WENTS I WAS 4 years OLD. I plays in the sideways WITH my free 1959 toys T.Bird FROM Quake Oaks the Captain meals.I LOVES Alls T.Bird Model. Buts my favors was the 1958 likes Drake of the Berry Mason Lawer Show.Now I m 66 YEARS OLD.had a 1989 T.Bird Brought FOR $7.000 in 1995.Great Cars.
Awesome even respect for the skunk 👍very humanitarian of you guys but that was a nice car in its day actually still is looking forward to see where it goes from here.😊 loved the video and content 👌I'll subscribe keep it up
That Tbird looks restorable if you have the parts to fix the body damage. I'm restoring a 60 Tbird convertible and it came with a parts car. It has good rear quarters and a trunk lid. I needed the front sheet metal. I had to drill out hundreds of spot welds because fenders are welded on. I also used the rear end for a hot rod. I had to cut off the brake drums. I don't know where you're located but I think it's too far from me to be of any help. I'm located in Maine. I posted some videos on my channel when I pulled the rear end so you can check it out. I would sell the rest of the car for the price of the trunk lid if you're interested.
Oh the memories, I can remember these car when I was a kid, rode in them often. Yeah I've recovered cars like this 40 years ago, I usually drove them away though. Great video guys just love it but glad it's not me now.😅😅👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸
MYS FAVORS CARS EVER BUILT.BUTS MY FAVOR WAS 1958 T.BIRD.THIS ONE IS A 1959 MODEL POSSIBLE WITH THE 312CU Y BLOCK. BEFORE THE 352 OR 390CU CAME OUT.THE 1960 CAME OUT WITH 1 BIG ROUND TAILLIGHTS.HADS A 1989 T.BIRD WITHS CLOSE TO 300,000 THOUSAND MILES AND RUNS LIKES 100,000 MILES ONLY.SUPER CARS THEYS ARES.
I didn’t appreciate the way the owners manual was tossed around with an attitude of trash toward it. Those manuals can be restored and add value to the car. I also didn’t like the comments that the car was going to be parted rather than destroyed. Thunderbirds of this era go up in value. It is fool hardy to part them out given the huge return they can bring fully restored.
All I can say is beauty or your wallet is in the eyes of the beholder, (or buyer in this case). Glad you showed some respect for the dead, even if it was a skunk LOL! Thanks for the video!
Even all rusty and covered in shit. It still looks very fancy. Some old cars that are rusty just look old and rusty but this is rusty but still very fancy. Weird.
Good job, guys. She was a pretty car once. I had a 1960, one of the few Thunderbirds with a standard shift, most were automatic. When you drive a T-Bird at 140 MPH, that is going so fast you can see the gas guage heading to empty. I was a construction laborer here in Northern Virginia, never let a little mud bother me. Sometimes there was a lot of mud. I would clean my glasses and my watch with a toothbrush when I got home. As the Beach Boys sang, T-Birds are "Fun, Fun, Fun."
I have a different perspective maybe or not but this offers hope as there were millions of homes back then as well and as they come out of the woodwork, comes some very interesting picking for just about anyone as its not just cars. I think back when the marron overstuffed chair sat outside... those people put out a reasonable amount of money to buy this piece of furniture and it set them back a bit and more rice hit the table until they recovered the buy.... no one sat in poppa's chair but the kids played in it till he got home then piled on the arms of it to be near dad. Welding or livestock tools, a anvil or three scattered about at almost every home that was considered a farm. What I'm getting at was there were thousands of little farms until mrs Roosevelt took them from them as they foreclosed on bad loans. Most of the farms became part of a conglomerate and never were touched, just taken cause they could and then put into huge squares of land that went into the private holdings of a corrupt government ... luckily it was discovered and some even had chances back on their farm just to find that making a go of it too hard to overcome the losses of it; The spendy cars were on farms that were so poor that how they got a nice car like that is beyond me. Point in being, at least hundreds more exist waiting to be found. Oddly roads abandoned becomes the reason that old road was there to go to a big farm of the day
The Civil War destroyed the Yeoman farmers, but they were great shots for the South. They thought they had to fight to keep there farms from the greedy Yankee's. They lost and the Carpet badger came and took them. History repeats, government wins like dealer win in Las Vegas.
I like Gordon. He in for the ride. Skunks are cool. Make great pets. No Cockroches in your house. But illegal to own them now. Not a ford man but the Thunderbird was ahead of us time. Cool looking car.
