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7T9_Tbird
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Posted: 12-December-2017 at 3:38AM |
I've been lurking here for a while, and finally made the jump to member. I currently own two '79 Thunderbirds. One's a Town Landau, with a 351w/fmx combo, mostly stock. The other is a recent purchase Heritage with a 400hp 351m and a AOD. I only recently found out how much effort went into putting the AOD in, with a aftermarket bellhousing and the machine work involved.
I have reading the posts and project updates here for a while, and hope to post some pics of My own soon. Thanks for reading! 7T9_Tbird
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californiajohnny
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welcome!
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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legend onirot
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welcome aboard
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malcolm 1973 gran torino sport (formal)... "Stacy Lynn" 1972 gran torino (formal)... "Mackenzie" 1973 gran torino sport (sportroof)... "Leela" |
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n2fordwagons
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Welcome from another 79 Tbird owner. Looking forward to seeing some pics!
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Jeff
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Welcome to the forum
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Jerry VerSchneider
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72FordGTS
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Welcome aboard!! I have upgraded you to full member status, so you can now upload picture and get PM's.
Please share some pics of your cars. We all love pics here!
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Vince
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Big Bird
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Welcome! Yay! more T-Birds!!!
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
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7T9_Tbird
Senior Member Joined: 04-December-2017 Location: Athens, Alabama Status: Offline Points: 495 |
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My Heritage...
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7T9_Tbird
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...and My landau. Work in progress.
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7T9_Tbird
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BTW, ignore the "for sale" sign. it's not.
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Big Bird
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Nice!
What wheels do you have in the Landau?
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
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72FordGTS
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Very nice. That Heritage looks really sharp, love the colour.
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Vince
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californiajohnny
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very nice!!
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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7T9_Tbird
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@BigBird; They're Cragar Soft 8's, argent, 15x8 all four corners with Ranger center caps. I've got 275/60-15's on the back and 245/60-15's front. I'll post better pictures later. And thank you to everybody else!
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n2fordwagons
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Nice! Great looking T-birds!!
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Jeff
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7T9_Tbird
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Thanks!
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John
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unlovedford
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Great looking cars. Must be nice to own a couple of them!
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Joe
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7T9_Tbird
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To be honest, while it is my intention to hang onto them both, I can't rule out the possibility of one of them eating the other once they're in the same state...
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John
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7T9_Tbird
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Before; After; |
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John
79 Thunderbird Heritage 79 Thunderbird Town Landau 02 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab |
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californiajohnny
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not bad, still hard to beat a classic 5 spoke wheel
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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lynchster
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I like the look with the bigger tires but I'm partial to sidewalls and white letters.
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7T9_Tbird
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Yeah, Me too. Kinda an old NASCAR look.
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John
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7T9_Tbird
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After driving around for a couple weeks, I can say I've gone from 7.7 MPG to a whopping 9.0 MPG! I guess the next step is to change the converter(10" racing piece. No idea what it's doing in this car).
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John
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72FordGTS
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It sounds better when you say that you increased the mileage by 16%! I am sure the converter would make a big difference too.
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Vince
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7T9_Tbird
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Thank you for that.
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John
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