I've never heard a more accurate and eloquent description of cars from the 80's than "they're basically vacuum powered cars, they suck themselves forward".
@@avastyeescurvydogs I had a 83 Ford LTD 3, with a 3.8 v6. When I first got it and popped the hood, all I could see other than the air cleaner and battery was vacuum lines. I ripped all that crap out and it ran better for it.
@@creativematthew very highly doubt it would run. fuel drawn in thru carbs or injected is like atomized, without a super fine mist nonetheless no mist at all the fuel won’t be able to compress properly and heat up, and since it can’t generate heat from compression it can’t be ignited by the spark.
Having had a 1980 as my first car, seeing the headlights close upon start made me ecstatic. Was forever chasing vacuum leaks to keep them closed so it didn't look like One Eyed Willy after sitting for an hour.
I was actually about to buy a 1980 thunderbird for my first car as well, but the engine shook the whole car when I shut it off. :P kinda sucks, it was mint condition on the inside.
Years ago I paid $500 for a 1978. It had weeds growing up through the engine bay. It also at one time had an engine fire, but after some time and another battery it started. I just fell in love with this boat of a car. Fixed it up and dove it for 6yrs....but the frame rotted...and the rear bumper just fell off. There was nothing more I could do.
@@0Synergy my dads first car was an 84 rx7 and he loves talking about it, today it's either scrap metal or still rotting away in a field somewhere in arizona
Here is some possible reason for the blue gasoline, posted on Quora. "Aviation gas is blue (100 octane). Some branded race fuel is blue. Sometimes when you mix oil with gasoline for a two-stroke engine (say, lawnmower) the mix will end up bluish. And sometimes distributors will tint seasonal gasoline blends a certain color to allow stations to tell the difference between summer and winter gas."
I grew up around 1977-1982 Ford Thunderbirds because those were my dad's favorite cars to drive at the time. The years he drove these T-birds was from 1986-1999. He sold his last T-bird in 2000, after that he drove pickup trucks from then to the present time. I was 13 years old when he sold his '82 T-bird in 2000. I miss my dad's old cars!
About the poop (in case someone was really wondering): the solids are processed biologically in what is called a "digester" (a big tank full of poop-eating bacteria). The result of the digestion is no longer "poop" and, when dried, makes an excellent fertilizer. For obvious sanitary reasons, farmers do not dump unprocessed human poop on the fields, but this digested organic material instead, which is biologically safe.
That is the twin to the one I had.. what a fabulous car, I did all the suspension, brakes, and it was great until the engine seals started leaking. I was in no position to fix them at the time, so I gave the car to a young fella and his wife. It had the 260, which was weak, but good enough for a cruiser. Such comfort inside, it was my 3rd Tbird, and probably my favourite to date.
That was the same model as my second car. It was a fun driver, and really comfortable for trips. Mine came without a motor, so I dropped in a 351W/C4 with mild stall, then swapped to a high revving 302 later on.I learned a lot on that car. Side note: turns out some of the ideas I tried on that car came from David Frieberger and Steve Dulcich, back when they were both fairly new to their careers.
This was an extremely useful video for me - I happen to have, parked in my garage, a very similar 1982 Thunderbird Town Landau. I also got it from a family member but it's been parked now for 20+ years. It has the smaller 4.2L V8 and every conceivable option offered. 49K original miles. Hope to start restoring it this fall, after I get my daily driver junkers running. Very instructive video, thanks guys!
@@jesseshasteen8158 Man, it's a ton of work even without trying to document it on video. The carb has been rebuilt twice, and I'm fixin' to drop the the gas tank because it's full of rust and the sending unit just doesn't send...then there's the brakes, the shocks, the potentially bent valves...she's needy.
I love Mook (I'm in the majority there) she's so easily amused and like a proper girlfriend she's not letting you get away with NOTHIN!! the part where she's standing there with the pitchfork head looking all evil is classic.
I just wanna say thanks for your many videos man! I had an opportunity to buy a friend's 1998 Subaru 3 days ago that hadn't been started in almost 5 years.... Working on it in the AZ desert for 2 days I finally got running and home. You guys inspired me, lol.
38:35 "Okay, Kick 'er in the guts, Barry." Love that sound :) I remember having a 1981 Ford Thunderbird back in the early 1980s. It was dark blue and did not have the luggage rack on the trunk lid. It was a V-8. 302 Windsor. The hubcaps were like a turbine shape. It was the same body as the one in the video. I miss those cars :)
"You can shut the gate on this one Maxie". Love that scene too, one of the first movies I got on DVD, every time I watched the whole way through I probably rewatched the garage scene twice and opening scene four times.
I don't know whether it's because there is more space in the USA than the UK where I live, or things are cheap and disposable, but everyone has so much stuff, that they just leave out in the elements. I watch a number of these channels and its the same all over. Enjoyable as always.
