1959 Ford thunderbird, body on restore, must see, low miles runs and drives xcel
Make: |
Ford |
Model: |
Thunderbird |
Year: |
1959 |
Mileage: |
4,500 |
Color: |
Gold |
Engine: |
390 |
Fuel: |
Gasoline |
Transmission: |
Automatic |
Vehicle Title: |
Clear |
Item location: |
Westfield, Indiana, United States |
1959 Ford Thunderbird Additional Info:
1959 ThunderbirdH= 390,4 barrel, 300 hp, 9= year, Y= Wixom, H= thunderbird, 15949563A = 2 dr hardtop, K.= Sandstone Metallic, 5Y (5=Hickory Tan Vinyl Y=Colonial Vinyl)18G = July 18th, Trans 4 = cruiseomatic, axle 1= 310
This is a very nice driving clean Bird!I It is a true California car. Please look it over and look at the small items. It has a lot of added items, It has been fully sound matted and is extremly quiet and cool. Everything was rebuilt and it is a low milage car to start (46,000).It was kept to look stock and also fit in at as a resto mod!We drive her everywhere, she has been as far as Columbus Ohio and back!
Interior:
- The interior chrome is all redone and excellent.
- Seats and door panels excellent.
- All the stainless inside and out has been removed and polished.
- Driver's side: vent window is re-chromed and fitted with NOS locking handle.
- Rear driver's side window re-chromed
- All glass and rubber replaced with new or NOS.
- Power window motor and mechanism restored.
- NOS door locking mechanism and lock.
- New head liner w/NOS interior light.
- Noise dampening material plus insulation under headliner and under new rugs.
- NOS Speedometer
- NOS fuel gauge
- Clock restored and working
- Dash pad replaced.
- Radio replaced with excellent chrome, not powered, modern radio installed under passenger seat.
- New glove box liner w/ near perfect glove box door, lock mechanism rebuilt and NOS lock button.
- Completely restored power seat mechanism on driver's side (tested but not yet permanently connected to power).
- New rear view mirror,
- Restored steering wheel.
- New turn signal post and shifter handle.
- Restored console and 'magic air' bezel (see pic).
- NOS scuff plates both sides.
- New power window switch bezel.
Mechanical:
- New heavy duty radiator,
- New water pump,
- New battery,
- Entire front end rebuilt w/all new rubber
- Heavy duty sway bar.
- Engine just been rebuilt(5000 mile).
- Transmission has been gone thru and has shift kit
- New stainless steel cooling lines.
- NOS leaf springs w/all new rubber
- Front disc brakes.
- Custom Gold leaf center Cragar SS wheels,
- New tires.
- Rebuilt power steering pump and piston.
- New chrome generator and belts.
- New fuel pump,
- New Holly carburetor,
- Polished aluminum Edelbrock manifold (Original manifold and carb come with).
- New Mallory Unilite electronic distributer.
Exterior;
- Newly chromed front and rear bumpers with restored bumper bracketing (rear bumper has small scratch on underside).
- New turn signal lenses.
- Perfect grill which has been powder coated.
- All stainless removed and polished.
- NOS trunk lock and emblem (just try and find one).
- NOS front hood emblem (again, just try and find one).
- Very good to excellent side roof emblems.
- NOS 'thunderbird' script emblems.
- Very good taillight metal.
- New antenna.
- NOS stainless windshield wipers.
- Roof repainted, body paint in above drivers condition.
- Appears that no body panels are replaced.
- Only issue on the underside is the large drain hole at the spare was patched. (prevous owner thought it was an issue!) There is no damage!
- The frame and floors are extremly solid for a 59 or for any car. There is no issue with any thing on this car.
Nowarranty implied, sold as is where is. 3 weeks to pick up car.1000.00 topaywall with in 24 hours.