1984 Ford Thunderbird Base review from North America

I got this car for nothing, as the previous owner blew the headgaskets. After about a week, taking my time, I got the car running, and have just been working out misc problems...

Cap

Rotor

Wires

Plugs

Ignition module

Front brakes

General braking system problems

Water pump

Heater core...leaks, but bypassed.. didn't want to pull the dash to fix it

Fuel pump

Fuel pump relay

Fuel pump cut off switch

Exhaust... catalytic convertor was plugged due to the head gaskets, but since I've got echeck papers good till 2004, who needs the converter, replaced most of exhaust with the use of "flexi-pipe" and the cheapest muffler out there, the glass packer.

At the moment it's really harsh on gas, about 14mpg, and it has symptoms of overheating, such as it gushes the coolant out of the overflow, but never seems to actually overheat... (except for once at an idle, but that was because some numbskull put some screen infront of the radiator, which is already restricted by the non-functional A/C's radiator). but if anyone has any clues to either of these, email me at whitetrash1982@neo.rr.com

Overall, I expect a car like this to need help, that's why I got it, as a fix-her-up-er.

It's a very comfortable car, has a nice smooth ride, and on a nice day it's great to cruise in... a cold day wouldn't be too bad if it had heat LOL.

Once it gets up over 30 into 2nd and 3rd gear, it cruises... I expect a tranny oil change is due.