Interesting how you can Jack on a 60 year old car sitting on the ground and not bend metal, but you don’t dare Jack a 20 year old car on the recommended Jack points for fear it all collapses! That rear brake drum was fighting all the way! And man what a lot of work to move it from its original place to the trailer. Who would have thought? Thanks for posting!
All the convertible Thunderbirds from 1958 on used a version of the retractable mechanism from the Skyliner, but Thunderbirds only ever had fabric roofs that disappeared into the trunk, not metal ones.
You must a never ben to the pacific northwest!! We got cars completely made of moss up here. That's just soft patina right there. also 1960's all blue license plate with yellow lettering is Washington DC I belive
My '60 T bird has a perfect body, but the paint is peeling very badly. Runs good with original gear, i.e. 352, 3 speed on the floor with overdrive. Want to buy it? I have too many cars. BTW, I'm in Oregon.
damm thats a sweet bird yall met your match when you tried to pull it out the way it was positioned with that truck ... shoot the tbird outweighs that truck almost anyway sure sad to see it go to waste on some funky rust farm . i was weened on tbird grease wall to wall spark plug and slide over steering for fatties.looked like the bird was almost all there just needs some serious rear quarter work . those are beautiful lead sleds restore it youll find that trunk aint as bad as it looked.
It sure don't look like Mr. GoodPliers has many readers except me, and It is sad, I am about ready to stop. I love what he does, But man he is the most boring person I have ever heard since Forrest Gump. Man I say these things with hopes you will wake up and come alive. Always the same thing. Why don't you do more showing and lass talking?
You guys are playn with death, at 26:37 u never ever get under a car or in a wheel well WITHOUT supporting your vehicle, should it fall down suddenly your dead, Ive seen people use these type of jacks all the time and needless to say, countless times it happens, it falls to the ground, thank God the wheel was still on and others blocked it from falln, one of u guys shoulda put that tire he took off it, right under that body right where he was working, trying unfreeze that drum. Omg thank God it didn't fall, other than that, great video.👌
Lol live in bury me in that shit when I die but only if nonrestorable can't waste a project lol restore repair remember let it live on now all they have is Nissan cube Kia soul lol that will really turn heads and get you a girl lmfao bless you keep it up with the content discovery scripted this is as real as it gets an better than 100000 dollars episodes of bullcrap from reality TV this is what it Saving history is about
USE AN OLD WHEEL WITH A fIRE ON IT OR A 4" x 4" POST ON A BLOCK OF WOOD ATANDING AS A LIFE CRANE TO BREAK THE CAR LOSE FROM IT'S GRAVE. eVEN AN OLD WHEEL ON A PAD STANDING UP WILL AD LEVERAGE IN MOVING THE FROZE TO THE GROUND CAR.
The rear end Avett T-Bird is already trash the taillights and the bumper are shot so why not just push it with your truck instead of that long tow strap
The part I hate the most is dealing froze up drums. Rarely come loose for me and unless they are expensive drums to replace torch them. I've wasted too much time fighting these things over the years. Get it on the trailer, torch them when I get home while its on the trailer.
Are you parting it out? I have a 59 with that same mirror as your passengers side mirror. Mines mounted on the drivers fender. Been looking for one. Also looking for door glass, skirts, and the cast hood scoop. Mine fits kinda wonky. Happy hunting 👍
So cool see washer bag still on fender well!! My favorite year thunder Bird. reminds me of Elvira's T- bird.
Talk about bringing something back from the dead, that car is 3 stages beyond dead. You've got your hands full on this one, good luck.
Just some welding...
WENTS I WAS 4 years OLD. I plays in the sideways WITH my free 1959 toys T.Bird FROM Quake Oaks the Captain meals.I LOVES Alls T.Bird Model. Buts my favors was the 1958 likes Drake of the Berry Mason Lawer Show.Now I m 66 YEARS OLD.had a 1989 T.Bird Brought FOR $7.000 in 1995.Great Cars.
Awesome even respect for the skunk 👍very humanitarian of you guys but that was a nice car in its day actually still is looking forward to see where it goes from here.😊 loved the video and content 👌I'll subscribe keep it up
The Bird rolls, she steers. The right rear quarter took a good hit, but appears restorable!
I didnt think that old bird was going to hold together,but she made it..
Looks like a J code 430 engine. Smooth valve covers, fuel pump up front, stove pipe off air cleaner to exhaust manifold.
