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General => General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion => Topic started by: tomsbird1983 on May 03, 2009, 08:35:32 PM

Poll
Question: so what do you think?
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: tomsbird1983 on May 03, 2009, 08:35:32 PM
My 83 T-bird has been in my family for about 11 yrs. I bought it for $255. Then we built the engine it is the factory 302. The only thing it came with air but it was gone. That sucks on a hot day. It has an AOD in it. The interior is all original except the CD player,and the oil pressure and h2o temp guages. I do  need to find a few things for the interior. Like emblems.
 I need to paint it. And the wheels i got for free off another bird going to the s yard.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: Grumbles on May 03, 2009, 08:36:58 PM
so...what are your plans?
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: tomsbird1983 on May 03, 2009, 08:41:42 PM
just to paint and get the few other things taken care of and just enjoy it for along time i hope.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: blu84302 on May 04, 2009, 10:23:12 PM
Sometimes the best looking T-birds are the ones that are neat and clean.  It doesn't have to be modded to be a nice ride.  Stock rims are my favorite.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: 83-88T-Bird Guy on May 05, 2009, 08:41:14 AM
You mentioned that the engine was built. Did you re-use the factory CFI throttle body set-up ?
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: DVP on May 05, 2009, 12:12:13 PM
Pics are a must round here. Good to hear you plan to keep it up and going. Usually a $255 car are see as disposables to people. Can wait to see where it goes.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: mcb82gt on May 07, 2009, 09:55:21 AM
So what are we polling on??  What we think it may look like??
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: tomsbird1983 on May 08, 2009, 07:21:33 PM
Hello and thanks for the replies. Well I can't figure out how to pics on this site,but when i do I will. And as for the poll yes I did the poll hoping to have pic up but since I don't.Pleas disregard it.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: tomsbird1983 on May 08, 2009, 08:20:40 PM
I guess I did figure it out. I have more pics that I will post soon. It only let me post these 3.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: tomsbird1983 on May 08, 2009, 08:24:24 PM
yes we kept the cfi
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: FLSTCI71 on May 08, 2009, 09:15:41 PM
Get some pics outside, so we can see the car a little better. From what I can see so far, you got a steal on it. It looks worth working on. My personal opinion, I would lose the Chevy orange under the hood. Get some Ford blue in there, or at least some black, anything but orange. Either way, post up a few more pics.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: tomsbird1983 on May 10, 2009, 11:22:00 AM
i will get some outside pics. but the color under the hood is ford red. just the lighting in the garage makes it look orange. do you have pics of your cars.for us to see. thanks for your response.
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: massCougarxr7 on May 10, 2009, 01:29:20 PM
You can see my car here
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=23802 (http://"http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=23802")
Title: my 1983 t-bird project
Post by: massCougarxr7 on May 10, 2009, 01:34:23 PM
And here.. the blue one is my g/f's...
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=22471&highlight=rear (http://"http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=22471&highlight=rear")
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