![]() It's not easy to find older cars at pick-n-pull. They got robbed out a lot, unfortunately, for any and all vehicles. Not going to be in every t-bird and hard to ship. Obviously the articulated seats in good condition and the right color are a challenge. if you could find a thunderbird in somebody's basement that would be 10X better. The interiors, some colors (most of them?) fade pretty bad. You should be looking for thunderbirds, and maybe not in the junkyard. (09-28-2021, 07:39 PM)firebirdparts Wrote: If you want interior plastic, You should not be looking for a Turbo coupe in the junkyard. My gratitude for any and all help! I will try to upload some photos and a cold start video soon! Does anyone know of where I could pull my fill of interior parts off of either an 87 or 88 TC in Texas? I know she's a big state but I'd make a trip, and anywhere close to either San Antonio or Austin would be ideal. My real draw back here has been finding a pick n pull with one of these available. Future plans, pull the fancy suspension and try to clean it up and save it (recommendations for coilovers?), possibly look into that jazz about getting 15 lbs of boost in all gears, but I want it running sound first. After I find some interior parts and get the factory gauges working, I plan on pulling the stock stereo and equalizer in favor of an aftermarket stereo with 3 gauges above it (Boost, Temp, Volt). Plans right now are tires on Monday (currents are cracked bad) so I can cruise the neighborhood and access things further, and two Monday's after be changing rotors and pads and rear diff fluid. ![]() Hopefully tires this week So for sure my temp and boost gauges don't work, and I have already started tracking down hoses but I haven't pulled the instrument cluster to see if the lines are undone there yet. Motorcraft oem fuel filter has been ordered as well as a shop manual. max strength Seafoam fuel system cleaner (I'll have the 3 year old gas until my fuel filter comes in and I can drop the tank while the car is on stands).topped off power steering reservoir with LucasOil fluid with conditioner.4.5 quarts of the EDGE high mileage 5w-30.It needs a plethora of small interior parts and I have already begun going through all the general tune up things. I call it my spaceship and I love it already. All of the lights work (even fogs) except the passenger headlight and the driver turning light side marker thing. While I want a drifter, I'm going to be happy getting it somewhat restored first. By no means perfect, but actually runs and drives. Clutch feels tight, and brakes are halfway decent. We drove it through the neighborhood and at one point he stepped into it for a quick 2-4 and the car honestly responded. He basically kept it alive under a tree at his house for 3 years before I got it with 3 year old gas in it. The PO is a ford guy with a built up fox stang and wanted the 2.3l and t-5 for another project. I went to check it out and it wasn't completely horrible. Everything a mid 20 something wants in a project drifter right? Not selling my organs to find a clapped out mid 80s-90s 3 series coupe with a welded diff no sir. A "runs and drives" car with a factory turbo, 5mt, and lsd. In the midst of some window shopping the local craigslist scene, I noticed this one virtually in my back yard. I come from a long line of GM gearheads so Fords have never been at any family event ever, not even spouses that married in with projects and hotrods. I am new to the forum as I have just bought a 1988 TC 5MT and this is the first ford in my family.
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