You are correct Don Donaldson.
@@SteveTheFordGuy985 bulldozer engine
Yes sir!! Very low production
That Tbird looks restorable if you have the parts to fix the body damage.
I'm restoring a 60 Tbird convertible and it came with a parts car. It has good rear quarters and a trunk lid. I needed the front sheet metal. I had to drill out hundreds of spot welds because fenders are welded on. I also used the rear end for a hot rod. I had to cut off the brake drums. I don't know where you're located but I think it's too far from me to be of any help. I'm located in Maine. I posted some videos on my channel when I pulled the rear end so you can check it out. I would sell the rest of the car for the price of the trunk lid if you're interested.
Oh the memories, I can remember these car when I was a kid, rode in them often. Yeah I've recovered cars like this 40 years ago, I usually drove them away though. Great video guys just love it but glad it's not me now.😅😅👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸
Will you make a video of its repair ??
All of Gods creatures deserve some respect. Rest In Peace “Pep’e Le Pew”!!
Pepe lew pew cartoons have been banned by the freaks because they say he is a sexual predator. I always thought he was just a over sexed dude.
@@100texan2 yep; his hormones were in overdrive; also called “very romantic”.....🤣😂
@@100texan2 We must have Party Approved Correct Thinking and Speech.
How are the floors ? The trunk didn't look to Hot. Is it 2 far gone for a resto ?
If you like it good enough nothing's too far gone for a restore
MYS FAVORS CARS EVER BUILT.BUTS MY FAVOR WAS 1958 T.BIRD.THIS ONE IS A 1959 MODEL POSSIBLE WITH THE 312CU Y BLOCK. BEFORE THE 352 OR 390CU CAME OUT.THE 1960 CAME OUT WITH 1 BIG ROUND TAILLIGHTS.HADS A 1989 T.BIRD WITHS CLOSE TO 300,000 THOUSAND MILES AND RUNS LIKES 100,000 MILES ONLY.SUPER CARS THEYS ARES.
I see a fuel pump up high on the front of the engine, 430 cu. in.
I didn’t appreciate the way the owners manual was tossed around with an attitude of trash toward it. Those manuals can be restored and add value to the car. I also didn’t like the comments that the car was going to be parted rather than destroyed. Thunderbirds of this era go up in value. It is fool hardy to part them out given the huge return they can bring fully restored.
I agree it should be restored!!
All I can say is beauty or your wallet is in the eyes of the beholder, (or buyer in this case). Glad you showed some respect for the dead, even if it was a skunk LOL! Thanks for the video!
Yes, the T-Bird was a luxury car. SAVE it!
Even all rusty and covered in shit. It still looks very fancy. Some old cars that are rusty just look old and rusty but this is rusty but still very fancy. Weird.
That's a RARE 430cid bird!!
Thanks for saving her!!
People may laff at your efforts to save old cars, but i have lived in college dorm rooms and appartments that were smaller than those cars!
Epic moss! The team put some sweat equity in retrieving the car.
Good job, guys. She was a pretty car once. I had a 1960, one of the few Thunderbirds with a standard shift, most were automatic. When you drive a T-Bird at 140 MPH, that is going so fast you can see the gas guage heading to empty. I was a construction laborer here in Northern Virginia, never let a little mud bother me. Sometimes there was a lot of mud. I would clean my glasses and my watch with a toothbrush when I got home. As the Beach Boys sang, T-Birds are "Fun, Fun, Fun."
Poor Bird 😪 my favorite body style, '60 was the only year for a sunroof in that body style
I have a different perspective maybe or not but this offers hope as there were millions of homes back then as well and as they come out of the woodwork, comes some very interesting picking for just about anyone as its not just cars. I think back when the marron overstuffed chair sat outside... those people put out a reasonable amount of money to buy this piece of furniture and it set them back a bit and more rice hit the table until they recovered the buy.... no one sat in poppa's chair but the kids played in it till he got home then piled on the arms of it to be near dad. Welding or livestock tools, a anvil or three scattered about at almost every home that was considered a farm. What I'm getting at was there were thousands of little farms until mrs Roosevelt took them from them as they foreclosed on bad loans. Most of the farms became part of a conglomerate and never were touched, just taken cause they could and then put into huge squares of land that went into the private holdings of a corrupt government ... luckily it was discovered and some even had chances back on their farm just to find that making a go of it too hard to overcome the losses of it; The spendy cars were on farms that were so poor that how they got a nice car like that is beyond me. Point in being, at least hundreds more exist waiting to be found. Oddly roads abandoned becomes the reason that old road was there to go to a big farm of the day
The Civil War destroyed the Yeoman farmers, but they were great shots for the South. They thought they had to fight to keep there farms from the greedy Yankee's. They lost and the Carpet badger came and took them. History repeats, government wins like dealer win in Las Vegas.