Had an uncle give me a 1980 T-bird for free.Cleaned out the trunk and found an old pair of jeans that had $363 bucks in the pocket.called him he said dont bother me so i did'nt.lol had the 255 V8
This is awesome stuff. Happy to see guys like Kevin making Roadkill like content FREE TO THE VIEWER on TH-cam THE WAY IT SHOULD BE! We have also been inspired by shows like roadkill to create content and there is nothing better with messing around with old junk cars.
That's actually a 255, which is why the intake looks funny. A recurve on the distributor is about all that's worth doing to it. I'd offer to buy it but I'm halfway across the country. The 302 came back in '83 with a different body style.
Love the old Fox body Thunderbird!! I had an 82 back in 84. I pulled the 302 out cammed it and Supercharged it. I had a luxury car that would haul ass!!! I've had 2 Birds. A 64 and the 82!!! Now I'm back to Mustangs!!!!
Yes, its a 255. Great lil torque motor, just don't expect it to run past 4500 RPM. You can get decent performance along with good MPG from this engine, just don't ask it to do more than that!
Had a 1982 Ford Fairmont and a 1980 Fairmont, same chassis and body. Loved those cars, but they had the indestructible I-6 200. I knew you were going to be able to burn some rubber because I could do it with a 6 cylinder. Mook is great, love her, I wish my girlfriend was like her.
Good looking T-bird and no paperwork, sad . Another good one from another Ford guy,and Family . Happy tomorrow, Tuesday, march 16,still snowing here in Nova Scotia. Blessings amen,amin.
You and Miss Mook are awesome. Don't ever stop doing what you guys do. These memories you are making will last forever and you two will grow stronger together because of it. Just curious though do you think you and Vise grip garage will ever make a video together? I dunno a fellah was just thinking that would be pretty cool lol. Anyway great vid keep up the good work and good times.
You got it FREE?!? Dang! Best I ever did on a garage cleanout was paying scrap price ($15) for a '65 Merc Park Avenue 4 door hardtop back in '79. That 390 ran great after I replaced the cracked distributor cap. (used distributor cap cost me a whole dollar) Traded that Merc even across for for a '76 Ford Fairmont, 302 factory police interceptor engine, that had a loose battery ground cable at the engine, about 2 months later.
Man you are so lucky. Not only do you have a girlfriend that does this with you which is every guy's dream who likes cars, but you got an absolutely beautiful box style car for free. This is my favorite body shape of all time and it's a Ford and a Thunderbird and it's got a solid motor and the body looks to be in good shape. Interior looks good. All it needs is a little motor maintenance, little bit of cleaning and this thing is going to look real good. I wish somebody would give me a free car. I was born in 1982 and with this being an 82 man I'm jealous.
Speaking from my experience as a former antique car restoration shop worker .. With old junk vehicles especially American made ones its usually the rest of the car ..fuel and brake lines calipers gas tank doors frame transmissions everything else . not the motor that's usually the problem and why it was parked. Its a nice late 70s t bird if you can get it going ..a mercury of the same year uses many of the same parts .. Had a lime peel green mercury with a 351 mod with hi rise cam almost the same year when i was younger
That is what I was going to comment. And to clarify, 100 low lead is aviation gasoline. It will run fine, but it will destroy catalytic converters. It also has preservatives so it doesn't go bad.
Damn. Never get lucky enough to find free cars in Boone county lol. Just atvs. Actually bought a 2000 tahoe field fresh,was sitting in field few years,tossed battery in and drove home to Madrid. Few fixes here and there and its my daily now.
the blue gasoline is two stroke mix. old trick for covering running issues on lean running engines. if this is not the case, your primary pump is returning engine oil mixed with the old gas back into the fuel tank.
Not even that. 'Twas nothing more than a rebadged Fairmont 2-door sedan. So was the Mustang, but at least the Mustang had its own sheetmetal and could be had as a hatchback.
@@SavageZebra67 It's a Fox chassis under: 78-83 Fairmont/Zephyr 79-94 Mustang/Capri 80-94 Thunderbird/Cougar 81-82 Granada 84-(85? 86?) (small) LTD, (small) Marquis I can't remember for sure, but I'm pretty sure the Lincoln Mark VII was a Fox-body too. Even when the newer SN95 platform rolled out, it was essentially an 'updated' version of the Fox, and IIRC there was an awful lot of interchange.
What a difference 4 years makes. My father had an '86 Turbo Coupe and it was no way near as fugly as this T-Bird. Think it had a 2.3L turbo and it was pretty quick for its day (at least we thought it was by the time we drove it).
NICE WORK TEAM. The 5.0 was withdrawn for 1982. There were five variations between 1980 to 1982, and Fox 255 cubes had a market distination variation with CFi only if it was a 302. Its not MCU, not Central Fuel Injected, not Duraspark III, not Variable Venturi, and it is certainly the 4.2 liter 119 hp D code. The intake is designed for the 2150 Motorcraft, so it has a throttle solenoid positioner missing. The 255 cube engine is very sweet. Its heads are equal to the first two years K code 271 hp 289 engines. For the D code, you just need to have the right ported, manifold and spark advance and upper AOD kickdown and Cruise control linkage. Its propably a C5 three speed.
