BARN FIND1964 Ford Thunderbird Parked 23 Years! Will It RUN AND DRIVE?

[@barbmalloy7144]

Great find!!

[@jeffsmith846]

Last year I worked on a 64 Bird that had been parked for a decade, mostly outside. About three weeks of simply cleaning the exterior and interior. The rear half had been under a tree and was black with sap and mildew. All it needed mechanically was brakes, exhaust, tires, two new lifters to replace bent ones, belts, hoses, AC compressor, all new vacuum lines under the dash rebuilt water pump, rebuilt power steering pump, rebuilt alternator. Wires, plugs, cap rotor, points, condenser, idler pulley for AC. new radio antenna, new carburetor, new AC receiver drier, new power window relay under the hood, removed the power window motors and regulator and cleaned and regressed. I replaced the rotted out trunk floor with 5/8 inch pvc sheeting. This all took about 10 months of free labor. At that point I sold it for 5 grand which was about a third of what I had invested in it. The motto? Buy a nice original that needs little work. Forget the barn or yard finds.

[@CarBlindyt]

Unfortunately that seems to be a common thing in our hobby.. Never get out what you put in. At least you have a good story to tell!

[@johnsarian_cu]

Anything that starts and runs that good at that age is spectacular. If it were mine, I'd scrub the inside just so it would be better to drive.

[@CarBlindyt]

That’s the plan! Thing deserves some attention!

[@richardjulien8745]

hey bro ,installed the fender skirt on it.

[@Jstme303]

Runs well

[@CarBlindyt]

Surprised the heck out of me!

[@davidnelson6893]

Yes mold sucks the car has ac that cool Peace out