Sorry but that’s rusted and busted . Glass you could sell .The metal is shot
Square bird Thunderchickens, are climbing at auctions nowadays, especially verts with stick shift..........
Was it '61 to '66 they were made on the Lincoln assembly line?
1958 through 1976 Thunderbirds were made at Wixom Assembly alongside Lincolns.
I like Gordon. He in for the ride. Skunks are cool. Make great pets. No Cockroches in your house. But illegal to own them now. Not a ford man but the Thunderbird was ahead of us time. Cool looking car.
Wouldnt want that junker even as a free gift!
Rescued from one junk yard to another.
I had a 66 T-Bird with the swing away steering about 30 years ago, I sold it to the Shriners club for $2500 and they raffled it off.
Interesting how you can Jack on a 60 year old car sitting on the ground and not bend metal, but you don’t dare Jack a 20 year old car on the recommended Jack points for fear it all collapses! That rear brake drum was fighting all the way! And man what a lot of work to move it from its original place to the trailer. Who would have thought? Thanks for posting!
I always liked that car with that particular engine do y'all have any 5857 Ford Fairlane or customs
Bring a forklift the next time.
You're a forklift would be a big help
You got some great skunk real estate there! (rip mr skunk!!) Joe worked hard for this, I am sure it is not that bad once cleaned up.
Yeah, you can tell which way north is by the moss.
Nothing quite like Kansas mud!!
You sure know a lot about old cars. Great video.
Could you hear me yelling at the screen ? I kept shouting "Leave it there" ! Gosh, I have never seen a more ugly T-bird !
Probably not going to patch the gas tank.
I thought the humor in this video was great
looks like the set belt is hanging out of the drivers side door how did you not see that
I think Ford did not have seat belts in 1960. that was part of seat or carpet.
I believe the 59 Thunderbirds had the retractable roof in the trunk. I could be mistaken but I'm almost sure
All the convertible Thunderbirds from 1958 on used a version of the retractable mechanism from the Skyliner, but Thunderbirds only ever had fabric roofs that disappeared into the trunk, not metal ones.
1958 to 1966 Ford Thunderbird Convertibles all used the retractable convertible top.
I would love to see the car during the process of it's restoration. My 1st car in 1938 was a 60 tbird.
You must a never ben to the pacific northwest!! We got cars completely made of moss up here. That's just soft patina right there. also 1960's all blue license plate with yellow lettering is Washington DC I belive
Part it out....make it a organ donor
Thee ugliest car ever designed !!
i had a60 tbird back when i was 17 it was like new love that car been a few years am 69 now i gave 50 dallors fo it
This car did not have a rollback top. It is a fixed top.
My '60 T bird has a perfect body, but the paint is peeling very badly. Runs good with original gear, i.e. 352, 3 speed on the floor with overdrive.
Want to buy it? I have too many cars.
BTW, I'm in Oregon.
Felicitaciones por ese thunderbird, saludos desde acá en buenos Aires ... Argentina
damm thats a sweet bird yall met your match when you tried to pull it out the way it was positioned with that truck ... shoot the tbird outweighs that truck almost anyway sure sad to see it go to waste on some funky rust farm . i was weened on tbird grease wall to wall spark plug and slide over steering for fatties.looked like the bird was almost all there just needs some serious rear quarter work . those are beautiful lead sleds restore it youll find that trunk aint as bad as it looked.
Well that gas tank won't ever hold gas again.
how sad to do this to such a beautiful car. leaving it in a field to rot away until it might not ever run again.
Pity to see the car is in such state of disrepair. Really! No wonder the skunk died
It sure don't look like Mr. GoodPliers has many readers except me, and It is sad, I am about ready to stop. I love what he does, But man he is the most boring person I have ever heard since Forrest Gump. Man I say these things with hopes you will wake up and come alive. Always the same thing. Why don't you do more showing and lass talking?
