OK, so I'm a bit early. :hick:
Posts like this make me optimistic although for the most part I think the days of plentiful 83-88 junkyard parts are gone.
Feel free to post anything interesting you find here.
After months of looking for stuff at the local Pull-A-Part, they eventually take away the stripped cars for metal recycling after about three months of yard life. Usually if I wait a few more months, more cars go out of service and get sold to the yard for s and then there is a whole new batch of cars to pull parts from. I tell you though the most plentiful Birds and Cats right now are the 1989-97 models. I really need to take another nice day off and see if there is anything "new" or useful to be found in the yards. I just never know when I may run up on a good Turbo nose panel that is not destroyed. I really do not need any cosmetic parts right now though I am considering upgrading to good sport buckets if I can find them.
the snow has fallen here in the northern wasteland, sadly the pick n pull here is looking rather bleak. the closest they can get me is a 90s cougar with a v6. still keeping my hopes up for a tc hood. :)
Weather is horrid up here.
Will be awhile 'till i venture over to the Ol Boneyard unless its necessary.
This unfortunately has to go in here.....it will most likely be the best (worst) find of the year. :disappoin
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?30407-Sad-junkyard-Tbird-story
That T Bird was in good shape. Most of the T birds and Cougars i see in the yards here are rotted to nothing or squished from unnatural causes.
I'm gonna make a request here, since I cannot find any parts in the yards in my state or the state above me. If anybody comes across an Mark VII's in the yard, please post in here, I am having a terrible time finding ANYTHING for the VII.
:rollin: aint that the truth geez
I just got an Explorer upper and lower with rails and injectors (I'll polish the upper),and a "custom" GT-40 Tubular intake (upper/lower) that was opened up to 70mm with a matching t-body spacer. The upper has the finned area removed and replaced with new non-fined aluminum. When it gets here I'm going to smooth the welds and polish the ends like I did on my GT-40 a short while ago.It actually looks awesome. More when it gets here. I got a great deal on them both. They'll support the Sport with the funds they bring in.
Got back from an emergency run to the 'yard.
To my surprise there is several T-Birds in there right now, I took pics of all of them~Coming soon, I gotta deal with the Volvo first.
As I recall there was:
1x 84 FILA 5.0 (Beat to hell)
1x 86 3.8
3x 5.0 87-88's.
1x early 60's T-Bird!!!
Got 2 Trip minders + Odd Dash piece (Out of the same car... 84 Fila)
And a shifter plate, But no non-od shifters. :(
And the tougher looking GMC Safari Grill for the Asro Van, LOL.
Here's the Cars:
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And here is all the pics:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Aesthetikz/Junkyard/
And i just noticed in the pics, Theres a Mark VII next to the Fila! Which is odd... 'Cuz I ddnt even realize it was there and I was next to it.
Just got home from the junkyard. I went to get a jack for my F150 but couldnt resist walking through the Cougar/Tbird aisles. I hadn't been there for quite a while and was expecting the worse. Alot of the cars that were there last time were gone (sorry guys who wanted parts) BUT there is a fresh batch of even more cars! I picked up a couple of Tripminders. Here is the cars, all 16 of them...
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I see Hella lights. Those are popular. The body kit on the Cougar. vent window doors...etc.,etc.......I wish I could go there to shop.
Yeah, the TCs still had Hellas. The body kit on the Cat was smashed on the passenger side. You are welcome to sleep on my couch if you want to come junkyarding with me ;-)
Dang! Hardly any of those cars look like they should be in a junk yard!
The 4 eyed TC had one Marchall left too.
You should grab all of those lights.
If I was a lot closer,I'd take you up on that deal of staying at your place. I'd love to hit the yards for a couple of days.
Please.............make the carnage stop! That is a huge amount of cars.
I will try to get back there and pick up some stuff next week.
why cant we have yards like that here??? :(
Example:
One of the only 2 foxes in any of my 5 local yards:
that one shot was supposed to be of all the trash in the trunk but I guess I missed...
