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  • #16
    I'm all for a tasty T-Bird racer thread . . . .











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    • #17
      It's interesting to me that Tri-Five 'Birds were once cheap enough that folks would cut them up into race cars. Fun to see, though.

      Dan

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      • #18
        Originally posted by tedly View Post
        Alright Ed, start coughing up details and pictures!
        An action photo (I already put one in the burnout thread as well):



        It is a 95 SC, last year for them, with a manual trans, 1 of 574 built that year. Had the car for about 10 years, sold it 5 years ago. Overall probably the nicest car I've owned, looked nice, great comfy cruiser, strong on the street and dragstrip, and could even be whipped around a road course when I was instructing. Lots of details on my Super Coupe Club of America member page:



        Sold the car because the miles were getting up there on the original engine, never had the valve covers off and I was running quite a bit of boost through it. It was getting to the point where in the near future I was probably going to have to spend a fair chunk of money for a good engine refresh, and as mentioned I'd owned it for 10 years already. I was also at the stage where I was getting more involved with helping at track days, 15+ per season vs. the 3 or 4 I had done previously. With the rarity of the car, it would have been a shame to find a wall with it. That's why I moved on to a cheapy SHO Taurus for a few years, and am working on the 89 Mustang as a more suitable track day vehicle.


        cheers
        Ed
        Ed Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
        07 Mustang GT with some stuff
        88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed

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        • #19
          Sweet! I go to TCCOA more than SCCOA, more stuff that's relevant to what I'm doing. Love my Bird, even though it only has the NA 3.8.
          I'm probably wrong

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          • #20
            Originally posted by tedly View Post
            Alright Ed, start coughing up details and pictures!
            I had a black 91 ,seeing yours I should have kept it. It got all rusty on the bottom of the doors and the rockers. I took such good care of it too, always clean and waxed. Pissed me off that it got rusty thats why i sold it.

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            • #21
              Mine was pretty clean, only winter driven the first 6 years of its life, and it had been undercoated as well. Rockers are the worst spot for rust on that platform, especially on the sunroof cars ... the drains go in to the rockers, and don't exit properly from there. They look great in black, really suits the style of the car, long, low, wide, wheels out at the corners.

              I'm grabbing a high mile but clean 94 LX 4.6 to use as a DD. It is the electric current red, which is a nice colour too. I'll clean it up as best I can, throw some wheels & tires on it, and drive it. Would like to do more, but I already have the 66 T-Bird and the 89 Mustang to play with, I don't need another "toy".


              cheers
              Ed
              Ed Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
              07 Mustang GT with some stuff
              88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed

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              • #22
                I'm partial to blue myself, and quite familiar with the rust spots on them.
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                I'm probably wrong

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                • #23
                  I remember you talking about that before. Strange spot for corrosion on that car!!???
                  Ed Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
                  07 Mustang GT with some stuff
                  88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed

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                  • #24
                    It certainly complicates things, but opens the door for tubbing it.
                    I'm probably wrong

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                    • #25
                      here's another picture but it looks better in the other pic where it belongs - on the beach!



                      another one - on the beach where it belongs.

                      Last edited by Beagle; January 16, 2013, 07:59 AM.
                      Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.

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                      • #26
                        i was a fan of the turbo coupes i had a 86

                        mine was red/maroon and sun faded

                        Last edited by Mater; January 16, 2013, 08:10 AM.
                        Originally posted by Remy-Z;n1167534
                        Congratulations, man. You've just inherited the "Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes" from me. No question.

                        75Grand AM 455:Pissed off GrandMA, 68 Volkswagen Type1 "beetle":it will run some year

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