You guys are playn with death, at 26:37 u never ever get under a car or in a wheel well WITHOUT supporting your vehicle, should it fall down suddenly your dead, Ive seen people use these type of jacks all the time and needless to say, countless times it happens, it falls to the ground, thank God the wheel was still on and others blocked it from falln, one of u guys shoulda put that tire he took off it, right under that body right where he was working, trying unfreeze that drum. Omg thank God it didn't fall, other than that, great video.👌
Couldn't you have looked for a Thunderbird in better condition?. Ford sold 200,000 Thunderbird from 1953 to 1955.
fatal attraction
If cable snaps someone is way too close !
Lol live in bury me in that shit when I die but only if nonrestorable can't waste a project lol restore repair remember let it live on now all they have is Nissan cube Kia soul lol that will really turn heads and get you a girl lmfao bless you keep it up with the content discovery scripted this is as real as it gets an better than 100000 dollars episodes of bullcrap from reality TV this is what it Saving history is about
Poor old Mr Skunk !
I carry Unilug type wheels that fit most cars on my Tow Truck
USE AN OLD WHEEL WITH A fIRE ON IT OR A 4" x 4" POST ON A BLOCK OF WOOD ATANDING AS A LIFE CRANE TO BREAK THE CAR LOSE FROM IT'S GRAVE. eVEN AN OLD WHEEL ON A PAD STANDING UP WILL AD LEVERAGE IN MOVING THE FROZE TO THE GROUND CAR.
You'll have to cut the RR quarter panel off and weld on a replacement. That Unibody car is made of 16 guage steel. You'd never pound it out.
Please restore this car, and don't make a parts car!!!!!
Good parts car. Too far gone to fix. There still are a lot of these cars around. That front bumper is worth around $300.00 on ebay
Trivia teaser: the '61 to '63 generation T birds were originally planned to be front wheel drive.
The rear end Avett T-Bird is already trash the taillights and the bumper are shot so why not just push it with your truck instead of that long tow strap
I'd never mess with a looneybody car that's been sitting in the mud. I prefer frames and bodies.
hope you make that game i would like to play it,,,,LOL
Of course it's P/S & P/B it's a Thunderbird. Another vid where the car's not restored smh
The part I hate the most is dealing froze up drums. Rarely come loose for me and unless they are expensive drums to replace torch them. I've wasted too much time fighting these things over the years. Get it on the trailer, torch them when I get home while its on the trailer.
Man he is using that Tonya Harding pretty good. (Courtesy of Vice Grip Garage).
Unhappy spirits around that old farm
there might....just might be a few salvageable parts on the bird.....maybe
MR GOODPLIERS was you you in charge of that sale or did you know the family
Great video. Enjoyed watching.
Very cool, keep up the good work!!!
Not an easy job. Very muddy.
I'm sure you said a few kind words about the skunk off camera. Rest in peace skunk..
2 door fixed roof and a convertible. That was it. Correct ?
Yes, until 1967 when they introduced a four door.
The drivers door a bit tough to close? With that sleeping bag hanging out the bottom?
That old T-bird had to get one last skunk!
When people let the sit you got something to say when they Rescue them you have something to say
It sounds like you are going to part it out.Is it beyond practical repair?
Kritter Dynasty what a hoot !
What happens with the car? Top frame of restomod or just for pieces?
You bought that Tbird? Commenting 44 seconds in. That thing is in rough, rough shape.
It's Joe's car. I came along to help him load it. He likes to buy rough vehicles and sell the parts.
far out winching like that if that cable ever breaks good luck
Are you parting it out? I have a 59 with that same mirror as your passengers side mirror. Mines mounted on the drivers fender. Been looking for one. Also looking for door glass, skirts, and the cast hood scoop. Mine fits kinda wonky. Happy hunting 👍
We have a couple 1958-60 Thunderbirds for parts. Email me, mrgoodpliers1985@gmail.com
You had wood all over there and you didn't put it under the tires how come
Put some good mud tires on that truckand start pushing !
All that rust and body damage will buff right out. ;-)
Another good video, thanks!
Nice job 👍,
I did email you brother for I need, but you did not respond to me
are you guys selling parts ? if so how much for the front bumper ?
The imagined note from the skunk to its relatives “out east” smacked of Mark Twain. For some reason.
Was the Little guy still warm to the touch at his Burial? lol
joia like Brasileiro Junio
That was a lovely funeral.
Just wondering why didn't you use that tractor in the background to move it ??