Furious George
Registered User
Hey all,
I'm new here of course... I'd like to intro myself though. My name's Jesse, I'm from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. I just got my first Thunderbird Super Coupe, and this is also the first car I've purchased myself.
My father's an electrician/mechanic in one of the last steel mills in the Pittsburgh area, and my brother is also an experienced mechanic.
I'm 25, a student, and basically a parts gopher for my father generally but have a base knowledge of cars (very VERY basic though).
My Thunderbird was not a lot of money, has 156k on it, and a bad spot on the right rear fender... It's red with an aqua/black lined design in the paint. I was told by the previous owner that this design isn't custom or a sticker (it's paint) that came from the factory this way.
Car has a moon roof, it's a pretty car at first glance and really looked great to me and my brother when we looked at it (My father chose not to go look at it).
The underneath has a fair bit of rust though, along where the ground effects mount. I was disappointed, as this wasn't visible to us when we looked the car over, and the body was so nice we didn't expect this kind of rust underneath. I'm hoping to get it welded soon, but for now we're riveting steel plates underneath to get it to pass inspection.
I just wanted to say hello, and that it's likely that I'll pop in to ask questions from time to time. My father wants me to sell it, but I've become intent on keeping it. I put several hours into getting all the various gadgets to work, and to scrape some ugly bubbling tint out of the back window... I figure, I want this car and I want it to be better than what it is... My father just looks at it and says "I don't even know where the spark plugs are" then storms out of the garage.
I can't blame the old man though, seriously. But I do rely on him for help so I hope he changes his opinion. He did mention to his friends at a recent gun bash that "That son of a ***** flies".
Heh, he still likes his toys I guess.
Well anyway you all know about me now, so I hope to find some knowledgeable folks here who are willing to help me out... We do almost all our work ourselves here at my home, so I really am hoping I can find a safe haven here for my worries that I've already had on my "new" car.
If I can ever get pictures online somehow, I'd take shots and show people what it looks like. It's really an attractive car till you get under those blasted ground effects! If only I could drive it (I'm learning the 5-speed too, on top of all this).
Thanks for reading about me,
Jesse
I'm new here of course... I'd like to intro myself though. My name's Jesse, I'm from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. I just got my first Thunderbird Super Coupe, and this is also the first car I've purchased myself.
My father's an electrician/mechanic in one of the last steel mills in the Pittsburgh area, and my brother is also an experienced mechanic.
I'm 25, a student, and basically a parts gopher for my father generally but have a base knowledge of cars (very VERY basic though).
My Thunderbird was not a lot of money, has 156k on it, and a bad spot on the right rear fender... It's red with an aqua/black lined design in the paint. I was told by the previous owner that this design isn't custom or a sticker (it's paint) that came from the factory this way.
Car has a moon roof, it's a pretty car at first glance and really looked great to me and my brother when we looked at it (My father chose not to go look at it).
The underneath has a fair bit of rust though, along where the ground effects mount. I was disappointed, as this wasn't visible to us when we looked the car over, and the body was so nice we didn't expect this kind of rust underneath. I'm hoping to get it welded soon, but for now we're riveting steel plates underneath to get it to pass inspection.
I just wanted to say hello, and that it's likely that I'll pop in to ask questions from time to time. My father wants me to sell it, but I've become intent on keeping it. I put several hours into getting all the various gadgets to work, and to scrape some ugly bubbling tint out of the back window... I figure, I want this car and I want it to be better than what it is... My father just looks at it and says "I don't even know where the spark plugs are" then storms out of the garage.
I can't blame the old man though, seriously. But I do rely on him for help so I hope he changes his opinion. He did mention to his friends at a recent gun bash that "That son of a ***** flies".
Heh, he still likes his toys I guess.
Well anyway you all know about me now, so I hope to find some knowledgeable folks here who are willing to help me out... We do almost all our work ourselves here at my home, so I really am hoping I can find a safe haven here for my worries that I've already had on my "new" car.
If I can ever get pictures online somehow, I'd take shots and show people what it looks like. It's really an attractive car till you get under those blasted ground effects! If only I could drive it (I'm learning the 5-speed too, on top of all this).
Thanks for reading about me,
Jesse