Finally have updated pics on my ttop coupe

[Blainer]

check these out
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[Chris99GT]

nice, still looks like alot of work left though

[mwdguy]

looks like ya shouod have her on the road in a week

[rgs]

thats quite the project you got goin on there, keep up the good work! :)

[SilentNoise]

Good call on the floor supports. Good ol' Foxes.
Did you run into any badly rusted spots that you had to cut out and patch? It looks like the floor pan was in pretty good shape.

[DrAnthony]

Good call on the floor supports. Good ol' Foxes.
Did you run into any badly rusted spots that you had to cut out and patch? It looks like the floor pan was in pretty good shape.

thats because he cut it out and replaced it as you can see in the pics

[mwdguy]

Hypothetically speaking right tony ?

[Moving_Target]

Nice bit of work. Yea, plenty more to go though. I'm in the same boat with my bucket of rust though the floorboards aren't in as bad of shape as your car. It's everything else that's toast. :)

I should dig up a couple of shots of cutting out the DS rocker panel....
Would you mind, Blainer?

[MadMatt]

wow, looks like a lot of work done so far, and a lot more to go. Makes me feel a lot better that I don't have to go that far with my car, keep up the good work.

[Blainer]

Its in color.....and the I delivered the engine yesterday
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[Blainer]

Good call on the floor supports. Good ol' Foxes.
Did you run into any badly rusted spots that you had to cut out and patch? It looks like the floor pan was in pretty good shape.

Well since it is a ttop it had stress cracks in the floor pan and one spot on the drivers side needed and extra piece added where the new floorpan met the fire wall.

[Blainer]

she is being put back together now
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[DrAnthony]

ahhh i was thinking you were going to go with the 87-93 conversion. it would make the car look way minty. and the car (if you sold it) would probally fetch for a lot more

[SilentNoise]

T-top coupes are rare as it is, and when you consider that the 83 and 84 models were the least made Fox bodies, you're looking at a pretty obscure car.

Besides, converting a 4-eye to an aero nose is :nono:
If you wanted an 87-93, go and buy one.

[Blainer]

ahhh i was thinking you were going to go with the 87-93 conversion. it would make the car look way minty. and the car (if you sold it) would probally fetch for a lot more
I dont think so.....:nono: ...why would I make a 24 year old car look like a 87-93?? It would make the value go way down.

[Enjay]

She's looking pretty-pretty good!

[Blainer]

She sat in a trailer a day before I got it home
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She is home in the garage. Time to put all the metal mouldings on and complete the interior.
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[SilentNoise]

Holy 4x4. Haha.

What colour is that anyway?


I think you need the black exterior door handles.... those chrome ones look a little out of place.

[Chris99GT]

looks good, I wish I had t-tops

[Blainer]

Holy 4x4. Haha.

What colour is that anyway?


I think you need the black exterior door handles.... those chrome ones look a little out of place.


1. The car has stock springs and the tires are bigger than the factory size. I am getting a set of chrome pony's for it in the new year.

2. The color is 8D Med. Bittersweet Metallic (1981 Ford paint code)

3. The chrome door handles will match door locks, the chrome dew wipes that go on the door, and all the mouldings around the windows are chrome. It came like that from factory so I am not changing it.:2up:

[SilentNoise]

Ah ok. As long as there's gonna be more chrome accents then.

[Blainer]

Its Moulding and weatherstripping time!:clap:
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[MadMatt]

Looking good man, can't wait till I get to start puting mine all back together, if I can remember how to:scratch:.

[SilentNoise]

Looking good man, can't wait till I get to start puting mine all back together, if I can remember how to:scratch:.
The trick is not to have leftover nut and bolts when you get it all together ;)

[MadMatt]

The trick is not to have leftover nut and bolts when you get it all together ;)

Well there goes my weight reduction plan.

[SilentNoise]

Well there goes my weight reduction plan.
Not really. You don't need the doors and hatch do you? There's a lot of weight reduction in those pieces.

[Blainer]

I know its been a While but here you all go.

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I painted the brake boosted, master cylinder(cleaned the base of it), painted the ignition module, and wiper motor.
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[SilentNoise]

looks like it's slowing coming together.

One thing I love about working on the T-top cars, once those things are taken out, you've got loads of room to move and work without getting cramped.

[Blainer]

I been finishing up the headliner lately and aupolstery for the rear and front seats. I also threw in a sneek peek of the turbines on the car.

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[SilentNoise]

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Look at how clean that garage is. What, do you work outside then bring it in to take pics? ;D

Car's looking great. Those have to be the shiniest set of turbines I've ever seen.

[MadMatt]

Car is looking good :2up:

[Chris99GT]

looking really good

[Blainer]

Look what I've been doing...all thats left is adjusting the weatherstripping and glue it down and adjusting the door windows.
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[SilentNoise]

Love the look of the redone seats, and the underside of the car is disgustingly clean.

What exhaust did you wind up using on that thing?

BTW, you've got some updating to do ;).... looks like a totally different car:
http://www.wolfpackcc.com/forum/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=37

[Blainer]

I used bbk long tube headers with bb x-pipe(modified) and cat back ford racing exhaust(had to modify it as well)

[Blainer]

After taking my time and a lot of patience, I finished the all the ttop weather stripping and the numerous adjustments that had to be done. After that the door panels finally could go on.

