Why Beater Cars are Worth Restoring, Ford Thunderbird
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Date: 2019-05-28
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jeninjeans
my first car was an 84 Thunderbird. Similar blue color. Sadly though the PA winters killed my bird. I did some body work on it (only being a teenager, it wasnt perfect looking) but the underside was bad. floor boards and supports were all rusted out. The 19 yr old 3. 8 ran pretty good. I miss that old girl. Traded it in on a 99 Mercury Cougar. That car was a rocket Before I said my good byes, I took all the badges off of it. Gave them to my uncle where he cut out a piece of wood in the shape of an oval, the routed the shape of Thunderbird into the oval, and attached the badges to the wood. If I were to ever buy or have a classic restored, it would be an 84 T-bird made to look identical to my baby.
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my first car was an 84 Thunderbird. Similar blue color. Sadly though the PA winters killed my bird. I did some body work on it (only being a teenager, it wasnt perfect looking) but the underside was bad. floor boards and supports were all rusted out. The 19 yr old 3. 8 ran pretty good. I miss that old girl. Traded it in on a 99 Mercury Cougar. That car was a rocket Before I said my good byes, I took all the badges off of it. Gave them to my uncle where he cut out a piece of wood in the shape of an oval, the routed the shape of Thunderbird into the oval, and attached the badges to the wood. If I were to ever buy or have a classic restored, it would be an 84 T-bird made to look identical to my baby.
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Frankie Basile
Love these cars, my fathers black 88 tbird sport made me love all things automotive. he trade it for a 94 mark 8. in 98. so I bought a dark Grey 86 tbird 5. 0 with those turbine ford rims and flowmasters. great first car, since then Ive had a tbird90 supercoupe, 89 and 94 SHOs. 91 Lincoln LSC. 99SVT contour. and now my 2 mint Lincoln LSs. a silver 05 sport and a recently bought a garage mint condition black 02 LSE in Philly, also daily drive my 10 ecoboost SHO. always loved fast fords and Lincolns, grew up with them in Brooklyn and LI. these 88s birds started it all. now if I can only find a clean dark blue 88 turbo coupe with the 5speed. that would be nice
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Love these cars, my fathers black 88 tbird sport made me love all things automotive. he trade it for a 94 mark 8. in 98. so I bought a dark Grey 86 tbird 5. 0 with those turbine ford rims and flowmasters. great first car, since then Ive had a tbird90 supercoupe, 89 and 94 SHOs. 91 Lincoln LSC. 99SVT contour. and now my 2 mint Lincoln LSs. a silver 05 sport and a recently bought a garage mint condition black 02 LSE in Philly, also daily drive my 10 ecoboost SHO. always loved fast fords and Lincolns, grew up with them in Brooklyn and LI. these 88s birds started it all. now if I can only find a clean dark blue 88 turbo coupe with the 5speed. that would be nice
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Jimmy S
I owned a 1988 Ford Thunderturd. It had the 3. 8L v6. I see that his lens fell off the turn signal mine did that too along with the headlight. The only two places that rusted on this car was the entire exhaust system and the fuel sending unit. I replaced the head gaskets on that car with my money with my first job. It cost me 1/4 of every paychecks to keep it on the road since everything was going out on it from the Alternator and radiator and water pump. It was using tons of oil which I found out it was from the glazed cylinders they had a tan mirror finish on them. My uncle was the first owner and it was constantly in the shop which I consider it a lemon.
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I owned a 1988 Ford Thunderturd. It had the 3. 8L v6. I see that his lens fell off the turn signal mine did that too along with the headlight. The only two places that rusted on this car was the entire exhaust system and the fuel sending unit. I replaced the head gaskets on that car with my money with my first job. It cost me 1/4 of every paychecks to keep it on the road since everything was going out on it from the Alternator and radiator and water pump. It was using tons of oil which I found out it was from the glazed cylinders they had a tan mirror finish on them. My uncle was the first owner and it was constantly in the shop which I consider it a lemon.
