On 7/11/2012 15:42, john wrote:
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>> Would you buy it?
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>> http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...-2/?refer=news
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>> Patrick
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> tires have to be new, they would have rotted,

The current tires on my Thunderbird were purchased in about 1980 and
still holding air.

> the car must have been on blocks for 30+years
> How did they keep it from rusting inside for 30+ years ?
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> Engine bay was painted probably the rest of the car was too.
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> All the wiring would be stiff as heck, brittle.

Most of the vast majority of the wiring on my Mustang is not nor is
my Thunderbird.

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> looks like aftermarket steering wheel

Looks right to me, but if it is, someone went way out of their way
to get that Ghia thing in the center...
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0122_large.jpg

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> gas system will be full of gunk

Where are you getting all this? It hasn't been driven enough to get
water in the tank.

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> HP is far too low for me. Rather have a
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> I buy performance, not how rare something is.
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> rather get one of these and put a 5.0 engine in it (with blower) no
> mufflers;
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/4...bb765c0d10.jpg
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