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Progress Thread 1988 GT T-Top

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Flatfoot

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I graduated high school in 92 and the Foxbody Mustangs were the hot rods of those days in my hometown. I have always loved the T Tops and told myself I would have one some day. Ive had a couple Foxbodys and a New Edge since high school but it was never the right time. At the end of 2017 I found a 1988 T Top car in Georgia. I drove up there and looked at the car. It was a HCI car and the body seemed to be solid and the strut towers were solid. We struck a deal and I towed the car home.

The only thing the car didn't have was A/C. I live in the panhandle of Florida and that was the first thing. I ordered new parts and put the A/C back in the car. The obligatory motor pic of course.

After I put A/C back in the car.

After that I started fixing the codes. @Mustang5L5 was a huge help with the Code 67. I started taking the car apart at that point and wanted to get it painted and redo the interior and some other stuff. Got the car taken somewhat taken apart and summer got here and it sat in the garage for the summer. Too dang hot to mess with it in the garage. Always seemed like it was 20 degrees hotter in the garage than outside. Anyway I finished taking most of it apart and took it to the painter last week.
 
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This post is relevant to my interest
 
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Flatfoot

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Hood and spoiler test fitted.

And the body work has started
That's all the updates for now. Really looking forward to pressing on and getting this project going. New tires and wheels will be ordered shortly and I have a Pimp Stinger MS3 ECU ready to go in when I get the car back also.
 
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Flatfoot

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billison said:
This post is relevant to my interest
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I've been following along on your build for a while now. Glad you bit the bullet and decided to keep yours. I've posted in a couple of your threads on the T Top FB page.
 

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Flatfoot said:
I've been following along on your build for a while now. Glad you bit the bullet and decided to keep yours. I've posted in a couple of your threads on the T Top FB page.
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That’s awesome. I appreciate that. Can’t wait to have mine on the road again
 

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Always love seeing a new project. Keep us posted!
 
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Im walking down that road as well, at least with the body and paint work.
 
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nice car..looks straight and clean. I would highly recommend you pull those front fenders off while at the body shop and see what's under there and prime/seal/paint..
 
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Woohoo another MS user added to the crew
 

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Woohoo another MS user added to the crew
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Yeah I’m looking forward to tuning on it. I’ve been following @a91what ’s tuning threads for a while
 
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Nice looking project,
looks like some other fun projects in that shop also.
 
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Yeah I’m looking forward to tuning on it. I’ve been following @91what ’s tuning threads for a while
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He is best at tuning thats for sure and will be able to assist you through the process.
 

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Update from yesterday. Bumper, hood and ground effects are in primer. Car should be in primer today (Wednesday).
 
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Been slow to post but have the car mostly put back together. Pics from when I got it back from paint.
 

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Back at the house.
 

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Put the new wheels on I bought while it was waiting to be painted.
 
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Rebuilt the door panels. Replaced the backing board and carpet.
 
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Redid the headliner

Interior mostly put back in finally

Redid the carpet in the back and back of the seat.
 
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Still need headlights for it and working on tuning the car with the pimpxs ecu. Got to take it out and two weekends ago and drive it for the first time in about 2 yrs with my 8yo. So progress has been good
 
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