- Seller: Andrew K (Contact)
- Location: Wallingford, Connecticut
- Mileage: 50,333 Shown
- Chassis #: 1FABP62F0JH100214
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 5.0-Liter Windsor V8
- Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic
Fox-body Mustangs tend to get most of the attention these days, but Ford offered the same basic Windsor V8 formula in a larger, more distinctive package. This Thunderbird LX features a fuel-injected 5.0-liter V8, a four-speed automatic transmission, and a reported 50,333 miles. It is located in Wallingford, Connecticut, and is being offered as a no-reserve Barn Finds Auction with a clean title. The seller had one of our professional photographers take the photos, so be sure to take a closer look down in the photo gallery!
The seller states that this Thunderbird was well cared for and remained the pride and joy of its late owners. It was running before being parked several years ago, although there may have been an issue with the transmission. Its current mechanical condition is unknown, and the seller does not guarantee that the engine will start or even turn over. Bidders should approach it as a non-running project and arrange transport accordingly.
Given its unknown mechanical status, it’s surprisingly presentable. Its dark blue metallic paint still carries respectable gloss, while the body appears straight in the professionally taken photos. The pinstriping, full-width taillight panel, grille, badges, and exterior trim all appear complete. Scattered chips, scratches, and other age-related imperfections are present, and the factory alloy wheels show oxidation.
Inside, the matching blue velour upholstery has survived remarkably well. The deeply padded front seats appear free of major tears, and the dashboard, door panels, center console, and woodgrain trim remain intact. Even the factory audio and climate-control stack is still present. The carpeting shows some wear and staining, and the steering wheel has an aftermarket cover, but the cabin looks far better than many long-stored project cars.
The engine compartment appears complete and largely unmodified, although years of inactivity are evident from the dust, aged hoses, and surface oxidation on various components. A careful recommissioning of the fuel, cooling, braking, and electrical systems would be sensible before attempting to drive it, followed by a proper diagnosis of the transmission concern. Still, its reported mileage, clean title, V8 power, preserved interior, and no-reserve status make this an intriguing gamble. Would you revive it as an original cruiser, or use its Fox-platform underpinnings as the foundation for something quicker?
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Jer Beer bid $400.00 2026-10-05 05:42:10
I’d wonder about paperwork as much as anything else. It helps a lot of the seller has registration and title in their name, especially for a state like mine (Mass). Nice looking car. I had an 87 Mercury Cougar and loved it.
Yeah I’m in MA too and the RMV is not fun. Try registering a kit car here. Either need all the emissions from the car/year you salvaged the engine or else you can crush a pre 1973 car with a similar sized engine to make your project emissions exempt. Lots of hoops.
110.00
I got an 84 5L when I was a Senior in HS in 1990.
Nice T-Bird. Change out all the fluids on the drive train. Fresh belts & hoses all around. Swap the 5.0 for a 5.8L. If necessary, change the front end from a 90’s Crown Vic. Go with the fattest tires you can fit in there. Keep the exhaust quiet, like with tuned Flowmasters. Result : affordable street sleeper
Nice driver as is. Get it running and drive it.
I had this exact car …Same color even down to the wheels…Flew up to Sacaramento, bought new tires the same day and drove it home to SoCal…Drove like floating on air…When I got it home I changed oil and discovered a bad lifter tick…Landed up selling it in 2019 to a guy in North Carolina who had the exact same car in high school…He didn’t car about the lifter tick as he had the engine rebuilt when he got it…He even sourced the same wheels he had in high school for it…Last I heard he was going to put a 5-speed manual in it and repaint it….
My brother had I think an ‘84 but the elan version which was a little fancier. Had the throttle body FI. He loved doing donuts with it. This is a nice car but as far as projects was thinking the engine could be used in a Cobra kit car but this year Thunderbird was rated at 155hp and the same year Mustang engine was rated at 225hp so a bit of a difference. But this is a nice V8 Tbird that made NASCAR reexamine the rules due to this gen Tbirds slippery shape.
In 1992 I bought one of these in white with red interior. It went thru 2 fuel pumps in the summer that I had it. I sold it to my younger brother that fall. I was really looking for a pickup when I came across the thunderbird and I found one I THOUGHT I wanted so I bought it and let the T-Bird go. Fun little fact about the digital dash, in mph mode the speed quit climbing at 85 mph, if you switched to kph it just kept climbing. 220 some was the fastest I got it to, ran out of room on Z heading into old Pattonsburg. Has a nice straight section about 4 miles long across the bottoms, made a few high speed runs thru there over the years
Mariage #1 I had a couple of ’55s and ’57. Ex & Birds nearly broke me. Marriage #2 I came across an ’86 gorgeous champagne top, brown lower 1/4. No boxes went unchecked when ordered. Owner couldn’t get cruise to hold, got rid of it for a song (guess I had a good voice) and took it to a good ol’ boy who diagnosed it correctly as the electronic ignition box hiding in the right wheel well. We had a daughter in a hospital in Charlotte, and made a number of trips there from just east of Richmond. Set cruise on posted limit, 44mpg southbound, 42 northbound. A trip to Maine one winter gave 39 round trip. Sold it with 180,000 pampered miles to somebody who wanted it no matter the price. Wife #2 became ex #2 not long after. Should have kept that Bird.
This was the last year of this body style. It’s nice to find a T-Bird of this generation still in one piece, but there’s too many unanswered questions here, after you do everything needed to get it running, what else is wrong? The transmission? Big bucks there no matter how you slice it.