I'm not a Ferd guy, but that's a damn sexy car. I always loved the tail lights on those. When the vacuum headlight covers closed, I was like "YESSSSSS"
Here in Canada, poop goes to the landfill. For a few years I ran a rolloff truck and we had a contract with a local municipality. All the solids go into a (mostly) sealed “grit bin”. I’d have to pick it up and bring it to the landfill where they would kindly have a hole already opened up for me to dump in. As SOON as if was dumped they fill the hole over. ONE SINGLE drop gets on your clothes, you’ve assuredly ruined your whole day. Silver lining… you have a very wide berth from any other motorist on the highway… one sniff and they all scatter.
Yep, the stuff is called Milorganite. Little black granules of human waste that you spread on your lawn. Smells like poop but greens up the lawn real nice.
I've always liked that body style, although not as much as the '83-'84. I believe that is the same color as the '90 Grand Marquis my grandmother had. Wood Rose.
I had a 255 in my 80 mustang back in high school. It leaked three quarts of oil a week, but it had this nice way of alerting you when it needed oil. All the lifters would start to clatter and slap, then you just dump in a few quarts of whatever was on clearance and it was good to go.
I'll hire this mechanic anytime any day!!! Way to go,👍👍👍 sure hope them (?opra?) lights work at night, their located right behind the doors outside the body, Lincolns, Mercurys and t-birds had them, some were longer, and installed vertically, and some were difinately brighter, at night is the only way to see them light up,, they were jus put to show as if they're luxury cars, from Ford, my Mercury Grand Marquis had them, between the doors, of course on the outside, thanks for sharing this with me 👍 show more please.👍👍
All he needs is a sawzall And that tbird could be a ranchero... You know it will be an improvement.... I had an 86 bird and i parted a 79.... Yeah i think they both looked better than this one...lol ford execs definitely regretted that 82 turd....and yeah i thought the 79 tbirds were god awfull.... A true example of when more is less lol.... At least its a foxbody....
I can tell you where poop goes!! I worked at a landfill for awhile and they dry the solids up to a halfway dry state and then haul them to the landfills and dump them and spread it on top of the trash where it “rots” over time.
I had one of these 1982 T-birds. It had every option Ford could jam into it. It was a gem, but ended up in a Florida junkyard after I tried to help out a down on his luck cousin. Wonderful engine, great platform, but the squared off body is definitely dated.
My dad bought one of these when they first hit the market. I don’t remember the year but ya. It was during the bad recession that was going on. Our area was hit pretty hard by the reagoneconomics. Everyone was broke starving and loosing their home in my neighborhood. Dad rolls up in one of these at our home. Not sure what they thought. Knowing my dad he’d say fuck em.
ReaganEconomics was Pres Reagan tryin to undo all the horrific damage the third worst Pres this county has ever been dumb enough to elect did while in office from 1976-80, that being Jimmy Carter...the second worst is Obama the Bayraq, and the new worst Pres EVER is now the dementia patient Beijing Joe Biden....
Maybe that wheelbarrel will be a new hood ornament for future cars. Ooh and thanks, me as petrolhead never got to know things about the technical stuff, you just made things so clear i finally get a grip on what happens under the hood and how an engine works. Other thing Moof? or whats her name is relly cute and funny. Look after her she is a one in a million
I know of a blue gas, 100LL (low lead) av-gas. It is great stuff and seems to me to be more stable than pump gas meaning it lasts longer sitting in tanks. As I was told (meaning idk fer sure) it has additives that prevent boil off at altitude in rare air. That slows the boiling off at sea level or some such. It worked great in my race motors. My only question is how are you going to get that hood ornament on the top back on the hood?
I've never heard a more accurate and eloquent description of cars from the 80's than "they're basically vacuum powered cars, they suck themselves forward".
👁🕳👁
Ugh, chasing vacuum leaks
I always rip that air pump junk off on 80's cars.
@@avastyeescurvydogs I had a 83 Ford LTD 3, with a 3.8 v6. When I first got it and popped the hood, all I could see other than the air cleaner and battery was vacuum lines. I ripped all that crap out and it ran better for it.
Today I learned that carburetors aren’t necessary if you just point the fuel line at the intake
Cave man fuel injection
@@tarajoe07 no😂
All joking aside I am now very curious what would happen if you tried that? Find a garbage engine secure it and set a line up to do that.
@@creativematthew it would run maybe-ish under open throttle, and flood at idle. If all you want is high revs, it'll run!
@@creativematthew very highly doubt it would run. fuel drawn in thru carbs or injected is like atomized, without a super fine mist nonetheless no mist at all the fuel won’t be able to compress properly and heat up, and since it can’t generate heat from compression it can’t be ignited by the spark.
Having had a 1980 as my first car, seeing the headlights close upon start made me ecstatic. Was forever chasing vacuum leaks to keep them closed so it didn't look like One Eyed Willy after sitting for an hour.
I was actually about to buy a 1980 thunderbird for my first car as well, but the engine shook the whole car when I shut it off. :P kinda sucks, it was mint condition on the inside.