Wow. How big is that couch?? :hick: Now we know where all of the good parts cars are! Looks like they are sitting on concrete too? That's just too good to be true.
Let us know if you get back there, I'm sure you could go with a list of things to check out.
Thanks (I guess :D) for the pictures.
I will probably be going back soon to pick up one of the 8.8s for a buddies Mustang. I will also be picking up some of the good stuff seen in the pics.
can you get all the chrome fender trim from one of those cats? {preferably the black one if its all in better shape}. Oh and while you're at it if you come across a 85-88 car with a console and its got a switch plate with just power mirrors and power windows, I'll take that too.
hey btw you guys should grab up those license plate brackets. They seem to be hard to find. People need them on here from time to time.
geez you know now that I think about it... my wife's grandparents live up in Henderson. I might just have to take a weekend up there and come rape your yard for parts.:D
Wowsers! Good stuff over there, Sad though.
Don't forget the TC Hood Scoops (on the roof) and the Horn Button.
And could you see if any of them have a NON-OD Auto Floor Shifter Please?
Heck, maybe I should just drive my truck down there! I'll probably end up leaving my backseat out though, just in case I find something I gotta have.
(Trip to Vegas scheduled for March)
Right now i cant even find a Cougar or T Bird in a bone yard in my area.
sent PM loadedIroc
I need to take a ride to my local jy to see what they got now. The last time I was there which was a couple months ago they had crushed most of the fox Birds they had including an 87-88 Cougar I'd been getting parts from. It's shame because there was a ton of good parts left on these cars. They did get an 87 Bird in and I was the first to get to it, even the yard workers didn't have a chance to do thier thing. I got a nice set of taillights and some other parts from it. I also got a like new Kenwood cd head unit for my Bird, I even found the warrenty papers in the trunk.
the junk yards around my place crush anything older than 95 after pulling the common wear parts. so no parts for my cat from around here
i havent been to my bone yard in a while... should head down there for a spell. maybe something new has shown up
I was looking through some pics today and I totally forgot to post these. This is the interior of the blue TC in my last set of pics but it has seats like I have never seen in a TC before. They are not a sport style seat and made of some leather like material.
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Not exactly a junkyard find, but I scored a smokin deal on some parts!
$40 for a pair of 1month old 87-88 tbird headlights that have been stored in the original Ford boxes since 2002
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:banana::headbang::banana::headbang::banana::headbang::banana::headbang:
Very nice find!!
:crazy: wow....that's a deal!
You all suck. Any 80-88 at the yards by me is a rust holed POS.
Found a few Foxes at the junkyard last weekend.
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Can you get me something? I need the following...
v-8 tach (buttstuffog)
trunk mat
Let me know.
None of the cars had a trunk mat. I always check on that for you. I'm not sure when I will be out that way next, but I will grab one of those clusters for you if I'm in the area soon. Both the Sport and the XR7 still had them.
Eiither way is good for the cluster. I could also use an injector harness as well if it's possible. Thanks a LOT !!!
How do the Electros look on the Red Heritage~Yellow, Foggy?
And you should grab the lil triangle shaped mirror bolt down covers if they arent broken (Vent window exclusive and members usually need them). Also the "Heritage" passenger side dash emblem (It's just stickied on).
Side note: Hard to tell from pic~But is that a Tripminder in the red Heritage? If so, Might want to snag that also. ;)
The coach lamps were already gone on the Heritage. It seems like emblems are always the first thing gone. Good call on the mirror covers. I didn't even check them out.
man that's a lot of red cars
Nice! It's unusual to see that many foxes in the jy at one time any more.
The trunk mat is that the carpet that is on the inner side of the trunk lid? If so i have one......make me an offer, although shipping wont be cheap with a oversize box.......
The trunk mat he is looking for is a rubber mat that goes on the trunk floor.
Gotcha.....that i dont have....
