Posted this in a thread over in technical.. but more officially.. here you go! Matthew's the name.. Classic Car appreciator hoping to take that step into owner. Always had a major thing for the early 60s Lincoln Continentals and Ford Thunderbirds. Love the design and feel of the car top to bottom, inside to out. I was very close to purchasing a 1964 Lincoln Continental when I joined the board back in April 09.. but it fell through due to the car being less than advertised.. and the realization that bumper to bumper a 64 Conti is about an inch longer than my garage is deep. Which swings the obsession to the obtainable and garageable 1961-1963 Thunderbird. IMO it's the best looking of all of the Thunderbird vintages.. Classic's being rather personal, the design just sits well with me. Pre-61 and Post-64 feel wrong to me in one way or another. 63Biscuit is a longtime friend of mine who is responsible for feeding my addiction with weekly links to the HAMB and various Craigslist and Ebay ads. And frequent trips in his Biscayne certainly haven't hurt either (Awesome car, btw, D). So... I'm planning a wedding and about to finance a major remodel of my house.. I'm flat broke.. PERFECT time to buy a project car (helps that my fiancee is fully onboard with this) I've managed to scrape together a small cache of money and bumped into two Thunderbirds in my price-range that seemed like a good fit within 10 miles of my home. 63Biscuit went with me to check out the one (which was a heartbreaker, and now a distant second option due to the amount of work I would have to put into it) last night, and I'm headed out solo to look at the other tonight. Wish me luck!
Welcome from Georgia. Take your time and find one thats right for you. Lot's of projects bought for more than they are worth and never finished. Good luck searching though.
Looks like I never published an update! The second car from that evening was a winner.. a beautiful all original Minnesota survivor with just one small spot of rust. Cream-white exterior with vinyl maroon interior (soon to be maroon and black). The price was right and broke or not, I bought it (luckily my fiance is a classic car appreciator, so she was on board for this little bit of craziness despite the pending wedding and house purchase). As she sat at the dealership where I found her: And just before I put her to bed for the winter..
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