1988 T-Bird Turbo Coupe, 5-spd, hasn't been started in 11-years, but not much rust & interior doesn't look trashed, no title. $450.
Can I make any money on this? Because I have no time/money/room for another project(despite all the ideas in my head right now...).
I used to own a business that sold recycled Turbo Coupe parts. Here's what's worth money (but only if they are really nice, no cracks, etc): inner marker lights, taillights, header panel (the nose cone with the TBird emblem, and the emblem needs to be inset. No inset = aftermarket = junk), the front bumper with brackets, foglights (OE Hella units only), the interior door pulls with chrome and clips over the screws, the center console cover, and the OE shift knob (has "turbo" inset into it).
The 8.8" rear axle will have a 3.55 gear and a clutch type LSD with 4-lug discs, it's popular with the fox Mustang guys, but not so much now that 5-lugs from the SN95 cars are so easy to get. The trans will be a WC T-5 with really funky gearing (~3.4:1 1st gear IIRC) and a 10-spline input shaft that's only really useful for 2.3 guys. The motor is probably junk and the IHI turbo too, but the IC is worth money.
Be prepared to spend a lot of time stripping it, dealing with cheapskates online, and getting reamed on shipping.
Ok, sounds like months of misery and little chance of profit. Just what I expected, thanks!
Where else could you get months of misery for just $450? I'd jump on that sucker with both feet! 
In reply to petegossett:
No problem.
PS - Wanna buy some TBird parts? I keep finding them in my shed. I am not joking...
Javelin wrote: foglights (OE Hella units only),
You're the OE expert, but I'd still bet a dollar that the OE fogs on FoMoCo products are SEV Marchal.
EvanR wrote:Javelin wrote: foglights (OE Hella units only),You're the OE expert, but I'd still bet a dollar that the OE fogs on FoMoCo products are SEV Marchal.
The 1983 to 1986 Turbo Coupes (and the 84-86 Turbo XR-7) used the Marchal unit. The 87-88 Turbo Coupe used the Hella. I was a Hella authorized dealer and literally bought out their stock of the OEM units for resale. 
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