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Next I finished up the dash, guage bezel, and put a factory correct sports steering wheel on. Oh and I found a running horse emblem that I put on the passengerside.
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It was so nice to finally look through the ttops when they were in.
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Finally the finished product(I will get some scenery pics to get the full effect of the car and paint)
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I would like to thank everyone who helped me, and encouraged me....you all know who you are.(p.s we all know a car is never really finished :o

[Chris99GT]

damn, it came out really good!

[Blainer]

Thanks Chris I hope to finally meet some of you guys this year at the international in Saskatoon.

[younggun]

Turbines FTMFW!

One of the nicest 4 eyed coupes i've seen.

well done

[SilentNoise]

Is that a vinyl roof liner you've got in there? Original or aftermarket? I've got one in my 83 T-topper as well, but no one makes replacement vinyl liners, just the carpeted style. I'm going to end up redoing my interior in black eventually, so it may come down to just having to dye the one I've got.

[Blainer]

Mine is recovered with black cloth headliner material. www.foxmustangrestoration.com (http://www.foxmustangrestoration.com) has a ttop headliners and have the OEM colors as well.

[Fat-Cat]

Turbines FTMFW!

One of the nicest 4 eyed coupes i've seen.

well done

Wtf do you like plane pizza to ? Turbines are the gay

[G-Spot]

Wtf do you like plane pizza to ? Turbines are the gay

They serve pizza on planes? ???

[younggun]

Wtf do you like plane pizza to ? Turbines are the gay


come on adam your too hard on turbines, they aren't that bad. When i was younger i thought they were the shit! But that car would look bad ass with some 17's on it

yes, pizza on a plane would be delicious :P

[SilentNoise]

Mine is recovered with black cloth headliner material. www.foxmustangrestoration.com (http://www.foxmustangrestoration.com/) has a ttop headliners and have the OEM colors as well.
Ah so that is cloth. Ya I want to keep the vinyl headliner.


They serve pizza on planes? ???
.... or are they pizzas shaped like planes? ???


come on adam your too hard on turbines, they aren't that bad. When i was younger i thought they were the shit! But that car would look bad ass with some 17's on it

yes, pizza on a plane would be delicious :P
After having Turbines for a few years, I learnt to absolutely hate them for one reason more-so than any other other: IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN.

[Blainer]

I am thinking of going with the 93 cobra wheels they would look killar. My turbines I couldnt turn down for 400 bucks and they have no curb rash. All that is wrong with them is the clear has hairline cracks. Plus they came with dust shields for all 4.

[SilentNoise]

93 Cobras might work for you. I've not sure about going with black wheels on your car though......... hmmmmm :scratch:

[Blainer]

I wanted to find the good old 16" Rikens but I couldnt find them anywhere. Pony's are too common, torque thrust type wheels too many people have and cobra r's look aweful on my car.

[SilentNoise]

Ya, I'm not a fan of Cobra Rs either, and I still don't get why the Pony's were so popular either. The Rikens would've been cool I think.

I'm assuming that you want to keep her 4-lug, eh?

[Blainer]

Well...the wife let me do all the resto to the car and the new house is putting a strain on the stang budget with me finishing the basement and yardwork. 5-lug would be a nice way to go for the future. some people told me for originality purposes to go back to what came on the car....TRX's but not a 500 buck a tire.

[younggun]

FR500's might look pretty good. :dunno:

[SilentNoise]

Ya, those metric tires are a joke and there's only something like one company that makes the damn things.

..... plus who wants 14" wheels? :P

In the end you have to decide whether or not you want to stay original or not before you begin anything. 83/84's are never going to be a real collector's car in the long run - not like the 82 GTs, 83 Verts, 79 Pace Cars, etc, so that's something to consider I guess.

[Moving_Target]

I'd never put back the TRX suspension package because of someone else's sense of "originality" and that includes the wheels. It was so-so when it came out and the years haven't made it any better. I don't like plain pizza, I'm more of a fully loaded with stuff falling off the crust kinda guy. :)

[5.0 Fugitive]

I'd never put back the TRX suspension package because of someone else's sense of "originality" and that includes the wheels. It was so-so when it came out and the years haven't made it any better. I don't like plain pizza, I'm more of a fully loaded with stuff falling off the crust kinda guy. :)

You're a Vern's Pizza All Meat combo kind of guy.

[Mavrick]

TRX wheels are gay. I threw mine in the dump. damn half-size tires (metric) that only one company makes (Michelin). They were a garbage tire to boot.

What do you mean 'dust covers' on your turbines? Do those pics that you posted of the black LX show 'dust covers' on the 80's turbines, or is that 92-up cobra wheels painted black?

[Moving_Target]

...more than a plain jane pizza guy. :)

If it were me and didn't have hi-perf on my mind, I'd consider the Lincoln front disc/Ranger drum/Ranger-Aerostar axle swap for a cheap 5 lug swap....heck even the small Ranger rotors.

http://mjbobbitt.home.comcast.net/~mjbobbitt/mustang/5lug.html (http://mjbobbitt.home.comcast.net/%7Emjbobbitt/mustang/5lug.html)

[Blainer]

The turbines have dusty covers that are inserted before the wheel goes on. I am guessing thats the reason why they are in such excellent condition. I am concidering either the 93 cobras or these replica saleen wheels.