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1989 Ford T-Bird

thunderbird (3 owner profiles)
Club: none
Purchased: 1995-09-18

Engine

Stock - Wrangler 160 amp alternator. Some fiberglass covers here and there and rebuilt the fan shoud.

Exterior

shaved - door handles, antenna, lower front bumper lights, front bird emblem, front plate holes and center tailights and key hole. Thanks to Grover Fab. for help on the 16Hr. tailight hell!!

Interior

Modified console with fiberglass to hold MIC manual switches for bags and to hold pre-amp. Highs in fiberglassed kick panels.
Seats are vinyl/tweed/ostrich
Budnik "Mercury" steering wheel. Re-built door panels. BIG ASS HOLE in the rear seat to see and hear the subs.

Suspension

"Shockwaves" are gone, I have a new front using a Slam Specialties RS6 over my "Additional Control Arm" for Thunderbirds. Slam Specialties RS6 in the rear with a Firestone compressor and a 3 gallon tank. Skid plates. 3/8 line & SMC valves

Wheels

20x8.5 ALBA BANK w/ NITTO 555 225/35/20

Stereo

Panasonic head unit
Linear Power PA2R (Coustic XM-3e crossover
Zapco Studio 500
Zapco Studio 204 linked together to look like one long 38" amp.
AudioControl Epicenter
MB Quart highs
(2) FI ssd12's in a ported box, trunk panels made of MDF, ABS, and fiberglass. just painted them to match the exterior of the car.

Awards

Db drags
(1) 2nd place
(2) 3rd places / 3rd Special Interest Domestic @ Twisted Show & Shine '02 / 2nd @ Summer Madness '02 / 1st @ Freak Fest '03 / 1st @ Nasty Habitz Show '04 / 2nd @ Freak Fest '04 / 1st @ Freaks Spook and shine, 2nd in class, 3rd best overall paint, 3rd best overall interior @ local show '07/ 2nd @ Summer Madness '07

Future Plans

Try to stay interested in it.