From Chris R – Good afternoon, I have been storing my camper in a friend of a friend’s barn for the last couple of years. When I went to pick it up this past weekend, I asked the owner of the barn if I could take a closer look at the car in the corner. She said, “Sure, go ahead.” She explained that it has been there for about 15 years and has lost track of how much is owed to her in back rent. She will call the owner about it once in a while and he sends her $100.
The next time she speaks with him she is going to ask if will sell it and how much he wants. About the car, I believe it is a 1966 and is located 15 minutes north of Green Bay, WI. Obviously, it is very dirty but doesn’t appear to have any rust and I could not find any rips on the seats. Just dirt. I was amazed at how nicely the passenger door opened and closed. Felt brand new to me. I did not want to crawl in too far, but I believe it is showing 86k on the odometer.
Thanks for sharing Chris! Please keep us updated on what you find out. It never hurts to ask and who knows, you may end up becoming the proud owner of very dusty, but nice T-Bird. If any of you have the good fortune of stumbling across something like this, please send them in so we can share them with everyone. Happy hunting!
No rust after dirt floor storage in Wisconsin?
That’s incredible luck. If this had been a more desirable car from this period it would be completely gone underneath and inside.
The gods of barnfind rust are sure fickle.
It is a ’66 T Bird Landau.
Actually mlm, it’s a 1966 Thunderbird Town Hardtop. Landau had the ‘s’ bars.
I really like the ’66 but have never liked the “S” bars. Reminded me of a hearse.
Are those after-market hood pins? Why on earth would anyone do that to what could have been a nice car? At the occasional $100 storage payment, he’s already spent more on storage than it’s likely worth if it’s had that type of treatment.
What disaster lives under the hood that it must have extra security? Too bad pins installed, I’ve been looking for a nice one. This probably not it.
Those hood pins were a popular modification to prevent battery theft. My uncle did that to his bone stock ’65 Nova sedan (I think it even had the 2.5L 4 cyl engine). He lost 5-6 batteries in a short period and got fed up.
…and air filters, carburetors, and, and… I lost a Holley double pumper and a Jensen Mag before the locking pins got added to my 68 Camaro – in 1968.
or radiator , my dad had the radiator stolen out of his 71 Demon 340, cops said most likely someone was building up an engine .. on the up side, it was on it’s last anyways so whomever got it , needed a rebuild
So, barnfind aficionados, what is the purpose of the two bolts showing on the bonnet?
Answered in the comments above :)
I’ve got a ’66 in our barn (with cement floor) that hasn’t been on the road in 18 years. It got in an accident when the brake pedal went to the floor going 35mph heading to an intersection with stopped cars. I cranked the wheel hard right onto a side street to avoid hitting multiple cars with this tank. I ended up hitting a curb, and a metal post “lightly” sideswiped everything from the back of the door to the bumper. It was all fixed and the whole car repainted. Since then, I lost interest in it. Not sure what to do with it since it will have a salvage title and wakening it up from it’s long sleep will take $$ and time. Any ideas out there what to do with it? Here’s a pic of it when it was at the shop back in 2002.
Sure. Figure out how much you want for it and list it on BF
These dont pull good money so not really worth the investment to restore to original. They make better mules for the custom car crowd. Cheap to buy, then chop channel shave etc…
Agreed; they are neat/cool looking, but if you do one up- better be out of love and make it to drive and enjoy.
So perfect for resto missing and driving the pre out of…
I always like the style. But it needed to be about 1500 to 2000 pounds lighter.
(It could be about 30% smaller too.)
wonder if its still there or if he evens wants to sell it ben in fl