![]() The seller says he/she doesn’t have the time or skills to complete the work needed. It still needs a radiator (the current one leaks), a water pump, and some attention to the brakes. For example, the carburetor has been rebuilt and a tune-up performed, but no attempts have been made to get it started beyond popping it with the ignition. The seller did some mechanical work to get it closer to being a running auto, which it is not yet. Some of the Baltic Blue paint may have been redone as we see a little overspray on the door tag. As a result, the body and interior look pretty good for a car that’s spent most of its life in hiding. The first order of business was to clean it up and do a bit of detailing work. They originally came with a gas or electric chassis but i just have the body. The seller discovered it in the Summer of 2022 and talked the title holder into selling. The second owner of this Ford put it into dry storage in 1977 when she went off to college (and apparently never came back for it). As the story goes, the car was bought new in Encinitas and then moved to San Diego, making it a California automobile from the beginning. ![]() The seller indicates that only four percent of the ’59 ‘Birds were built with this motor, which would equate to fewer than 2,500 hardtops (20% of T-Birds were convertibles, too). This T-Bird is rare as it has the 430 cubic-inch “MEL” V8 engine rated at 350 hp with a 4-barrel carburetor. Part of the success of the reinvented car was a greater emphasis on both sexes in Ford’s advertising campaigns. It’s hard to believe today, but in 1959 the T-Bird was considered a compact when compared to the Fairlane/Galaxie, and the “real” compact, the Falcon, wouldn’t arrive for another year. 92) to pit road after getting fuel in the garage area of Daytona International Speedway prior to the running of the Firecracker 250. Should anybody here get it I would love to get a pattern of the side panels to share with other restorers. needs correct steering wheel taillights and drive motor that I can supply. The car had established the personal luxury segment that the competition would spend the 1960s playing catch-up. Crew members push the 1959 Ford Thunderbird of Gerald Duke (No.
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