My two teenagers are about to buy a 1966 Ford Fairlane 500, 4 door. Has 182,000 miles on it and the current owner says his now deceased parents bought it new and it hasn't been started in ten years. It appears to have been in a garage during this and it apears to be all original, with no major dings and dents. The paint and interior are in very good condition. A look under the hood found many cobwebs and muddobbers nests. The car has a 289 V-8 and a three-on-tree manual. Besides figuring the battery, tires(probably dry rotted, though appear to be holding air), hoses and belts need to replaced; the fluids (oil, gas, anti-freeze) need to be drained and replaced along with the oil and fuel filter before even thinking about starting the car; what else should we be looking for? The transmission linkage and carberator linkage appear to move with no trouble and the car has been rolled out of the garage onto a driveway for viewing, so the brakes don't appear to be frozen. Carburater did appear to be rusty/gunky when I took off the breather. Kids want to restore it and make it somewhat a muscle car and then use it to impress friends and foes. Current owner has it priced at (US)$1500 OBO. Thinking $1000 might buy it, but how much am I looking at to help finance this restoration project? Insight /Experience anyone? Tanks in advance.
Tim Tim Nyland
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