If the 'fits on' lists your specific vehicle, that means the seat cover is specifically tailored to the seats in your vehicle, and will fit snug like a glove. Find your perfect 1979 Ford Thunderbird as low as 8,995 on. If it says "Fits on all cars", or "Universal", then it is a universal cover that will likely not fit your seat like a glove. On our site where we list the seat covers, we indicate next to each cover "Fits on". 1979 Ford Thunderbird Interior Accessories. We sell universal seat covers as well as car-specific tailored seat covers. Q: Is every seat cover you show for my car specifically tailored for my car seat? A: No. Also, for some vehicles there are no car-specific seat covers available. Q: If universal seat covers won't fit my seat perfectly, why would someone buy them? A: For one, universal seat covers are normally more affordable than car-specific seat covers since less research cost factored in. Seat covers are a great way to make the seat more comfortable to sit on and to freshen up the look of the interior of your car. Well.Q: Why buy seat covers? A: The upholstry on your factory seats is prone to wearing out over time. People tell me all the time that I could never have gotten that car to go that fast. Don't listen the the idiotic Chevy freaks that think no Ford can go over 100. These cars can be made to move very fast without too much difficulty.
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I could get mine up to 140 with 4 people in the car and the windows open without a problem. That means you have serious trouble under the hood that needs attention. Under 100 is a very bad thing, especially for that car. This is important because I have found that VERY few mechanics are experienced in aligning the big old fisher bodies like the late 70's Thunderbirds. Not to mention a loss of power to the road.Īfter you do all of the suspension work, get it aligned by a VERY REPUTABLE shop. Otherwise the car will shake, shimmy, and wonder all over the place. It is very important that you have a tight front end and back end if you want to go fast. Get new front end parts and stick with the techiest bushings and joints (polyurethane). Then rebuild your front end (this is important). Had Ford decided to continue the larger Thunderbird on the same platform as the Continental Mark V, this car would have. It used a platform dating back to the 1972 Ford Torino. To be honest, the 1977 Thunderbird was not totally new.
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Make sure you have the rear sway bar still. The TV commercial for the new 1977 Thunderbird said it was cleared for take off with a new look, price, and size. New U-joints, bushings, springs, shocks, 4.11 gears (this is the best match) and a good differential that can take a lot of abuse. Get a FMX transmission from a '77 to '79 302 Thunderbird all of those have a split gear set in them. Then get your heads done at a shop, shaved and ported. Get a 390 stroker kit and overbore the cylinders. I would start by rebuilding a 302 for it, and make SURE the engine was cast in Mexico. Drive one for a while and you will see what I mean.Īfter 360k, this car is very sturdy and has NO rattles - a very well built compliment to the Ford Motor Company. I think that these cars are close to the perfection of styling, and well thought-out body design. I had to fight the state to get the title for it. I got this car for $500 at the bone yard I used to work for.
I love the thrill of driving such a big car, with such a long hood. The engine has been modified, obviously.Īlthough it doesn't look it, these cars are curiously aerodynamic.
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I am rebuilding it now with a manual drag tranny and all Detroit rear end. The fastest I ever had it was, believe it, 168.7 MPH. Gas tank and engine were both OK still are.
When I got the car it had bad brakes, tie rods and U-joints. We're an official Ford restoration parts manufacturer with. This includes second-generation Square Bird parts, 3rd-gen Thunderbird Sports Roadster parts, 6th-gen Big Bird engine components and much more. The fuel pump and all the fuel lines froze one winter, and I had to replace all of that. Here, you'll find classic Thunderbird parts for the first seven 'large-body' generations of the vehicle that were produced from 1955 to 1979. I blew the alternator with a hefty stereo. I destroyed the rear differential (tore 1 1/2 inches into the rotary differential housing.
I blew the tranny it came with which was a FMX 3 speed with split gear set. Currently I am rebuilding the many times rebuilt tank of a car I have dubbed 'Albatross'.
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