What did you do with your Thunderbird Today?

Got the trubendz exhaust put on today, was really trying to ge the stock mufflers to work to no avail. Ended up using some cheapy turbo style muffler out back. Sounds pretty quiet and really doesn’t drone when cruising… so far. Over all I’m pretty content. Only other thing is the AFR bung is too small so the sensor can’t screw all the way in, gonna have to do some grinding. Pretty much all I need now for the vortech is a 3” universal piping kit and a new intercooler.
 

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@KevinVarnes the fit was really tight there is about 1/2 between the diff and the lower tie brace. They guy had to bend the tub a bit to fit but I feel like it could have gone in without it.
 
I just used some Turtlewax polishing compound I had. They say it's safe on clearcoat, glass is harder than clearcoat, ergo, it's safe on glass.

And it really makes a difference! Normal glass cleaner simply doesn't remove any of the surface impurities and water spots.
 
I just use a microfiber towel and Rain-X. Though lately I've just used the Rain-x washer fluid instead of going through the hassle of applying it the old way - seems to work just as well from the standpoint of the effect while it rains. :)

Back on topic... I had the T-bird put onto the insurance storage policy last week. Temps down into the 30s and 40s with rain every day... now the long wait for spring and sunshine.
 
theterminator93 said:
I had the T-bird put onto the insurance storage policy last week. Temps down into the 30s and 40s with rain every day... now the long wait for spring and sunshine.
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Being from a place where snow is optional and not required, explain what this means from both a policy and cost perspective.
 
If I'm not driving it for 5 months of the year, I suspend all insurance coverage (except comprehensive) on the car which saves me the premiums for those parts of the policy. It's only about $100 in savings on my current policy, but over the years it's added up (previously it was closer to $150 in savings).
 
So less coverage and ~$20/mo savings is what it boils down to?
 
CDsDontBurn said:
So less coverage and ~$20/mo savings is what it boils down to?
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I hate wasting anything - money especially. Why would I throw money at something I don't need when I can put that money towards something I'd rather have more? If I am not driving the car for 4-5 months out of the year, why would I continue to pay for collision and liability coverage that applies only when the car is being driven? If someone wrecks into my house, my insurance will cover the damages and subrogate the party at fault. If my house collapses onto my car or a tree crushes it while it's parked, it's covered under the remaining comprehensive coverage. "Less coverage" implies bad - in this case "suitable coverage" is more accurate.

I pay my premiums in a big lump sum every year, not monthly. So it's an immediate chunk of change that gets returned to me when I suspend the driving coverages.

Anecdotally, if you owned a boat, would you continue to pay for insurance that would cover its sinking, if you were storing it on land for an extended period of time? :)
 
Front coming thru tomorrow,they're calling for 30's tomorrow, and snow showers; if we get snow, all you northern guys will.
 
theterminator93 said:
I hate wasting anything - money especially. Why would I throw money at something I don't need when I can put that money towards something I'd rather have more? If I am not driving the car for 4-5 months out of the year, why would I continue to pay for collision and liability coverage that applies only when the car is being driven? If someone wrecks into my house, my insurance will cover the damages and subrogate the party at fault. If my house collapses onto my car or a tree crushes it while it's parked, it's covered under the remaining comprehensive coverage. "Less coverage" implies bad - in this case "suitable coverage" is more accurate.

I pay my premiums in a big lump sum every year, not monthly. So it's an immediate chunk of change that gets returned to me when I suspend the driving coverages.

Anecdotally, if you owned a boat, would you continue to pay for insurance that would cover its sinking, if you were storing it on land for an extended period of time? :)
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I guess I don't have to worry about any of that? I see what you're saying though.

The boat analogy is futile for me as I don't have a boat.
 
Just illustrating the point in a variety of ways. I don't know many people who own a boat. :)

In SoCal, yeah, I would see why this is a foreign concept!
 
Today I got around to trying out this tubular v brace a fab buddy of mine made, rough draft for sure. The upper plates didn’t quite line up with the holes unfortunately. Next one I’d like to make the tubes a lil longer to grab more of the plates on the ends.

Any tips or productive criticism??

End game is one for me of course 😬 and if there’s any interest make a couple more for the group. Ultimately I’m going to make one out of aluminum. So far I have 1.5” 6061 aluminum tube and 1/4” plates. Would the plates be too thick??


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Didn’t you have a custom X brace? I’m surprised you’d go back to the V style
 
@XR7-4.6 I wasn’t 😅 but as you know the mod bug never ends. Honestly I’m not sure if I’m tripping, but I do feel the tube V i made feels better than the flat bar X brace. Pretty sure that flat bar just isn’t as strong, it was 3”x.5”

Was thinking for my specific brace, since I’m rediculous enough to have added the mark 8 lower X brace brackets, maybe if I could add another 2 tubes and connect the middle half of the V to those ends plates. I’ve read more attachment points the strong it’ll be. I Ain’t an engineer tho haha.image.jpg
 
Bought a OBD1 code reader, made a 6ft cable to use at the drivers seat and ran codes on my Cougar. Same results as my Snap-On code reader. I am relieved the codes where the same... didn't know if the Snap-On code reader had the right cartridge.
 
Chandar8 said:
Had to file a police report for shitbird, it got stolen on Wednesday. Today I am trying to get nicer collectors insurance on superbirdo so its not so nerve wracking to drive.
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Holy smokes! I wish the killswitch approach was a bit more available to us. I know some modern appliances kill at the fuel pump. Keep us posted when you feel comfortable, I imagine you want to keep the details away for a bit
 
Vicinity said:
Holy smokes! I wish the killswitch approach was a bit more available to us. I know some modern appliances kill at the fuel pump. Keep us posted when you feel comfortable, I imagine you want to keep the details away for a bit
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Well I went to go to work on Wednesday and the car wasn't there. Had my keys and everything. Not really sure how hard these cars are to hot wire or anything Or the screwdriver method. It's weird, shitbird looks terrible and doesn't run very well currently and doesn't run on anything but 91. I am hoping the police just find it dumped in a corner somewhere
 
Manual transmission swap is the best kill switch these days!

Joking aside that’s terrible and hope it’s recovered. I know how you can electronically steal one of these but it’s a lot of wires to deal with and then you still have to get passed the column lock so I’m guessing somebody busted out the lock cylinder to nab it.
 
That sucks, miserable bastards. Hope you get it back in reasonable condition!
 
Packed it away for the winter! :sad:

It sucks, because I really didn’t get anything done with it this year. I need to get my ass in gear for next year, I really want to make it to Carlisle.

Joe
 
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