1965 Thunderbird
Yep, it's a FORD! Never thought I'd own another one. I've only had one other Ford in my life, a 2004 1ton with the 6.3 garbage diesel in it. And, yes, it DID blow up on me and cost me $10k. Swore I'd never own another one...HOWEVER. I know pretty much everything was built better the further back you go and have always loved this body style (I know, not many do, but I'm kinda different that way).
Anyway, it's only a minor 'project'. Most of the heavy lifting has been done and the one major 'repair' that was left when I bought it was the steering column that I'm having rebuilt by a specialist.
I have already done some work on it. The auto windows needed new gears so I did that and they're working like new again. When I get it back I'm going to go through a complete maintenance schedule since I don't know exactly where it was on those things. The ONE major piece is that it is not an original AC car...so I'm going to buy the kit and install that. They've got those things worked out so you can about do em blindfolded but it's still a BUNCH of work.
I know, I JUST got back on the truck...but I'm going to have to squeeze the TBird in for the AC or it will end up sitting in the garage for 4 months this summer.
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