69 Bird HO "Barn Find...in the city"
 

Found this 69 bird around the corner from my house covered in IVY and barely visible on the side of someones house. Finally, got up the balls to knock on the door a few months ago and the guy that owned the car had no idea what he had and seemed open to selling me the car. Anyways, after a few months of acting uninterested he kept calling me and I picked up the car this weekend. Ends up being an all numbers matching 69' HO with the WQ engine. The car has 82k original miles and has been sitting since 1978. Got it for 3k, what ya think? Will go nicely with my 67...

The car also came with all the body parts needed to fix up the front since he had wrecked the car at Dodger stadium doing donuts...haha! WQ is a 4 speed car for those of you whom didn't know.

Great find! Look forward to seeing this come full circle, to its original "as sold" condition.
Good luck!:D

Me too! Only thing is I'm not sure if I'm experienced enough to be restoring a car like this. I mean, I know i can do good work but that's just for a nice solid street muscle car. I think this car needs the full original treatment. It has everything including the matching 48 heads, exhaust manifolds, tranny, exhaust rearend, etc....

Congratulations on the purchase. Besides the HO 400 engine, what other options does the car have?

Great Find!! It should be a blast when done.

What do we think?

I think you bought a carb & got a numbers matching car for free! And that you also shouldn't ever tow a car with a motor in it facing backwards!

Nice find! Looks like all you have to do is wash it and put the front end back on.

As it's on a flatbed, why the towing comment? Also, why not?

It's on a trailer & when loaded tailheavy will be hard to control. When the weight is behind the axles it will sway wildly.

Just sharing from experience.

Great find!

wow. I would try washing it real well and hitting it with wax to see what polished out. Maybe? Too cool. Might have a really great Patina thing going.

Cool! Definitely have a restoration project on your hands. You see, even after 40+ years these cars are still out there to be found.

You stole it.

I second that (from experience).


Awesome find. You are one lucky b&@&*%d.

AMEN to that! Took a car to the drags,broke an axle.Ended up pushing it on the trailer backwords for some reason.What a scary a$$ ride on the way home! Never again,and good advice!!!

all depends on what you tow it with.

Boss is 110% correct, did that myself at the rip ole age at 19. When faced with the proposition of hitting a jeep head on cause the trailer was 90 degrees to the truck I choose to slam the suburban into the side of the mountain in an attempt to kill only myself. God liked the selfless act and when i hit the blacktop barrier it straightened the trailer out. scared the living $h!+ out of me. can remember it clearly to this day 15 years later. Learned and invaluable lesson. btw ford Grand Marquis never even moved an inch on the trailer, I strapped that P.O.S. down damn good! :)

Sorry for topic hi-jack great looking project, doesn't seem like it's to rough, so if your good with a wrench and have patience I suspect with some PY help you can bring it full circle.

Oh yea I see power disc brakes..........

I think it was a good price to pay.
Will you post PHS, if you purchase it.

It "looks" like the 3k Carb has been swapped out previously, by first picture.
Still a great deal on a Rare Bird in my opinion !

Many congrats to you Sehorn

Great find!
You have to love the west coast!
Could you imagine how it'd look if it were covered in ivy in the North East?
Good Luck with getting it back on the road!