- Hi Scotty! I recently purchased a 1991 Ford Thunderbird super coupe with the 3.7l supercharged v6 and a 5 speed Mazda transmission. It has around 160k miles on it and was parked many many years ago under a tree at my grandmothers house. It was my uncles and I want to restore it to some extent and keep it in the family. What do you recommend I change or look for before or after trying to get it to run? Also any common problems I should be wary of? Thanks for any help!
- -Keith g
lots of things haha
the tires could be rotten, the gas tank full of crud, collapsed brake lines, spark plugs, various fluids etc...
Yeah that’s pretty much what I figure. Luckily it’s in Oklahoma and it’s not too humid there so it shouldn’t be completely rotted out in any way. It’s just the oldest car that I will have worked on and I would hate to miss something simple and ruin the car. I’m planning to do a full fluid change and most likely not even run it off the tank until I get it cleaned very well, or Atleast run two fuel filters into the line somewhere to be double safe. I’m a little more curious about the supercharger as I’ve never had any car with a turbo or supercharger and only know as much as I can learn on YouTube. The VVG vidjya is a good one! I’ve been binge watching his revivals and others to freshen up on things to look for and how to do it! I’m very excited to start this project and I’m planning on documenting it for YouTube’s as there’s not many videos about the super coupe besides mint ones that guys are just loving on the whole time.
You're going to need to go through everything front to back, top to bottom. With it sitting that long, it will likely cost a pretty penny to get right again. Good luck with it though.
