Carbuuf, I went through the same thing myself two years ago.I started by buying a book....can't remeber the name right now....on T-bird restoration. Then I bought a T-bird shop manual and dug in.
I woked from big to small...started by replacing belts, hoses, oild, plugs, points, etc. and got the engine running. Then I could check the trans, brakes, lights and so on. I wasn't much of a mechanic when I started but I've learned that by reading the manuals and asking questions here on this board you can do just about any of the "routine" stuff and even some of the more advanced stuff. One good thing about the pre-emission T-birds is that they are pretty basic mechanically and aren't too hard to fix for most things. Not cheap necessarily, but not hard either.
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