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Eddie James
I bought a 1997 Ford F150 for less than 1, 000. I was able to get It at that price because the owner thought It was a total loss from being in a minor accident. It has ice cold air conditioning, hot heat, the four wheel drive works flawlessly, it runs really well, and has NO rust. I paid a lot less than what a down payment would be for a newer vehicle. I have no intentions of selling this vehicle at all whatsoever and will continue to drive it for many years more. This is one truck that was definitely Built Ford Tough
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I bought a 1997 Ford F150 for less than 1, 000. I was able to get It at that price because the owner thought It was a total loss from being in a minor accident. It has ice cold air conditioning, hot heat, the four wheel drive works flawlessly, it runs really well, and has NO rust. I paid a lot less than what a down payment would be for a newer vehicle. I have no intentions of selling this vehicle at all whatsoever and will continue to drive it for many years more. This is one truck that was definitely Built Ford Tough
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John D
Wish they made cars like this today. I hate the new cars they make today. Too many wimpy under powered engins and transmissions. Too many electronics and gadgets that are not needed. Had a 1977 Ford LTD with a 460 cc engine and Police intercept package. 155 mph on the speed odometer. Would go much faster Very reliable car Bought when it was 10 years old for 1000 dollars and drove it for 20 more years. Still running when I sold it. May have put a 1000 dollars in parts on it in 20 years. Great car.
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Wish they made cars like this today. I hate the new cars they make today. Too many wimpy under powered engins and transmissions. Too many electronics and gadgets that are not needed. Had a 1977 Ford LTD with a 460 cc engine and Police intercept package. 155 mph on the speed odometer. Would go much faster Very reliable car Bought when it was 10 years old for 1000 dollars and drove it for 20 more years. Still running when I sold it. May have put a 1000 dollars in parts on it in 20 years. Great car.
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Bill Campbell
I had the next years style version of the TB (in Burgundy, w/ Burgundy velour interior) with the base V6 engine. It was a great RW drive vehicle with great weight ratio and had reasonably good power even though it had the base v6. Suspension was great as it took windy/hilly back roads like it was stuck on them with Velcro. It often climbed hills in the snow that FWD cars had trouble with. It was also neat having rear LED lights before they became the rage.
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I had the next years style version of the TB (in Burgundy, w/ Burgundy velour interior) with the base V6 engine. It was a great RW drive vehicle with great weight ratio and had reasonably good power even though it had the base v6. Suspension was great as it took windy/hilly back roads like it was stuck on them with Velcro. It often climbed hills in the snow that FWD cars had trouble with. It was also neat having rear LED lights before they became the rage.
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windragon12343
I have a 99 5-speed accord ex. Its been sitting since 14 and after replacing the spark plugs, battery, and valve cover gasket it starts up every time and sounds fairly strong. Im gonna work on it over the summer to teach myself more about cars. I was planning on only keeping it for a few months as a way to get to work during the winter, but now I feel bad because its never had an owner to give it the tlc it deserves lmao
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I have a 99 5-speed accord ex. Its been sitting since 14 and after replacing the spark plugs, battery, and valve cover gasket it starts up every time and sounds fairly strong. Im gonna work on it over the summer to teach myself more about cars. I was planning on only keeping it for a few months as a way to get to work during the winter, but now I feel bad because its never had an owner to give it the tlc it deserves lmao
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viyau
Hello Scotty. Major fan of your channel. I have learned so much. I was wondering if you could do a segment on motor swaps. Seems like a lot of cars are sold or abandoned because of a bad engine. Also, some cars like Land Rover, and other german cars, can they switch an engine to a ford or Chevy or something like that? Thinking could buy one of those and seeing if a new engine can be put in. Thanks
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Hello Scotty. Major fan of your channel. I have learned so much. I was wondering if you could do a segment on motor swaps. Seems like a lot of cars are sold or abandoned because of a bad engine. Also, some cars like Land Rover, and other german cars, can they switch an engine to a ford or Chevy or something like that? Thinking could buy one of those and seeing if a new engine can be put in. Thanks
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R.a. Wheeler
The old Thunderbirds where pretty good cars. They were built like tanks. I have a 1994 GMC Safari AWD. I should take a video of it. Its like old, we dont drive it much. But we did, Its in very good condition. I just never thought of it until now. Its a classic like this Ford. That old 4. 3 v6 is a heck of engine too. You gotten me to think lol
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The old Thunderbirds where pretty good cars. They were built like tanks. I have a 1994 GMC Safari AWD. I should take a video of it. Its like old, we dont drive it much. But we did, Its in very good condition. I just never thought of it until now. Its a classic like this Ford. That old 4. 3 v6 is a heck of engine too. You gotten me to think lol
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