@@captainnuggie1831 it’s an old car what did you expect
@@captainnuggie1831 shaky car is half the fun
@@captainnuggie1831 the 9th gens are better than those 8th gens anyway
@@Thunderbirdelan I personally like the luxurious "land yacht" styling of the 80s cars
Years ago I paid $500 for a 1978. It had weeds growing up through the engine bay. It also at one time had an engine fire, but after some time and another battery it started. I just fell in love with this boat of a car. Fixed it up and dove it for 6yrs....but the frame rotted...and the rear bumper just fell off. There was nothing more I could do.
Im 16 years old, I just bought my first car! A 1967 Mercury Cougar! Im so excited to pick it up on Tuesday, just went and looked at it today.
@@everestsdriveway366 Congrats, expect to pay a fuck ton on repairing it lol! My first car was and is an 1985 RX-7 FB I love it so much lol.
Obviously people don't know what a boat of a car is. Try an LTD or Caprice from the same years
My first car was a 78 Tbird. Did fine for me. Protected me in a couple of wrecks.
@@0Synergy my dads first car was an 84 rx7 and he loves talking about it, today it's either scrap metal or still rotting away in a field somewhere in arizona
Here is some possible reason for the blue gasoline, posted on Quora. "Aviation gas is blue (100 octane). Some branded race fuel is blue. Sometimes when you mix oil with gasoline for a two-stroke engine (say, lawnmower) the mix will end up bluish. And sometimes distributors will tint seasonal gasoline blends a certain color to allow stations to tell the difference between summer and winter gas."
Apparently the vacuum on the headlights work. They closed when it started up! That's cool!
They look a little silly
Yup, they closed...
They may never open again, but hey...
@@gosportjamie yah I'm surprised that car fired right up
This car really isnt that bad its faded and it needs some body parts like tail lights but it seems actually very solid.
@@gosportjamie They are set to be open by default.
I can't even get cookie samples for free at the grocery store and this guy gets a whole car
I've gotten several free cars. if you see on rotting in a yard go knock on the door and ask, you just never know.
I’ve gotten free cars and boats.
My Uncle gave me his old pickup its rusty... but trusty
where have i seen this name before
The first car I drove was a 1992 oldsmobile 88 given to my family for free, running and driving!
I love that the plates are different on the front and rear. 589FCY on the front, 717ZWM on the rear. It's fine.
car is so long it has to be registered in two different states
@@pleasedontwatchthese9593 😂😂😂
Never get tired of watching these old "gems" come back to life.
I grew up around 1977-1982 Ford Thunderbirds because those were my dad's favorite cars to drive at the time. The years he drove these T-birds was from 1986-1999. He sold his last T-bird in 2000, after that he drove pickup trucks from then to the present time. I was 13 years old when he sold his '82 T-bird in 2000. I miss my dad's old cars!
Thanks for the shoutout buddy!!
P on no l
Ok Ok 👍 gonna has has to
Step away from the crack pipe fella
Bey yes pls 😞🤫😬🤷♀️🧎🏾♀️🦩🦩🦡🍌🥕🫐🫒🍿🥜🩰🎺🗞📮📖📖📖🖇✂️✂️📌📌💜🖤♉️♉️🈵. 2️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ call his back. Go to bed mamas
@@colewatson3630 uh what?
I love how the headlights covered themselves on the first start
"It's in neutral, right? Is the parking brake on?" , and I'm picturing Mook standing on the pedal and trying not to laugh.
She's pretty.
Yup lol!
@@thenewnorm9909 SIMP
@@ssenssel *Sigh.* I'm not even gonna try...
Facts
About the poop (in case someone was really wondering): the solids are processed biologically in what is called a "digester" (a big tank full of poop-eating bacteria). The result of the digestion is no longer "poop" and, when dried, makes an excellent fertilizer. For obvious sanitary reasons, farmers do not dump unprocessed human poop on the fields, but this digested organic material instead, which is biologically safe.
www.rpc.com.au/information/faq/miscellaneous/composting-toilets.html
Safe they say. MAD COW... Ecology's,, Been to Poop Plant's they are MC'NASTY. Fire log's.
Lol thanks for explaining it, was going to explain in a way shorter, cruder post lol
In my state we ship it down south to be incinerated in some poor folk's backyard.
In my parents town it’s processed somehow and added with wood chips. They give away for people to use as mulch in flower beds.
That is the twin to the one I had.. what a fabulous car, I did all the suspension, brakes, and it was great until the engine seals started leaking. I was in no position to fix them at the time, so I gave the car to a young fella and his wife. It had the 260, which was weak, but good enough for a cruiser. Such comfort inside, it was my 3rd Tbird, and probably my favourite to date.
That was the same model as my second car. It was a fun driver, and really comfortable for trips. Mine came without a motor, so I dropped in a 351W/C4 with mild stall, then swapped to a high revving 302 later on.I learned a lot on that car.
Side note: turns out some of the ideas I tried on that car came from David Frieberger and Steve Dulcich, back when they were both fairly new to their careers.
