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• Project Turbo Coupe cleanup day

  I spent about 5 hours today cleaning up the 88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. I picked up a craftsman buffer yesterday at Sears and used that to apply Maguires Cleaner Wax to the car. I ended up doubling up a few locations on the car trying to really bring Read More... Posted Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:21 PM by Christoc | 2 Comments Filed under: Life, 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• The T-Bird Lives Again!

  So I FINALLY went out to look under the hood of the T-Bird, got her all fixed up. One of the hoses on the heater core had come off, explaining all the antifreeze I had all over the place. I hooked the hose back up, filled up the radiator, filled up the Read More... Posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:14 PM by Christoc | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Turbo Coupe Fails Safety Inspection

  The Turbo Coupe failed it's Missouri Safety inspection this morning, I knew it would, just wanted to get it checked out to see what had to be fixed to pass. It failed for the exhaust, it basically needs replaced, once that is done it should pass everything Read More... Posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:15 AM by Christoc | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe Brake lights and interior

  When I drove the T-bird from the Sauget I noticed that the brake lights weren't working, though I KNEW they worked while out in Sauget. A few days later I noticed that the lights indeed worked, you just had to have your foot completely to the floor to Read More... Posted Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:15 PM by Christoc | 0 Comments Filed under: 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Project Turbo Coupe Power Steering Update

  I got the Power steering pump put back in the car, with the help of Dave we got the new pulley put on the new pump. Next was to install the alternator, that's going to have to wait as the alternator I have is bad, I broke a stud off of it when removing Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:28 PM by Christoc | 0 Comments Filed under: 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Turbo Coupe Power Steering install

  I went over to Sauget to work on the power steering today. I ended up only working for about an hour as i had/have a horrible headache. I took the mounting bracket for the pump and worked on it, it was a MESS, covered in grease and dirt, much like the Read More... Posted Sunday, January 30, 2005 3:07 PM by Christoc | 0 Comments Filed under: 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Delphi Roady 2 XM Radio

  I got the Roady 2 for XM radio for Christmas. I had it running in my dad's GTi on my trip up to Vacaville/Fairfield for New Years, it worked amazing. Now I just need to get it hard wired into the 350Z. I'll also probably try to hard wire it up for the Read More... Posted Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:05 PM by Christoc | 3 Comments Filed under: 350Z, Life, 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Turbo Coupe dash is in

  The dash is back in the Turbo Coupe. I've gone through and mounted the various electronics. I still have a few things to wire up and mount but the hard part I think is out of the way. Now to find the tubing for the heater/ac system, for some reason all Read More... Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 10:08 AM by Christoc | 2 Comments Filed under: Life, 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• More Turbo Coupe Photos

  Added more Turbo Coupe photos to the Project Turbo Coupe gallery . I'll blog what's been done so far on Monday. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:49 PM by Christoc | 2 Comments Filed under: 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

• Turbo Coupe parts to order

  Just keeping a list of parts I need to order for the turbo coupe. Carpet Headliner Door Panels Power Steering Pump Heater Core Turbo Rebuild Kit Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 2:27 PM by Christoc | 1 Comments Filed under: 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe