1 of 1169 convertibles that came with a 430 Lincoln engine. Rebuilt 430 Lincoln engine ready to install. Health issues have kept me from installing as originally planned. Asking $34,950.00 with rebuilt 430 or $29,450 without. I can sell the engine separately.
This Tbird is a well maintained as needed unrestored 59677 mile documented original car. It has the original interior except for new door panels,,,,, carpet, top, trunk mat etc are all original.. and has had one repaint by the second owner and his brother with Dupont Imron paint back in the late 1970s. (not the best job since they did it in their truck shop business,, ) It's a solid nice looking 20 footer. The original 430 engine was taken out by the second owners son and put in his 1967 ford truck and the 390 from his truck is in the Tbird. The engine runs very well. It has a Mallory dual point distributor. The following outlines some of the parts and repairs that have been done to the car and the rebuilt 430 engine ready to be installed.
The car was in the Classic Cars International museum in Salt Lake City from 1989 to July 2019. I have documentation from them on it's history. Charles Shay purchased the car at the Mecums Auction in Denver in July of 2019. (I have the Mecums sales docs etc.) Shortly after the purchase he took it to Berkeley Garage, a restoration shop in Denver, for some repairs to make the car more road worthy since it had been in the International Car Museum in Salt Lake for 30 years. (I have notes from the museum on times they put gas in the car other notes etc). They did $6500 worth of work. They put in a new gas tank, sending unit and fuel pump. Replaced the exhaust system and used Magnaflo mufflers. Installed new shocks and other suspension repairs along with a new generator and voltage regulator. I have the receipts etc.. Charles decided to sell the car a few months later.
The following are what I have done since purchasing the car in Oct. 2019. I’ll list the engine rebuild notes separately later on.
New power steering cylinder, valve assembly, hoses etc.
New sway bar bushings and mounts.
Replaced rusted splash guards in wheel wells.
Fixed, repaired or replaced all gauges, dash lights, door switches headlight switch etc. along with an electronic dash voltage regulator. Everything works except the windshield washers!! And I have a retrofit for them.
Installed new original style radio that has a remote CD player, blue tooth capability etc. I have the original radio as well that works great. I stalled new stereo speaker in console along with under seat speakers. $1000 system.
Replaced the door panels, front seat cushion foam and installed leather steering wheel cover. Everything else in the interior is original.
Had rear window pot metal tracks/housings repaired. $1400!! Could not find replacements in good shape so had to have them repaired. Replaced all window rollers for lifts in front and rear windows. All window felts, cats whiskers along with drivers side motor. Spent HOURS adjusting windows.
Replaced ALL rubber seals and bumpers! Doors, trunk and convertible top. The doors close and sound like new with no rattles etc.
New battery, hold downs and cables.
430 ENGINE and REBUILD INFORMATION
As mentioned before the current engine in the car is a 390 out of a 1967 truck. It runs great and doesn’t need any work. My original plan was to go back stock to a 430. To do that I have purchased ALL the necessary parts to bring it back to stock. To that end I purchased a date code/year correct 430. The engine I bought is a Jan 59 date code, out of a Lincoln Premeire showing 79,000 miles on the odometer.
I spent over $500 to get the correct Tbird J code engine mounts, (that need to be re-welded to the frame), and I have all the block mount brackets and rubber mounts and insulators.
The engine looked to be in good shape. Upon tear down it was found that the # 7 cylinder was gouged from a broken ring.so it took going 40 over during the rebuild.
All the cam, rod and main bearings had little wear so standard replacements were installed.
I installed a new cam, lifters, rockers pushrods etc.
Heads/valves were done with new seals etc.
I purchased a new correct A/C fuel pump, rebuilt the oil pump retaining the vacuum pump as well.
I found and installed a correct NOS Tbird numbered Carter carburetor.
It has the “Tbird” correct water expansion tank.
The generator and power steering pump are correct and rebuilt.
New water pump not a rebuild.
The transmission is original to the car along with the starter. The trans works great but the shift selector needs a little of adjustment which I was going to do when I installed the 430.
Everything someone needs to take the car back to stock is ready to go. I'm to sell the engine and car as a packaged deal to the right person that will finish and appreciate this rare J Bird but as mentioned above I will sell them separately.