Mechaniced 4 30 years and never had a helper like the Mook !👍She is absolutely delightful! Love the channel.
I'm thinking that's were all his subscribers are here for
Legend says, he never took the wheel barrow off the top of the car
He should weld the wheel barrow on top of the car
@@1978ranger :D
L.o.l.
@@j.zingler6735 :D
Some say the wheelbarrow is still there and that he's saving it so that Mook can have a ride in it later. All we know is... he's called DIGS!!!
This was an extremely useful video for me - I happen to have, parked in my garage, a very similar 1982 Thunderbird Town Landau. I also got it from a family member but it's been parked now for 20+ years. It has the smaller 4.2L V8 and every conceivable option offered. 49K original miles. Hope to start restoring it this fall, after I get my daily driver junkers running. Very instructive video, thanks guys!
You should post videos on you reviving it
sounds pretty badass ^
@@jesseshasteen8158 Man, it's a ton of work even without trying to document it on video. The carb has been rebuilt twice, and I'm fixin' to drop the the gas tank because it's full of rust and the sending unit just doesn't send...then there's the brakes, the shocks, the potentially bent valves...she's needy.
I love Mook (I'm in the majority there) she's so easily amused and like a proper girlfriend she's not letting you get away with NOTHIN!! the part where she's standing there with the pitchfork head looking all evil is classic.
Mook holding that pitchfork like she has a plan for you.
Cock and ball torture
Bruh that would be terrible
@@floridianrailauto9032 lmao
@@floridianrailauto9032 Oh god lol !!
Section 2 the ball stretcher
I just wanna say thanks for your many videos man! I had an opportunity to buy a friend's 1998 Subaru 3 days ago that hadn't been started in almost 5 years.... Working on it in the AZ desert for 2 days I finally got running and home. You guys inspired me, lol.
Vice Grip Garage hat! I'll be dipped!
Well help me understand!
I noticed that too! Derek is SMILING!
wb6162 I don’t know!
A guy thinks that the hat might be factree
A guys gotta have a good dome cover in gods blazing sun.
38:35 "Okay, Kick 'er in the guts, Barry."
Love that sound :)
I remember having a 1981 Ford Thunderbird back in the early 1980s. It was dark blue and did not have the luggage rack on the trunk lid.
It was a V-8. 302 Windsor. The hubcaps were like a turbine shape.
It was the same body as the one in the video.
I miss those cars :)
"You can shut the gate on this one Maxie".
Love that scene too, one of the first movies I got on DVD, every time I watched the whole way through I probably rewatched the garage scene twice and opening scene four times.
I don't know whether it's because there is more space in the USA than the UK where I live, or things are cheap and disposable, but everyone has so much stuff, that they just leave out in the elements. I watch a number of these channels and its the same all over. Enjoyable as always.
Had an uncle give me a 1980 T-bird for free.Cleaned out the trunk and found an old pair of jeans that had $363 bucks in the pocket.called him he said dont bother me so i did'nt.lol had the 255 V8
Damn bro, that's more money than I've ever had😂
There is always a soft spot in my heart for a foxbody T-bird
I love all Foxbody (1980-1988) T-birds!
Ones after this look better.
In a world full of Kardashians...be a Mook.
Indeed
Should be on a tee-shirts or bumper sticker's!
Amen to that
Mook rules
Mook is the gf we everyone want
Its funny coming back to these old vids and seeing that MOOK hasnt changed at all. Not going to say anything about Kevin.
Mook is cool.shes down for any chalange dirt or any thing she digs in.whst a greate trooper
I’ve never seen a runaway gas engine before. I almost did today. Thanks J -yard and Mook
This is awesome stuff. Happy to see guys like Kevin making Roadkill like content FREE TO THE VIEWER on TH-cam THE WAY IT SHOULD BE! We have also been inspired by shows like roadkill to create content and there is nothing better with messing around with old junk cars.
That's actually a 255, which is why the intake looks funny. A recurve on the distributor is about all that's worth doing to it. I'd offer to buy it but I'm halfway across the country. The 302 came back in '83 with a different body style.
The 302 was an option in 1981 and 1982.
4:23 put in s l o w motion 😂
instructions 🤣🤣☝️
this me when mcdonald's closes 10 minutes before they suppose too🤣
Love the old Fox body Thunderbird!! I had an 82 back in 84. I pulled the 302 out cammed it and Supercharged it. I had a luxury car that would haul ass!!! I've had 2 Birds. A 64 and the 82!!! Now I'm back to Mustangs!!!!
That “blow by” could very well just be moisture in the oil cooking out.
And looks like the only V8 option for an ‘82 was the 255.
Yes, its a 255. Great lil torque motor, just don't expect it to run past 4500 RPM. You can get decent performance along with good MPG from this engine, just don't ask it to do more than that!
...I actually like the look of the '82's much better than those rounded "aero" 'Birds of '83 and later....
I had the 302 for my 81
Fords version of the 305
Benji Smith I’d say it was more like Fords version of the Chevy 262 V8 they put in the Monza for 2 years, that made a whopping 110hp.
