FORGOTTEN 1962 Ford Thunderbird 428! Cruisin' After 29+ Years! Part 3 

This is one of the nicest cars I have ever seen you resurrect. This and the Porsche are your "crown jewels". Thank you so much for making these fun videos!! Keep up the great work!!!

Love that big block rumble, no one did it better than Ford. 😎 🏁

You guys knocked it out of the park with that old lady. It's remarkable how overall good condition it's in, and like some of the other vintage Ford's from your channel, it almost seems like the car was sitting waiting for you. That car has buckets of character, and I wish cars were made like this still. The 428 sounds fantastic, and I would imagine it's got torque for days. Solid revival as always!

Dude she is gorgeous !!....watching her get clean really satisfying... love the color combo..... hope to see more of her !!!

The 61-63 birds are my favorite. White walls, fender skirts, it don't get much better. Such a classic design. This is better than a Ferrari. Stinking mice ain't got no respect.

That is a beautiful car. You guys did a great job getting it back on the road where it belongs.👌

Sweet Bird, you guys did a nice clean up on the old girl and she is looking and sounding good. Keep up the good work and thanks for the videos.

The T-bird is every much a classic as the 911T. I also love the Galaxy 500. That covers three days of the week. Need to see the Mark III in the shop. You are working your way into the coolest collection of good ole daily drivers on RU-vid.

Hi Mike and his Dad nice video 📹 and workmanship the car is sweet

Absolutely stunning design. Beautiful condition with just the right patina. A car for life. My compliments.

19:26 looks like the back left white wall is not quite seated in. She’s in great shape, gorgeous car! Love our Gordon Lightfoot! 🇨🇦

This guy is a genius!! 👏👏👏 Bird lover here!

What a Beauty

This car is a beauty!. I remember this car being all over the place when I was a young child in the 1960s.

I am so jealous. I have followed you from the begining. That you guys have found, rehabed, driven and now own all those wonderful cars, that myself and others, could only dream of having. Well done.

She came out great. Nice job guys!

Omg, you just brought back a lot of memories to me with this T-Bird rescue! Back in the early 60's, my Mother drove a 62 Thunderbird similar to this! I was just a kid then, but I knew that that car was awesome!! Thanks for bringing back some great memories!!!

What a beautiful car. I miss my T Bird

Great job getting that old T Bird back running well and looking great. It sounds awesome.

It is a joy to watch you guys actually repair something and not just replace a part. The Thunderbird looks splendid. Congratulations.

I owned a 62 Thunderbird that looked exactly as your car here to the "T". Except for the windows, they were powered windows. I purchased it back in 1968 while I was stationed in the Air Force in southern California. It drove and it had a wonderful ride. It was certainly a beautiful car.

When I was 19 and in the army, I bought a 1976 bird. 460 ci ,every option except moon roof. Loved that car for 2 weeks. Then a 18 wheeler made a last second right turn from the left lane and destroyed my beautiful Thunderbird. I have always wanted to get another but it never happened. Pushing 60 years old now and would love a chance at buying one. Anything from 66 to 76 would be great. I would even buy this one. Hook me up guys. Love your vids!

Wish I had never sold my 62 Thunderbird exactly like this one!!! I love these old cars!!!!!

That car is you perfect for the family to go cruising 💟

The wheels and tires look awesome. I had never seen fake whitewalls like those before. How cool

I love those old Tbirds. Style beyond compare.

You guys did a superb job of bringing this old girl back to life! Really enjoy the respect and love you put in to these projects. Takes me back to my brother and I working on cars with our dad. Thanks!

That bird is very nice even if Im hit a Ford fan! You guys are truly car guys! Great to see you and your dad working together to make magic happen!

I love what you did with this car. The only thing I don't like is the white wall tires. I think it is because they don't match the paint. Thanks for rescuing these old beauties.

I agree Gary, love.....that sound!

I just finished a 3 year restoration of a 62 T-Bird with a 390 300hp. It was the same color combination as yours white/Blue interior but it was in much worse condition. So, since I had to restore the car I changed the color combo to Candy Apple Red outside and all White interior with red piping on the seats and red carpet and added red seat belts for safety. It came out beautiful. Used the original Kelsey Hayes wires, and just left off the spinners on rears and added skirts. Came out BEAUTIFUL and made the cover and centerfold of the August 2022 issue of Motoring Tampa Bay Magazine after winning a big car show here. Love my 62 Bird!!

