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I've been seriously considering buying this 64 Thunderbird. It's owned by a friend of the family. Seventeen years ago this car was immaculate. I've have a picture with me in it as a baby. I can't find that old picture, this is what it looks like now. There are more in my gallery.
The owner let it sit outside for ten years before he sent it to a guy he knew who restores Thunderbirds, after seven years the guy hasn't done a thing to it and he didn't plan to. Last Saturday when I showed up at work it was parked in the corner of the shop parking lot. The guy who was suposed to restore it brought it back after it was in a flood. The water didn't get above the tops of the seats. The owner wants nothing to do with the car and I know it will just continue to rust away.
It has a 390 and 57,000 original miles. The bottom of the car is in great shape, the passenger side is the bad side as far as rust goes. It has all it's chrome, trim, interior parts ect. It's not missing any parts. There's no real rust in the doors, non in the fenders, hood, trunk or roof.
There is no price yet, I wouldn't go more than $350 even though it's worth more.
There are 5 more in my gallery.
What do guys think? Am I crazy? or should I snatch it up and start working on it?
It's calls my name when I walk past it, I know I can bring it back to what it was 17 years ago.
Mike
The owner let it sit outside for ten years before he sent it to a guy he knew who restores Thunderbirds, after seven years the guy hasn't done a thing to it and he didn't plan to. Last Saturday when I showed up at work it was parked in the corner of the shop parking lot. The guy who was suposed to restore it brought it back after it was in a flood. The water didn't get above the tops of the seats. The owner wants nothing to do with the car and I know it will just continue to rust away.
It has a 390 and 57,000 original miles. The bottom of the car is in great shape, the passenger side is the bad side as far as rust goes. It has all it's chrome, trim, interior parts ect. It's not missing any parts. There's no real rust in the doors, non in the fenders, hood, trunk or roof.
There is no price yet, I wouldn't go more than $350 even though it's worth more.



There are 5 more in my gallery.
What do guys think? Am I crazy? or should I snatch it up and start working on it?
It's calls my name when I walk past it, I know I can bring it back to what it was 17 years ago.
Mike