1987 Cougar LS with console shift

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1987 Cougar LS with console shift

May 14, 2016, 07:32:27 PM

Was this a really rare option, or did some one convert to floor shift? I thought the ONLY ones that had floor shift were the Turbo Coupe, the XR-7, & the Sport.

http://www.copart.com/us/Lot/23999376

1987 Cougar LS with console shift

Reply #1 – May 15, 2016, 08:15:12 AM

I believe it's been mentioned prior the floor shift was a option or included in some package...

1987 Cougar LS with console shift

Reply #2 – May 15, 2016, 11:40:35 AM

It was a stand alone option referred to in the brochure as "Individual bucket seats with console".

http://www.coolcats.net/fox/1987options.html

1987 Cougar LS with console shift

Reply #3 – May 15, 2016, 02:46:12 PM

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It was a stand alone option referred to in the brochure as "Individual bucket seats with console".

http://www.coolcats.net/fox/1987options.html

I know the full console was an option, here's an 87-88 T-Bird LX that has the TC/Sport seats & full console, but still has the shifter on the column.

But I was speaking specifically about this Cougar LS also having the gear shifter in the center console.

1987 Cougar LS with console shift

Reply #4 – May 15, 2016, 07:19:50 PM

Years ago when I converted my car to 5-speed I found a base V6 T-Bird in the junkyard with the floor shifter. I bought the console, switch panel (power windows and mirrors, no power seats) and dash trim from it. Didn't use the console, though - I used a full length one from an 83 Cougar.

Now, what I SHOULD have bought from that car was the Motorsport grille, ground effects, ducktail spoiler, and TC hood. I didn't buy that stuff because I already had a TC hood and the rest wouldn't fit my 88. Over the next few days I had second thoughts, and went back to the junkyard the following weekend, but the car was gone. They crushed it, Motorsport parts and all. But I digress: That base Bird had the floor shift, and I'm pretty sure it was factory because the base cluster did not have the PRNDL indicator

1987 Cougar LS with console shift

Reply #5 – May 16, 2016, 03:14:59 AM

I saw a few low optioned early cars with a 3.8 and a floor shift before.

My 86 is a gs model with a full console. It also had power windows and and mirrors, but manual seats.

1987 Cougar LS with console shift

Reply #6 – May 17, 2016, 06:28:11 PM

The console in my Thunderbird came out of an 87 V6 Cougar that had a full length console and floor shifter. Talk about weirdly optioned....