Turbo coupe teardown

[jaa55]

getting it tore down for paint!

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[PaxtonShelby]

I'm starting to wonder if you ever sleep...

[Steve-0]

Yea you apparently have a lot of time on your hands!

What color you going with? Or sticking with white?

[jaa55]

hahaha, sleep....who needs it. I go home I go to the garage everynight until at least 7-8

Im staying original color code

[jaa55]

Car is getting painted....I started polishing headlights today. Ive never had this type of result, they literally look brand new

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[Dan B.]

Cool. Got back to working on my Sport Coupe last week. Braking parts will be in this week possibly so I can start reassembly.

[jaa55]

what all are you doing with the brakes dan?

[Dan B.]

Sport's had 10" front disc and drum rear. I swapped all TC parts on both ends...11" fronts and discs in rear. Also going to a M/C with a 1" bore (1985 Towncar) and Wilwood manual prop valve.

Plan on suspension upgrades in future but want to get the HO/T5 swap sorted out first then move forward from there.

[jaa55]

nice, Id like to go with vacuum brakes on my car but ill probably wait until the hydro assist screws up. It works fine I just dont like the feel of the pedal.

Do you use the cable clutch with that swap or can you use the hydraulic clutch from the TC?

[Dan B.]

Went cable so parts would be easier to come by if something broke on the road. Would like to use this for road tripping and vacations so I'm staying with mainly Ford parts in the driveline so nothing is real exotic. So far the only things not OEM are the throttle body, EGR and H-pipe.

Sure is a sad thing that the T-bird was given a lowly 150hp 5.0L when putting in the HO would have made life much better!!

[jaa55]

its hard to believe they didnt make an HO option, are you going mass air on it too?

[Dan B.]

Staying SD for now...will see how that goes. If I break the motor open for heads or cam down the road then MA will likely follow. This is the car I'm putting your strut tower brace on.

[jaa55]

haha crap i could have used that

[Dan B.]

Find me a black one and you can have your airbrushing back. ;)

[jaa55]

ill look for one! dont paint it yet

[Dan B.]

Was going to drill holes and mount it Tuesday....will hold off.

[jaa55]

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[2000GT]

I love those old TC's. I took my mom's 87 turbo coupe to my prom. It was the coolest car there!

[somethingclever]

looks good so far...nice work

[jaa55]

Im happy with it so far, the soft dent in the quarter still needed a little work making it look correct....my body guy wasnt satisfied with it so its getting some more attention. its about ready to paint now.

its getting white opalescent paint from a mark viii

[PaxtonShelby]

Oh man - that pearl is gonna look shwweeeet!!!!

[jaa55]

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[Dan B.]

Nice man!

[jaa55]

Thanks!

I cant wait to get this thing done, I bought a 3" mandrel bent exhaust for it too.

[Donstang86]

I Like White Turbocoupes!

[jaa55]

cant go wrong with white

[jaa55]

more teaser pictures tomorrow. this thing is turning out awesome.....

[Dan B.]

You have some nice rides.....I thought you boys from Dayton only knew how to put stacks on trucks and John Deere's. ;)

[jaa55]

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[1Badbird]

Looks good! You've made alot of progress in a short time!

[jaa55]

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dont mind the rain drops

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[jaa55]

Thanks, sadly I might have to sell this for a house....Im hoping I can hang onto it especially after all the work and effort being put into it. With a few little more things this could be a perfect example of a TC

[1Badbird]

That would suck. Hopefully you can figure some way to keep it. Once you get it done you might have an even harder time getting rid of it.

[jaa55]

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coming along, dont mind the missing pieces

[Dan B.]

That thing won't be complete w/o a set of stacks.........you know.....don't all the Dayton boys have stacks....on everything??

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[Martin0660]

Looking sharp!

[1Badbird]

Looking great!! You work fast!

[jaa55]

Thanks!


These are crappy pictures and it just looks like im jumping around without finishing anything. Im missing some trim pieces from paint yet. I had to take a wheel off to mess with the inner fender so of course I had to see how a cobra R looked on it:awsome:

[PaxtonShelby]

Wow that looks gorgeous! Now get that broom and whatever that wooden-handled thing leaning up against your shelves is away from the side of the car!

[John4cam]

Car looks great!

[07v6vistablue]

Looks really good! Loved those cars!

[jaa55]

Got some more stuff done. Still need to get the hood adjusted, inner fenders in and the interior is still ripped to pieces.

At least I got to go for a spin in it today.



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[PaxtonShelby]

Wow - she is looking fantastic! That bodystyle sure has stood the test of time. I hope you can hang onto her and get the house too.

[1Badbird]

Looks great! I bet that paint pops when the sun comes out. I picked up a set of Cobra R's over the winter for mine. I wanted chrome but I couldn't pass up on the deal so mine are the painted ones.

[jaa55]

Thanks!

here was day one

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[Cam99]

Looks great. Love the TC's

[Terminated]

Nice ride!

[1Badbird]

It looks like the twin to the one I stripped. Only this one was so rusted I don't know how the front end didn't fall off. I'm just glad my step-son didn't hit anything with it, he would've been killed.

[jaa55]

new pictures

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[2000GT]

Those cars were so nice that they were way before their time in 87-88

[1Badbird]

It looks great under the lights!

[Maxpowers]

That thing turned out great.

I'm in the process of helping my brother throw a 408 into his 88 bird. I may be hitting you guys up for help.

[95gts]

I love it!! Wish would have held onto atleast one of my turbocoupes!!