Can you grab corner lamps (with pigtails) and the rubber fender strips (just those small pieces around the corner lamps) for me, please? Maybe the cornering relays may be good for me too :).
Thanks
wow...rust free and the Cougar still has the hubcaps! Looks like the red 83-84 was a Heritage. I'd love to see that much nice stuff around here again. Thanks for the pics. I'd be interested in an original 83 style wheel in case you come across one. Based on the condition of the cars in the pictures the wheels are probably straight and true!
if anyone is going to salvage yards keep a look out for the following-
i need two good condition driverside tail lights for a 83-84 cougar
Went to two junkyards today and only found a couple of new cars. The white Cougar was pretty loaded with dual power seats, leather, and a sunroof.
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would love to have those red leather seats...... :(
The white one looks like a XR7.
good god that yellow cougar is making me go blind.. lmao
I thought the white Cougar was an XR7 too because of the gauges and seats but it didn't have the sport steering wheel and it had the lower trim level door panels too. The grille was chrome too and I thought XR7s had body colored grilles.
The yellow car was horrible. Its interior was spray painted white in a very sloppy manner.
I need a header panel to fit my 83 Cougar x-r7. Mine is butchered. Maine is a hard place to find anything!
Might be interested in the cluster from the white Cougar, if they don't want too much. It does look like it used to say Cougar XR7 on the decklid.
I don't plan on going back to the junkyard with the white Cougar. Its just too far (60+ mile round trip) to justify the trip for the 1 fox car they have. The first time I went there they had at least 10. I just wanted to go back there one more time before we move away from the land of rust free junk cars, lol. I do plan on going to the closer yard one more time before moving and last time I was there there was 2 V8 buttstuffog clusters (pics on page 4 of this thread.) I think they charge 30-35 bucks for a cluster.
I didn't think they made XR7s in 83. They wouldn't have the stand up hood ornament, but there is the yellow 84 and a white 85-86 with intact header panels. I don't know how much they charge for body parts but it would probably get pretty expensive after shipping. I can check next time I am in that area if you want.
An elusive coubird, They also have an 88 sport bird white with blue interior
There hasn't been a Fox in the yard here in 6 or 7 months. I think the rust monster finally got the last of the beater ones......
It's an '88 XR-7 for sure; note the body-color trim and mirrors. At some point during production of the '88 XR-7, they no longer received the two-spoke sport steering wheel. Rather, they got the leather-wrapped wheel. Those door panels came on the XR-7s.
My '88 XR-7 had the leather-wrapped wheel, which lasted for about 20 minutes after I bought the car. I quickly installed the sport wheel.
Ahh yes,
Felis Thunderus a rare breed indeed :p
Havent been here in a long while but here's what i've seen at LKQ salvage
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that's a pretty clean 4-eyed clip, better than the 1's i'm finding around here
^ I hate seeing cars like that in the junk yard! I would like to try that clip on my '88 TC.
that's why i've been looking for 1.. i'm getting tired of the 87-88 header/head lights
Saw these two today , but I was on a severe time constraint so I was only able to give them a quick once over 87 or TC 88 and an 87 20th anniversary cougar .
Now for the disappointing news, I am going out of town next friday and will be gone for the rest of the month, So any parts scavenging will not be until the first week in January :(
were the front lights on the anni really as clear and beautiful as they look in the pic?
about six months ago i came across a 84 cougar that i snagged the front bumper cover and headlight bezzles off of for my car. After i got these parts i saw the perfect uncracked windshield i went for it but sadly the windshield prevailed and i am stuck with my cracked garbage lol.
yours is a stripped out drag car right? why don't you go with a plexi windshield?
Not Quite , they were pretty nice though
Well if they're still there when you get back, I might need you to grab the inner markers for me. If they're not all heat cracked and destroyed that is....
Yeah if you go plexi windows you have to change them out every few years because they start to yellow.
hm. I just figured you'd want to do it for the weight.
think I have one up here, you'll have to come get it though.....