Hi everyone. I just wanted to check. I just picked up a 1985 thunderbird 30th anniversary edition. I am planning on doing a restoration on it, although it is in very good shape already
It needs very minor body work and a paint job.
A little history about me with thunderbirds. My very first car was a 1984 thunderbird elan, then i got a 1988 thunderbird 3.8 liter, then i jumped to a 1995 thunderbird. I sold that one in 2001, and havent had a thunderbird since. It has been about 10 years, and i decided it was time to pick up a thunderbird like i had as a teenager. I really wanted anything from 1983-1988 since those two body styles were my favorites. I looked at quite a few of them until i found the 30th anniversary edition, which i bought on the spot.
As far as restoring it, i just started minor stuff like cleaning up the interior, basically going over it to find out what it needs. Mechanically it seems really sound, i drove about 150 miles home from where i bought it with no issues at all.
anyway, as the restoration progresses i will post up more pictures of it
Here are the starting shots of it. this is the day after i bought it. Ignore the fact that it is filthy, i havent yet washed it.
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http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ird/?start=all