So many memories with this car my grandma bought one brand new in 62 it was triple black and she taught me how to drive in it when i turned 15 she ended up selling it for 15 grand in 1980

That is a beautiful car! I had a 67 black on black and it was a beauty too, the days when cars were cars. Thanks this restore was great!🤗

I love the 1961 to 1963 Birds. My brother-in-law won a 1961 Bird back then. Your 1962 is a keeper. Enjoy it.

I love this old car! My favorite T-birds are the Squarebirds and the Bulletbirds. I was thinking I wouldn't mind having the '62 Fairlane but I changed my mind!

Man you guys lucked out with that one. What a nice car.

I love this car. My mom had one very similar to it. It was a luxury car. I don't know which engine, but I do remember I could beat anyone because it was so quiet, they never guessed the power it had.

Nice Bird... I restored a 62 Bird about 20 years ago. Red with white and gold interior, 390 and no AC. Very nice driving car when set up correctly.

Of all the big ‘birds’ this one is the best looking!

That is now one sweet Banana-Bird.

That is one sweet ride. 😎

Awesome beautiful Big Bird!

Good job 👌🇲🇰

That bird is a sweet bird❤❤ that bird sounds great. That bird was born the same year I was..❤

I love the 62 TBirds had one myself until it was stolen and wrecked. One day, I will have another one.

That thing is in amazing condition. Loving that old 20s 30s style tyre debeader them things are super rare.

This thing turned out beautiful! Ready for Bring a Trailer

I like your channel because you guys are super thorough! And your all business. Keep up the good work

A car with attitude....Saved by your warm climate and no road salt ever...That and heavy gauge sheet metal bodywork from the 1960s...Loved it...🤔🤔😳😏😏😀😀😀🇬🇧

Love them old thunderbirds. I had a 1966 with a 390 in it loved that old car. Unfortunately I lost it in a divorce. Wish I had it back. Great video.

I know this one’s a little late for me 11 months later but I just found this channel and I couldn’t help but watch you rebuild a terrific car. I don’t know if you ever thought about it but you gotta take one of these up there to Michigan and Detroit and do the Woodward cruise!

Hey just wanna say I watched one of your old videos and your presentation style and editing have improved so much! Well done!

This is one of the cars you dream about having. I am a big Ford guy and this is a great looking T-Bird

really like how "mechanical" these shows are. real knuckle busters as opposed to looking at a computer like alot of other shows

I love that rumble Perring sound!

She's gorgeous. Nice work.

I love this car. My father drove one. He had 3 to 4 different T-Birds.

What an awesome classic vehicle!

Running, driving and looking soooo much better. And sound, man really got me. So glad you and dad do this together and still feed your family. Thanks for letting me go along for the ride. God bless you and family.

Look at that car love it Budget Builds Rocks 👍

The tire and hub combination look so good

Brother you are so lucky .

Watching you wash the thunderbird in the rain, brings back memories of doing the same thing when I was in the Navy, at sea, and we would wash the outside of the ship… in the rain… but it was always fun, got you away from your normal duties for a couple hours. Thanks for your content, always fun to watch, especially seeing you take the little tumble like we’ve all done working in our shops tooling around with out projects!!

Yall should try powertour and show you can do it on budget. Maybe haul a budget friendly classic camper.

First loved 58s when I was a kid because Stu Baily had one on 77 Sunset Strip. Then loved 64 - 66 discovered 55s last. Everyone loves them. Now I love 55s and 62 - 63. Cream / off white like this is my favourite.

Brilliant well done, this is a beauty, the blue interior is gorgeous, just love that V8

What a gorgeous car. Wouldn't get rid of this one

Friend, I think you should keep this beautiful car and keep it because it is a real wonder!

The rumble from that exhaust is gorgeous. I love those old T Birds

I hope you read this, I have cleaned cars for a very long time and the best thing i have found to clean and take away the smell and leave it smelling fresh is Lysol bathroom cleaner ( NOT IN THE CAN ) but in the spray bottle. Spray some on the carpet and also interior then put warm water with it scrub it and then shopvac it out and looks like new and smells so nice. Give it a try i think you will like it, It will NOT hurt the carpet or interior.

Dude! She’s a beauty! Definitely a keeper! Great job!👌😎👍

She was born same year as me. Awesomeness!

This Guy is just AWESOME he breaks it down to the itty bitty piece

the wheel combination I love it on that car immaculate sounds good

I see a lot of revivals of popular cars on youtube like mustangs, camaro’s etc… If u ask me, i like this revivals a lot more. Its new for me 🙂 So keep doing ur thing with ur dad to 👍 Grtz from Belgium ✌️

What you need to do now is take a really fine rubbing compound and buff it. Then after that wash it and clay bar it. Then put a foam pad on your buffer and use mcguire's finish rub. It will make a big difference from what you have after you washed it. I was a body and paint man for over 35 years I know what I'm talking about and it will be worth it. I don't know where you live but if you live close to middle Tennessee. Let me know and if you do I will try to help you. The stains you could not get out will stink when it starts to get damp from raining. You will have to pull the seats again in the front and rewash the carpet.

Saving a piece of history. Love the video and the way you and your dad get along so well

Generally not a fan of wide whites and wires… but MAN that just MADE this car. .. I was actually saying out loud…”PLEASE paint the wheels!” Looks amazing

I remember those 60 Thunderbirds when I was very young. Our neighbor had a couple of them. Northern California redwoods. It was a very light yellow T-Bird.. who won a move to Southern California back in 68 my aunt had one her ghost has 63 cream color. Her nothing just floated down the highway . And now. I live in the middle of the state. And I have a 02 black on black triple black T-Bird.😊😎👍🏽🤙🏾🎸🙋🏽‍♂️😎.

Heck Michael..... when has it NOT been raining down here lately?! I think the last 2-3 days have been the longest stretch we've had in a while that it hasn't. We've been overly blessed as of late with the liquid sunshine!

I like your stages you are taking to get the car cleaned up and going again .I been doing auto body and paint for 45 years . I am looking for a classic car .

Those 62’s look nice together, T-Bird and Baby T-Bird, that’s what they called the Fairlane back in the day. 👍👍👍

My mom and I had a '62 Thunderbird just like this one. White with a blue interior. We had so much fun with it, until mom's health started to decline. It got sold in 2015, if I remember correctly. The "bullet" car, as some call it. Good luck with this one!

I prefer having the power without the noise, but then I always preferred "sleeper" style cars anyhow. You don't have to sound obnoxious to be the fastest, lol. I always thought the old fashioned way to break a tire down involved running over it with another vehicle to break the bead and then going around it with a couple of big dang flat screwdrivers 🤣🤣 Of course that could have just been Pappy's way. I do like that you went with larger wheels as they should offer a better ride if your roads are anywhere near as bad as they are up here. You could grind off a hair of the sidewalls as it will be white under the black and it really doesn't hurt its performance. The old Thunderchicken turned out pretty good. Bravo!

I am from Russia and I would like to say that your classic cars are the limit of perfection for me, good luck and all the best

Amazing transformation 🇱🇷💯✅

Great music during the interior detailing.

behind ur Porsche thats the best car u've owned and rescued 👍👊🥰🍾🥃much love from the UK. Always use silicone tyre glue on the outter layer of the fake white walls they always sag after a few months (i learnt this the hard way)

I loved watching this episode that you restored the 1962 T Bird. As a young teenager back in 1968 ; a family member had one of these and I was so thrilled when he took me for a ride in it. He sadly died the next year on an oil derrick job. in Wyoming. Your show brought back memories of him. Thanks so much for sharing.

Again, love what you guy's do. Bringing these graceful lady's back to life and showing that old school cars are still the most pleasing to look at and see rumbling down the road the way they do. Great job team.

Great car. My folks had one when I was very young. I still remember playing with that huge vent grille in the center console at 27:00 over 50 years ago.

Car looks great, what a difference. I have used oxy clean and a pressure washer or carpet cleaner to get stains out of carpet

She's a beauty. ❤

Back in the day friend of mine had a new 61 convertible and we had a ball cruising in that big bird.

Man…what a sweetheart

Back when I was younger I had a 1963 convertible is Ford Thunderbird. It was deep blue with white interior. Don't remember for sure the size of the motor but I know it was one of the larger big blocks. Automatic and it would spin the brand new tires down to bald in one night. I paid $75 for the old car and a metal gate. I have kicked myself in the rear ever since I got rid of that car. I have been looking for another 63 convertible since the early seventies. I still have not been able to find one. It looks just like you're 62.

Gordan Lightfoot has some good music. Keep that.

Great job on the T-Bird guys

You should make that also a slogan of the show we got it on a budget brought it back to life on a budget and enjoy it on a budget 😂

That is a cool thunder chicken!! Beautiful car!