Had a 1982 Ford Fairmont and a 1980 Fairmont, same chassis and body. Loved those cars, but they had the indestructible I-6 200. I knew you were going to be able to burn some rubber because I could do it with a 6 cylinder. Mook is great, love her, I wish my girlfriend was like her.
Charles Bronson drove one of those in Death Wish II.
Good eye! I had forgotten that :)
Lotta joggers in them death wish movies!! Every one of them!!!
They really need to have a Junkyard Digs car show. Only cars that people did a revival on. Plus they had to do the majority work themselves.
Good looking T-bird and no paperwork, sad . Another good one from another Ford guy,and Family . Happy tomorrow, Tuesday, march 16,still snowing here in Nova Scotia. Blessings amen,amin.
You and Derek at vvg are the best. Thanks for the laughs😂🔧
Love that Ford stepside in the background.
And the honda three wheeler
Yeah that would be Kevin’s, he has some old videos of him working on it for power tour
Thats Kevin's lol i believe it has a 302.
Exactly what I was thinking
Owayne yeah I think a 302 from a 90s Bronco
You and Miss Mook are awesome. Don't ever stop doing what you guys do. These memories you are making will last forever and you two will grow stronger together because of it. Just curious though do you think you and Vise grip garage will ever make a video together? I dunno a fellah was just thinking that would be pretty cool lol. Anyway great vid keep up the good work and good times.
You got it FREE?!?
Dang! Best I ever did on a garage cleanout was paying scrap price ($15) for a '65 Merc Park Avenue 4 door hardtop back in '79.
That 390 ran great after I replaced the cracked distributor cap. (used distributor cap cost me a whole dollar)
Traded that Merc even across for for a '76 Ford Fairmont, 302 factory police interceptor engine, that had a loose battery ground cable at the engine, about 2 months later.
Man you are so lucky. Not only do you have a girlfriend that does this with you which is every guy's dream who likes cars, but you got an absolutely beautiful box style car for free. This is my favorite body shape of all time and it's a Ford and a Thunderbird and it's got a solid motor and the body looks to be in good shape. Interior looks good. All it needs is a little motor maintenance, little bit of cleaning and this thing is going to look real good. I wish somebody would give me a free car. I was born in 1982 and with this being an 82 man I'm jealous.
I see it has the anti-rollover wheel on top. Man I miss those things.
When you watch a revival of a car you towed...
lol awesome.
Too cool, small world
Do you happen to know the history of the car?
Did u really tow this car
Bullshit
Mook holding a pitchfork and looking sinister is hilarious!
Speaking from my experience as a former antique car restoration shop worker .. With old junk vehicles especially American made ones its usually the rest of the car ..fuel and brake lines calipers gas tank doors frame transmissions everything else . not the motor that's usually the problem and why it was parked. Its a nice late 70s t bird if you can get it going ..a mercury of the same year uses many of the same parts .. Had a lime peel green mercury with a 351 mod with hi rise cam almost the same year when i was younger
That’s 100 LL AvGas you’ve got in the tank! 🤣
That is what I was going to comment. And to clarify, 100 low lead is aviation gasoline. It will run fine, but it will destroy catalytic converters. It also has preservatives so it doesn't go bad.
Yeah I was gonna comment that as well, Just finished 3 years at Tech school working with that stuff!
Todd Mason no wonder it runs so well.
Good call.
Who needs cats anyway 🤷🏻♂️
Agreed. 100LL gas. You can buy it at any airport. That’s why it wasn’t all junked up. Very stable, good for storing engines. Smells great too!
I see you've stepped your beard game up
No more army 😎
@@JunkyardDigs Cool.. But my first thougt was maybe to start looking more like Mike Finnegan
@@JunkyardDigs I have dark hair with a ginger beard too.
Damn. Never get lucky enough to find free cars in Boone county lol. Just atvs. Actually bought a 2000 tahoe field fresh,was sitting in field few years,tossed battery in and drove home to Madrid. Few fixes here and there and its my daily now.
For about 40 minutes I thought they were taking the T Bird just to get the Wheelbarrow......lol
the blue gasoline is two stroke mix. old trick for covering running issues on lean running engines.
if this is not the case, your primary pump is returning engine oil mixed with the old gas back into the fuel tank.
The sound of that passenger window was like an effect from an old horror movie. Maximum Overdrive comes to mind.😆
Love these cars getting revived and back on the road again. Keep it up guys 👍
I always forget JD is young af but has the knowledge of an old man when it comes to cars lmao love the revivals keep it up !
Mad Dog Tannen: "YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK - I THINK YOU'RE A GUTLESS YELLA TURD!"
1982 T - Bird: "Why yes, yes I am."
This Thunderbird appears to have the same body style as my 1978 Ford Fairmont Futura. Man I loved that car back in my high school years!
my first car was an 82 Thunderchicken with the 255 V8. Bought it when I was 14, fixed it and sold it before my 16th birthday. Fun car.
Absolutely my favorite year t-bird’s. Nothing more then a classy fox body mustang.
