1964 Tbird Hardtop, 1989 - 1994

This was truly a rust free California car that had appeared to have been garage kept. I purchased it late summer of 1989 and sold it January of 1994. It had a new base/clear coat paint job using 1988 GM 23 blue. Other than that, the car was pretty original. During the time I had it I won quite a few prizes at car shows and attended a lot of car cruises.

I replaced the interior, carpets and trunk mats, detailed the engine compartment, had the exterior chrome re-done the December before the GST tax came into use and found 2 new polyester tires for the front to match what was on the rear. It was equipped with air conditioning that worked great after I had it re-charged. I did some mechanical work such as shocks, brakes, steering parts and an alignment. I found fender skirts in Buffalo and had them painted with matching paint that was given to me with the car.


1965 Tbird Convertible, 1994 to 2011

This is a canadian car that was repaired with California panels. I bought it January of 1994, knowing it wasn't the quality of car that the 1964 was; however, the convertible really Appealed to me especially with the fiberglass tonneau cover on it. I did very little to the car other than the tonneau cover and new Goodyear radials.

The biggest 2 problems I had when I started driving the car in the summer were fairly major. First, the top didn't work, even though it was supposed to. After many hours of tracing wiring circuits in the manual, this turned out to be a relay that wasn't connected properly to one of the plugs. The second was power windows that didn't and still don't work. The windows don't bother me as it is a "top down car" both for appearance and driving pleasure. With the top up it looks like any other car.

The car still looks much the same as when I bought it except for a few more scratches and dents. Mechanically it needs a little work which I hope to do this summer before we start driving it.



Pictures taken after I added the fiberglass tonneau cover.


November 21st, 2007. It still looks pretty good.