![]() He could not believe the condition of the undercarriage and the car was rustproofed when new. ![]() ![]() When I had the car inspected the person inspecting it stated that the pads etc all still say FoMoCo and look totally original on the car. Mechanically the only thing I have noticed is slight pulsation in the brakes but not bad at all. The cold idle works properly and so does the kick down. The carburetor is perfect and it does not hesitate at all, depress the accelerator pedal once and the car fires right up on cold starts. The motor is the 5.8 351 ci Windsor so it's nice and smooth and has the FMX three speed automatic transmission which delivers power to the 2.47 conventional rear axle. All the power equipment works on the car and yes the Air Conditioning blows cold. The car has the newly introduced AM/FM Cassette Stereo with power antenna and nice sport instrumentation cluster which gives you the tachometer and gauges. When I purchased the car it still had the original tires on the back but after driving it around the block one tire started to have the tread separate so I replaced the tires with new tires he had in the trunk (original style Firestones, probably 20 years old) the original tires still had the wheel weights that had FoMoCo stamped on them.īeing that this T-Bird is a Town Landau it has every option for '79 except for the moon roof, leather seating and CB Radio. I purchased the car and imported it into the United States, it is being sold with a New York State title in my name. Kirchknoph she had only seen the car out of the garage a couple dozen times when it was cloudy out. When I picked the car up a neighbor was outside and she told me that in the 30 years she lived next door to Mr. The car has never seen a winter and was always put up on blocks in a climate controlled garage while stored. The car was literally his Sunday driver and according to him, his family, and his neighbor he would only drive the car to church on Sundays and maybe on a nice day to go get some ice cream. Kirchknoph purchased the car back on and lived in Hamilton, Ontario with his wife. I purchased this car off the original owner who was 93 years old and could no longer drive. 1979 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau Additional Info:ġ979 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau with only 16,000 (26,000 kilometers, odometer is still in kilometers since it's a Canadian car) original miles on this car. ![]()
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