Not even that. 'Twas nothing more than a rebadged Fairmont 2-door sedan. So was the Mustang, but at least the Mustang had its own sheetmetal and could be had as a hatchback.
Oof not a fox body but they do make um
Lol love how its your favorite year tho maybe you should learn about the car
@@SavageZebra67
It's a Fox chassis under:
78-83 Fairmont/Zephyr
79-94 Mustang/Capri
80-94 Thunderbird/Cougar
81-82 Granada
84-(85? 86?) (small) LTD, (small) Marquis
I can't remember for sure, but I'm pretty sure the Lincoln Mark VII was a Fox-body too.
Even when the newer SN95 platform rolled out, it was essentially an 'updated' version of the Fox, and IIRC there was an awful lot of interchange.
@@SavageZebra67 lol, when you call someone out and show yourself to be the ignorant one!
The burnout with the wheelbarrow on top was absolutely amazing
Your poop goes into the ground and eventually turns into oil over like millions of years and stuff like 1982 ford thunderbirds are made
Well holy shit I need to start pooping more
@@JunkyardDigs yes you do we need cars like that around
@@JunkyardDigs it's shitty toyota corollas now
Al T yeah non American cars come from another dimension
@@JunkyardDigs In actuality they do use treated human waste as fertilizer
T-Birds are my favorite cars my first car was a 67,loved this video thanks guys,great job☮️🤗
What a difference 4 years makes. My father had an '86 Turbo Coupe and it was no way near as fugly as this T-Bird. Think it had a 2.3L turbo and it was pretty quick for its day (at least we thought it was by the time we drove it).
The wheelbarrow was a limited edition Minnesota hood ornament before he moved it to the roof:)
Mook wanted you to acknowledge that pitchfork so bad 😂 no dice
I had one of these years ago. It was my first car. A good runner, for sure.
i like how the headlights just closed on start up. A bit of love and attention and that thunderbird is perfect for a drive :D
NICE WORK TEAM. The 5.0 was withdrawn for 1982. There were five variations between 1980 to 1982, and Fox 255 cubes had a market distination variation with CFi only if it was a 302. Its not MCU, not Central Fuel Injected, not Duraspark III, not Variable Venturi, and it is certainly the 4.2 liter 119 hp D code. The intake is designed for the 2150 Motorcraft, so it has a throttle solenoid positioner missing. The 255 cube engine is very sweet. Its heads are equal to the first two years K code 271 hp 289 engines. For the D code, you just need to have the right ported, manifold and spark advance and upper AOD kickdown and Cruise control linkage. Its propably a C5 three speed.
I had a 81 with the 302, one of the best cars I ever own, and ac would freeze you
I need a junkyard mook. 😍😍
Everyone should be so lucky!
Miss Mook is awesome !! love her humor
She doesn't look old enough to date......damn I'm getting old.....
Sean Frank I feel your pain. LOL 😂
Lol. She’s a couple years older than Kevin and I think he is 23
that 3 wheeler is worth more than the car.
You'd be surprised
If that thing is under 150,000 miles.It worth more than the 3 wheelers.
Everyone needs themselves a mook ! She’s a gem . 😁
I had a 1980, year 1 of this Gen-8. I 'get' the many gripes but still miss it. Nice size, easy driver, super-comfy seats...
I would like to see a buffing video on it that paint may come back some
If the gas is blue, it means the car is pregnant.
🤣
twin turbos!
With a boy!
The baby is a 70' s fox body
A mercury and a Ford truck blue baby could only be a commit
I like how he kept the wheel barrow on the car the whole time
XD
Facts
I'm not a Ferd guy, but that's a damn sexy car. I always loved the tail lights on those. When the vacuum headlight covers closed, I was like "YESSSSSS"
Here in Canada, poop goes to the landfill. For a few years I ran a rolloff truck and we had a contract with a local municipality. All the solids go into a (mostly) sealed “grit bin”. I’d have to pick it up and bring it to the landfill where they would kindly have a hole already opened up for me to dump in. As SOON as if was dumped they fill the hole over. ONE SINGLE drop gets on your clothes, you’ve assuredly ruined your whole day.
Silver lining… you have a very wide berth from any other motorist on the highway… one sniff and they all scatter.
The poop becomes "bio solids" and yes it goes on farm fields and in that bag of potting soil you bought at the hardware store.
Yep we used to spread that on our fields
Yep, the stuff is called Milorganite. Little black granules of human waste that you spread on your lawn. Smells like poop but greens up the lawn real nice.
Sludge is what we called it!
The poop goes into Starbucks drinks. That's the circle of life.
I love the orange ford in the back!!!
I've always liked that body style, although not as much as the '83-'84. I believe that is the same color as the '90 Grand Marquis my grandmother had. Wood Rose.
I liked the 87-88 models best, especially cougars....my buddy had a ho 5.0 one, with a 5 speed and nitrous.....ran 11.90s all day back in 93
DUDE! I had the same car! Red 1982 Ford ThunderTurkey. The guy I bought it from took out the blown 302 and put in a 351 W and a 9 inch. It was a hoot!
