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Miscellaneous For Sale/Wanted / 1986 Ford Shop Manuals for sale
I have a set of 3 factory shop manuals that cover the T-bird, Cougar, Mustang, Capri, LTD, Mark VII, Continental, and Marquis

Book 1 covers Powertrain, Lubrication, Maintenance
Book 2 covers Chassis, Electrical
Book 3 covers Body

These are not reprints, they are the original Ford shop manuals in very good condition, no missing pages.

I'd like $90 shipped for all 3 anywhere in the US

Sold as a set only.. Thanks.

Please email me at  kevin.schofield@sprint.com  as I don't often check the forums.



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User Rides / a couple of my old Birds
That pewter one is nice, (actually a pretty rare color) but WAY overpriced. It's not a fully optioned car (no buckets, no console, no brougham package, no cruise control on the wheel, no lower chrome on the front valance etc) It needs window work, the power antenna is stuck and the clock doesn't work.

Yes it has very low miles, but it is a repaint.. That's a $6000 car at best.  You can still buy very nice clean 70-71 drivers in the $3000 to $5000 price range.

There was a killer green no vinyl roof 71 fastback that sold earlier this year in Texas that the guy had done a complete restoration on with all documentation, before and after shots to prove no rust or body damage, and it was fully optioned (except the power roof).. It didn't sell the first time on eBay with a $6500 reserve but sold at $5750 the next time it was listed with no reserve. I was VERY tempted to buy it but we had just had our second child and there was no way I was going to get that past the wife LOL..

They are out there.. but please don't pay 11 grand for one just because it has low miles~
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User Rides / a couple of my old Birds
Rare indeed.. I never saw another one in person and only found one other one pictured online.

They were not actually installed at the factory.. In 70/71 Ford pulled the moonroof cars off the line before they were completed and shipped them over to ASC (I think that's the name). Once the roof and electric motor were installed, they went back to Ford for final assembly, headliner etc.  I know combined production for both 70/71 was right at 200 cars. If you look closely on the moonroof parts you should find the company name stamped in a couple places.

The guy I bought the green one from had some documentation on the roof option (but that's long gone now)

This is my list of Tbirds..

70- Black
70- White
71- Green
72- Brown
78- Gold
85- Silver TC
86- Silver TC
86- Charcoal TC
87- Blue TC
88- Black TC
90- Blue SC

Nice to meet someone else who likes the pointy nosed Birds :)
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User Rides / a couple of my old Birds
I had the black one when I was 19.. I drove it hard for the summer and sold it to a buddy in the fall..I have no idea whatever happened to it as I lost touch with him soon after that. I've got a picture somewhere of that car leaving a couple hundred feet of posi..it was very powerful LOL, much more so than the green one.

The green one met an untimely death at the hands of another friend. He was driving the car (without me in it) and fell asleep at the wheel. He went right through a telephone pole then across a school yard and hit an enourmous tree.

I'll scan a picture of what the car looked like afterwards.. It hit so hard the roof buckled. He walked away with just a bump on his nose.

I sold the car along with the blue Falcon pictured as a package deal and the buyer took the 429/C6 from the Tbird and put them in the Falcon. The Falcon was a base model 6 cylinder car that didn't even have a carpet..just a rubber mat. It was very light ;)


I had one other pointy nosed Tbird.. a white 1970 that was a complete bone. Rusty and dented..but the 429 was strong so I used the motor in a 72 Torino.


The 70-71 Tbirds are very underrated IMHO.. I guess you either love the big beak up front or hate it.. I love it. I've been keeping my eyes open lately for a 4 door version. Specifically, I'd like to find a triple black brougham and put a set of Magnum 500's on it and use it as a cruise night car. I never see a real nice suicide door car at the shows anymore.



ps. Dan.. My dad had a 65 convertible from 66-70 when I was a little kid. I can remember using the fold down rear arm rest as my 'special seat'.. (this was back in the days before safety concerns..us kids were not all strapped in, we were just free to roam the cars interior :grinno: ) As for the moonroof on your '70.. I 'think' the production in 70 was 110 cars with the moonroof split pretty evenly between 2 doors and 4 doors.. I had a Ford report run on my green one that showed it was one of 5 special brougham 2 door fastbacks with the roof.. and the only green one. It's a shame it was totaled.
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User Rides / a couple of my old Birds
Came across pictures of a couple of my old Birds.. They both had 429's :)

The black one was a 1970 model I had in 1984.. I paid $400 for it. It had a red leather bucket seat interior and 70,000 one owner miles.

The green one was a 1971 model I paid $1700 for in 1995. It also was a one owner and was a loaded 'special brougham' edition. The cool thing about that one was the factory power moonroof. Less than 100 Tbirds got a power roof on 1971..it was a very rare option for cars to have power roofs back then..







A couple other 'Birds'..  My 70 1/2 Falcon and my 95 Ram Air 6 speed WS6 'Bird~





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Body/Appearance/Interior / Should I or shouldn't I paint the lower part?
Here's my TC..  I plan on putting 17" Bullitts on over the winter so I did a quick photochop of what it would look like.. and in that process decided to see how it would look with the lower parts of the car painted body color instead of the factory flat black they are now.

What do you think?







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User Rides / Post Pics of your truck(s)
Does this count as a truck?

It's a 95 Aerostar XLT I got for free because the oil pan was so rotted it was losing a quart a day..

I fixed that, did the ball joints and tie rods, exhaust and added the ranger rims. I've got about a grand into it and I love it. Carries 7 people with the rear seats in, but with the rear seats out it carries an amazing amount of stuff. I use it for Home Depot runs and junk yard trips all the time.



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Suspension/Steering / 4 lug to 5 lugs that will fit 05-07 Stang rims
OK.. If I were to change rear axles, don't the V6/V8 94 - 98 Mustang units work in my 7.5 rear end ?

If not, what is the 'right' way to do the rear conversion on my 86 ?

I've read about ball joint issues with some of the swapover parts for the front end, what is the correct thing to do for my year car if I did want to go with larger front brakes?

I know I can just get the 10" $99 5 lug rotors that have already been mentioned, but if I want to upgrade the front brake size I'd need to go the spindle, caliper, rotor route and would like to know for sure which parts fit my car.

I'm not trying to be 'cheap'.. I just want a relatively easy and inexpensive way to do the swap to 5 lug. I'm not against buying new parts, in fact, I'd much rather buy brand new rotors and loaded calipers than get junkyard brake parts..

Thanks,