1957 Ford Thunderbird

Offered for your consideration is our 1957 Ford Thunderbird resto-mod. in the family for the past 40 years. It started with a rust-free Arizona body and professionally outfitted with a later model Ford drive train in the 70's. a common modification for the car and that time period. While an older restoration. it has been driven approx. 6600 miles since then. including the trip from AZ to its current home in Ohio. with most of it's time spent in the garage and under a car cover. It would make someone a great starting point to freshen-up as a daily driver. or as a platform to either restore or make into your own resto-mod/rod dream car. Yes. this is a running and driving car as-is.

Specifics:

100% Arizona body. with virtually no evidence of rust on either the body or frame

Dry stored. covered and never driven in weather since 70's rebuild

Ford 302 Mustang engine. plenty of power and sounds nice and tight. with no oil burning

C4 Transmission shifts properly

Rebuilt 2 Barrel carb

Mustang floor shifter

Power windows

Manual steering with complete Saginaw power steering upgrade kit included but not yet installed

New radiator and hoses

New fan and water pump

New tune-up parts

Up-graded alternator and voltage regulator

New fuel tank

New fuel tank sending unit

Newer carpet

New trunk liner

New steering parts

New suspension parts

Rebuilt rear springs

Soft top

Rare no-porthole (factory option) hard top

Wide whitewall bias-ply tires

Steel wheels with period correct wheel covers

Factory steel fender skirts

Fresh coolant

Recent oil change

The car was repainted in the mid-70's to the vehicle and period correct Dusk Rose color code. likely with single stage acrylic enamel. The repaint. however. was a semi-amateur job and now shows signs of various touch-ups and crazing in several areas. although it did serve its purpose to protect the car's Arizona rust-free body all these years. The body is relatively straight. with only the usual patina of age and a couple of minor dings noted from garage storage. Inner structure and under panels appear properly edged and jammed. so an exterior-only refinish would likely suffice to spruce this vehicle up to nice daily driver condition. Currently passes as a solid "5 foot car" as-is. Chrome. glass and trim parts are in good usable condition. although select re-plating would required to make it show quality. Interior is nice and clean. although the seat stitching is starting to give way in certain places due to age.

I strongly encourage your personal inspection prior to bidding. Please contact me directly for more info and images. I have and/or can take more photos. but upload was taking forever. Call at 330-697-7868

On May-12-17 at 20:54:34 PDT. seller added the following information:

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