1985 Tbird Turbo Coupe for Parts or Repair

October 25, 2011, 05:05:34 PM

I've got a 1985 Thunderbird Turbo coupe that I've just finished putting a couple thousand dollars worth of work on, only to have the engine develop "issues."

The car was a Florida car originally, so there is almost no rust, but the vehicle needs a complete paint job. There are only two small dings in the entire vehicle. Nearly perfect as far as body work goes.

The car was having the engine rebuilt in Michigan, but I had to move to Florida very suddenly and the mechanics up north couldn't finish the job in time (just connecting the clutch cable and a handful of other things. Long story short, my newly rebuilt engine got moisture inside and the mechanics here say it has gotten pretty heavily oxidized inside from sitting for a month or so while I've been busy with work. How easily this could be cleaned up is anybody's guess.

The car is between 75-80k miles on it (I don't have the car here as I'm at work, I'll post the exact number for whoever wants to know.)

The interior is red. I've got replacement parts for almost everything that is plastic in the interior and the parts are near perfect.

The tires on the car have less than 3k miles on them.

Here is a list of a handful of the parts I've replaced in the past year:
List of new parts:
Gas Tank
Fuel Pump
Distributor
VAM
Fuel Pressure Regulator
Fuel Injectors
Heater Core
ECM
IAC
Coil Pack
Starter Solenoid
and much more!

I just don't have time to work on an "old" car, and I need to put the money into something newer for my girlfriend.

Asking price $1k, located in Englewood, FL. Taking reasonable offers for the entire car before parting it out. Email rs1sensen (at) yahoo (dot) com for pictures, or I'll post some later. (sorry, at work right now).

1985 Tbird Turbo Coupe for Parts or Repair

Reply #1 – October 25, 2011, 09:18:46 PM

There should be no oxidation, the cylinder walls should have been coated with oil and it should not have been an issue. Something is suspect here. I'd find another mechanic. It would take some time with the head off sitting outside to develop enough rust to do any damage.