1955 Ford Thunderbird
Vehicle Specifications
- VINN/A
- Classic Car ID102778165
- Stock NumberN/A
- CategoryAmerican Classics
- Body StyleCoupe
- New/UsedUsed
- Mileage61,000 miles
- Engine8 Cylinder
- ConditionExcellent
- Doors2
- Drivetrain2 wheel drive
- SuspensionStock
- TransmissionManual
- Exterior ColorBlack
- Custom ColorBlack epox primer
- Interior ColorRed
- Seat ColorBlack / Red
Classic Car Overview
I found a true warehouse find; this 1955 Thunderbird sat in a warehouse in Detroit for 34 years. Its body is 98% free of rust or dents.
This is a project I started and is unfinished, note the this I have done, it needs to be reassembled, it turned over and popped with a squirt of gas in carb, it didn't run yet as the valves have not been adjusted correctly. Please read thing done, never serviced as it has not been driven. Thanks
Options: 3 speed manual transmission on the floor shifter, with overdrive, Electric seat, Electric windows, Clock, Tachometer, Radio, Convertible, with hardtop, Finned valve covers, std covered install now. Have original Teapot carb and manifold, along with Holly 4 barrel manifold (56 or 57?), 61k miles on odometer
Very limited surface rust, one rusted though body panel at the front body at passenger door, less than the size of a dime, cut to about a 25 cent piece and new metal welded in. All exterior trim and bumpers are in excellent shape. +NOS windshield
Completed;
New brakes, lines, pads, cylinders, turned drums
Rebuilt 292, bored 60 over, new pistons, bearings, redone heads. Engine assembled and transmission attached and in place.
Turned flywheel, new pressure plate, clutch disc, throughout bearing pilot bearing, new fuel, oil & water pump new thermostat housing and thermostat, high heat-treated exhaust manifold coating. New shocks, tires, undercoated trunk, floor pan, gas tank removed cleaned and coated inside & out. Rear gears cleaned new axel bearings polished finned valve covers and painted. Install fuel system line, filter to a new Holley 450 cfm 4 barrel carburetor. Installed radiator system Body has been sanded Bondo add as & where needed, dents fixed one on passenger door, drives door, top front grill, others where very minor. Rebuilt right side door hinge. High build primer, sanded 3 times, 1 coats epoxy primer, not sanded. All Eastwood products. New seat foam, new 6vdc Optimun Battery. 100% rewired headlights to taillights, all sensors checked. Radio & clock didn't work.
Missing one wire wheel ring, one horn ring, window ele motors. Have ele diagrams, shop manuals, parts catalogs, assembly manuals. All the trim, bumpers, grill are in excellent shape.
Total almost $24,000 in parts and machine word done.
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