The gentleman who was restoring it passed away before he could see it completed, but that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyed right now, but rather that it does have a few things you can fix and personalize along the way.
#1964 T BIRD CONVERTIBLE FULL#
Please ask for the full description.įollowing a repaint in 2010, this Caspian Blue T-Bird is one heck of a good-looking car. The doors fit well, the hood lines up just right, and with a turn of the key, you have access to the trunk area via the same electric motors that make the top disappear, which is always a. All the traditional design cues were there, including a hood scoop, fender skirts, and twin taillights that still look like some kind of modified jet exhaust ports. The paint has the right look, with just a hint of metallic in it, and the color certainly looks elegant on the upscale Thunderbird. As a life-long Georgia car, the frame-one restoration was made easier by starting with a solid car, and the straight bodywork with razor-sharp creases shows it off to great effect. Luxurious, powerful, and with a wonderfully intricate top mechanism, it's top-down luxury at a shockingly affordable price.įollowing a repaint in 2010, this Caspian Blue T-Bird is one heck of a good-looking car. What a lot of folks don't seem to realize is that this 1964 Thunderbird convertible is more Lincoln than Ford. Once the bolts are removed you can easily lift the deck manually the retracted cylinders will just dangle from the deck.390 CI, CASPIAN BLUE, SOUTHERN CAR, DOCUMENTED, FOLD-IN CONVERTIBLE TOP!! They're readily accessible just underneath and forward of the rear bumper. The only way to get the deck open at this point is to remove the four bolts, two each side, that secure the bottom deck cylinder brackets to the trunk floor. The deck solenoid is located to the rear of the pump. Since you just replaced the hoses, and removed the solenoids in the process, it's a good possibility that the screw wasn't tightened enough (or the hole is stripped) and has worked its way loose. The ground is through the sheet metal mounting screw and it's not uncommon for the screw to loosen up if the car has gone over some hard bumps. These solenoids very rarely fail outright, so it's probably a loose power connection or a loose ground on the solenoid. If the pump is running when you jumper the relay, and there's no opening action, it's very possible that the deck solenoid isn't functioning. when i tried to jumper the deck unlock relay works perfect, when i jumper the deck open relay i hear the pump running but the deck doesn't open. went for a short ride with the top up, came back and the switch only works for the top up and not down. cycled the top and deck lide 4 times over a period of time and was great. My Thunderbird website: rgebbie wrote: ↑ Thu 5:14 pm
Remember to disconnect your battery when working on the relay banks! My experience has been that a deck that was just recently opening and closing correctly does not usually simply come out of adjustment, but most often stops working because of a simple loose electrical connection somewhere, maybe jarred loose by a bump in the road. My next step would be to jump the relay, and if that works, replace the relay with a known good relay, and give it another go. Nine times out of ten, a loose connection here is the problem when the relay doesn't even click and the deck won't unlock. Take care to get the plug onto the prongs correctly and firmly - it's not very easy. If that wasn't it, then remove the rubber plug on the deck open relay (front left on the left relay bank, I think), slightly squeeze the female terminals with a pair of pliers to tighten them, lube the relay prongs with dielectric grease, and carefully replace the plug. If any are loose, tighten, and try the switch again. These screws have a habit of working loose over time. First check the bus bar on the left relay bank to be sure all the connecting screws are secure.
Before you get too involved, remove the back seat to gain access to the deck relays.
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