Awww man, she was waiting forever back there with that pitch fork to get a reaction from you!
I know right? 😩😩
Felt a bit bad for her.
But, you know, she will get her revenge.
Like stand on the brake while Kev tries to push the Poobird. Dunno.
t1mpetti never pity the mook. She shall get revenge, like you said.
It could be a 255, Ford's answer to government fuel economy regs.
You could be right !
Many 255s during those sweet years... fun lil motor though, just not a street strip.
If it's the original engine, it's a 255. For 1982, the 302 was dropped and the 255 was the only V8 offered.
I had a 255 in my 80 mustang back in high school. It leaked three quarts of oil a week, but it had this nice way of alerting you when it needed oil. All the lifters would start to clatter and slap, then you just dump in a few quarts of whatever was on clearance and it was good to go.
In 1982 the 4.2 liter (255 cid) engine was the only V-8 available. I think they also had the 3.8 V-6 that year as well.
'81 was the only year they offered a wheelbarrow as part of the Landau roof package.
😂
I'll hire this mechanic anytime any day!!! Way to go,👍👍👍 sure hope them (?opra?) lights work at night, their located right behind the doors outside the body, Lincolns, Mercurys and t-birds had them, some were longer, and installed vertically, and some were difinately brighter, at night is the only way to see them light up,, they were jus put to show as if they're luxury cars, from Ford, my Mercury Grand Marquis had them, between the doors, of course on the outside, thanks for sharing this with me 👍 show more please.👍👍
Don't mind me, I'm just here to see Mook : )
Yeah, she's got legs and she knows how to use 'em.
Thought i was the only one
I'm usually attracted to thicker girls but Mook is not bad. She reminds me of my very 1st girlfriend in high school.
I love how she enjoys working on cars it makes her cuter!
The poop It goes into government and becomes a politician
Wonder when Kevin is gonna get his hands on a Ranchero ^-^
👀
We've got a Ranchero out back. Unfortunately it's been sitting in the mud for decades and the bed is all smashed in :/
@@JohnArceane more weight reduction
All he needs is a sawzall And that tbird could be a ranchero... You know it will be an improvement.... I had an 86 bird and i parted a 79.... Yeah i think they both looked better than this one...lol ford execs definitely regretted that 82 turd....and yeah i thought the 79 tbirds were god awfull.... A true example of when more is less lol.... At least its a foxbody....
@@JohnArceane that hasn't stopped me before!
I can tell you where poop goes!! I worked at a landfill for awhile and they dry the solids up to a halfway dry state and then haul them to the landfills and dump them and spread it on top of the trash where it “rots” over time.
I had one of these 1982 T-birds. It had every option Ford could jam into it. It was a gem, but ended up in a Florida junkyard after I tried to help out a down on his luck cousin. Wonderful engine, great platform, but the squared off body is definitely dated.
Pretty sure some stuff did come out on the passenger side when you turned the hvac on 😂
My mom had a beige 80 TBird with a 255. Super slow car, but it started up pretty easily.
My dad bought one of these when they first hit the market. I don’t remember the year but ya. It was during the bad recession that was going on. Our area was hit pretty hard by the reagoneconomics. Everyone was broke starving and loosing their home in my neighborhood. Dad rolls up in one of these at our home. Not sure what they thought. Knowing my dad he’d say fuck em.
These were junk. Few made it past 7 or 8 years old. Amazing to see this one relatively intact.
ReaganEconomics was Pres Reagan tryin to undo all the horrific damage the third worst Pres this county has ever been dumb enough to elect did while in office from 1976-80, that being Jimmy Carter...the second worst is Obama the Bayraq, and the new worst Pres EVER is now the dementia patient Beijing Joe Biden....
@@wintersbattleofbands1144 I dunno about junk. They were reliable.
Not first!! 🤪🤪
For once, someone is correct
1:50 Nice Pitchfork Mook!!! :)
jv kk I’m so glad someone noticed! 😂
Maybe that wheelbarrel will be a new hood ornament for future cars. Ooh and thanks, me as petrolhead never got to know things about the technical stuff, you just made things so clear i finally get a grip on what happens under the hood and how an engine works. Other thing Moof? or whats her name is relly cute and funny. Look after her she is a one in a million
I know of a blue gas, 100LL (low lead) av-gas. It is great stuff and seems to me to be more stable than pump gas meaning it lasts longer sitting in tanks. As I was told (meaning idk fer sure) it has additives that prevent boil off at altitude in rare air. That slows the boiling off at sea level or some such. It worked great in my race motors. My only question is how are you going to get that hood ornament on the top back on the hood?
You could've taken off the EGR spacer sooner. Easier to reach the poop, lol.
When your car started, one of the stick lights in our living room flickered and my wife said I couldn’t watch your videos anymore 😂
And yet, here you are. On that note, how's the divorce going?
@@areyousureyouenteredyourna85 bruh lmao
@@areyousureyouenteredyourna85 no divorce from the 2nd wife, she is great. We had a good laugh about it all.