 1986 Thunderbird, 105k 3.8/C5, 2 tone  Midnight Wine/Medium Taupe, wing windows, wire wheel covers.


Former: 1985 Cougar GS 115k Oxford White/Regatta Blue, 5.0, full console, 14" 8 hole aluminum T-Bird rims, Edelbrock valve covers.

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #2
Very clean and a 1 owner car.  I dream of cars like this.    Again, why are all the good ones for sale when I have no funds?

Go Fast the first time.  The tickets the same.
86 Thunderbird 5.0.  All original good weather driver. Tbird Reg #53035
86 Thunderbird TC.  All original good weather driver.  Tbird Reg # 58555
87 Thunderbird TC.  All original good weather daily driver.  Tbird Reg # 64647

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #3
I would jump at that if I didn't have so much in my project...$$$
87 Tbird LX w/Factory floor shifter:D   3G upgrade. Tinted Windows...85 Mustang GT steering wheel(non-cruise) 17'' Saleen SC style wheels,Front/Rear TC sway bars/poly bushings & Mustang GT steering rack...'05 Mustang V6 springs...93 Cobra MC & booster, MM adjustable C/C plates,  Work  In  Progress.......  ( On The Shelf---HO computer, 19lb injectors, HO cam, BBK headers, Explorer Intake, Cold Air Intake ,Phantom Gauges, Stinger stainless exhaust pipes )
 S O L D

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #4
If it was closer and as rust free as it looks I'd grab it and deal with the consequences from my wife later ;).
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #5
That is a sharp looking Sport!
I am glad that is is so far away….If it was close I would be digging into my piggy bank.
Ron
Speed is just a question of MONEY How fast can you go?    (M. M.)

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #6
For $1300 you guys must be nuts. To try and piece it all together and repaint it, then to have to deal with that ugly red interior?

Maybe it's just the pictures, but the brackets look bent, to get good lights, a grille, the header, and everything else you'd need, plus whatever he isn't telling you, I dunno seems like a good way to waste $4000 to me. Then to have to rip the motor out and put an H.0 in it? 

Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but I've been looking for a decent 87/88 T-Bird 5.0./Turbo Coupe the last couple months, and this one seems like a basket case.

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #7
Quote from: jpc647;441944
For $1300 you guys must be nuts. To try and piece it all together and repaint it, then to have to deal with that ugly red interior?

Maybe it's just the pictures, but the brackets look bent, to get good lights, a grille, the header, and everything else you'd need, plus whatever he isn't telling you, I dunno seems like a good way to waste $4000 to me. Then to have to rip the motor out and put an H.0 in it? 

Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but I've been looking for a decent 87/88 T-Bird 5.0./Turbo Coupe the last couple months, and this one seems like a basket case.

Huh?  The ad above, the seller is asking $3750.  Furthermore, forgetting personal taste with Red color cars, that is one of the nicest and cleanest and well optioned Birds i have seen for a long time.  Did you cross your post with another thread, i am very confused by your comments.








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clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #8
Quote from: MY83T;441945
Huh?  The ad above, the seller is asking $3750.  Furthermore, forgetting personal taste with Red color cars, that is one of the nicest and cleanest and well optioned Birds i have seen for a long time.  Did you cross your post with another thread, i am very confused by your comments.

Maybe... The link I clicked on was for a wrecked thunderbird needing a whole front end. Maybe I cross posted. sorry.

The link is dead now, so I can't tell you.

clean '88 thunderbird

Reply #9
There was a 87-88 Thunderbird LX (?) with wrecked front-end recently in the Charlotte, NC metro-area craigslist that was listed as you describe... wrecked front end, just needed "new header panel", etc.  You probably cross-posted. :)