I live in Southern California 90 miles North of Santa Barbara and 10 miles South of Pismo Beach. I definitely wanted to save this old TBird from the elements sitting 102 degree heat of the California Valley outside after spending all that time in the barn. I am asking $3,250.00 as my Buy It Now price but will take a little less than that as I paid quite a bit for her, spent a lot on rehab and traveled over 300 miles to get her home. Several days later and with a much higher balance on our credit card she runs and drives, is clean and is much happier. It was looking pretty sad, was filthy and did not run. I have included pics of the TBird at the impound yard right after it came out of the barn.
#1979 thunderbird padanky drivers#
drivers window, A/C, heat do not work at this time, but will be looked into on Saturday. As I mentioned before the electric drivers seat. The radio does not work, but the clock does and it keeps good time. The worst part of the interior is the steering wheel has some cracks in it and the radio and headlight knobs etc have the chrome plating discolored. The seats are in very good shape upholstery wise. The door panels are nice as are the carpets. The headlight doors will not stay closed due to a broken plastic vacuum manifold connection. I think that the convertible top folds down into the trunk well where the mechanism to keep the trunk open should be located. The trunk lid will not stay up on it's own. Electric trunk release works great, good thing because I don't have a key for the trunk. I have not tried to buff it out because there are a few places around the trunk that have peeled off and are missing. The paint is cosmetically challenged it is a cheapy repaint and is kind of dull. The body is straight no dents or dings even small ones. The battery I pulled out of one of my other cars is only 2 years old and Heavy Duty. I will try to verify the engine size soon. The engine, I believe, is a 351 Midland, but I could be wrong. The interior has suffered a little bit because of the top, but not bad considering its age. The top, unfortunately, is original 36 year old material and is pretty well beat. It has been parked since 2001 and has under 82,000 original miles on it.
I did not find any production numbers, but have not seen many of these myself. I read up briefly about these TBird conversions and one of the only conversion companies that I found was American Custom Coach Works out of California. I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED PICS OF A 1958 FORD RETRACTABLE AND A 1965 CHEVELLE 2 DR WAGON THAT I HAVE FOR SALE. Many El Dorados, Toronados, Lincolns etc were custom built for customers who were willing to pay big bucks to mess up their hair. As a result custom car makers converted small numbers of popular US vehicles into convertibles. I don't recall what the issue was, but I'm sure you could read up on it. For some reason auto makers suspended convertible production 1977-1979. I have a true barn find 1979 TBird Convertible for sale. There are also available a 1981 GMC ,1986 Fiero V6 and a 1931 Ford Model A roadster pickup 350 4spd please ask! The roadster has a small block Chevy. Also there are before pics of the Bird as I found it. I have included a couple pics at the end. Call or text 8 I have a number of other cars for sale too. If you have questions please contact Dana. I can deliver the car, after it is paid for, for $1/mile round trip. I am in Sothern California about 90 miles North of Santa Barbara and 10 miles South of Pismo Beach. Other than that it is ready to go to the new owner. It has been out of trhe DMV computer so long that I have to take it in to have it verified. I have started the paperwork into my name. Again I think that is a connection issue. I can not get the heat or A/C blower to work. The body has no rust but the paint is oxidized. The seats and carpet look good as does the dash. I am sure that it is due to a bad connection.
#1979 thunderbird padanky driver#
The driver side window and power seat do not work. It has been stored since 2001 and has less than 82,000 genuine miles on it! Even with the low miles it needs some attention. I don't remember the exact numbers but there were not many built.
I looked up the production numbers a while back. They were not cheap but solved the problem This TBird was built by Custom Coach Works out of SoCal. Americans love their convertibles so an LA based shop converted TBirds, El Dorados, Lincolns, Camaros etc. There was some safety issue they were dealing with.
In 1979-1981 Detroit did not build convertibles. I have about 20 vehicles sitting here and I always think that I will get to them soon. I have a 1979 Ford Thunderbird Convertible that I have decided to let go.
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