The first round of motor work wasn't all that big of a deal, so we thought. The fan flange for the water pump had broken and the fan had made contact with the radiator. So the two things that were needed straight away were a water pump and a radiator. The water pump is no big deal, but 1964 thunderbird radiators are a little tougher to come by. With some contacts Charlie located a radiator. The unfortunate thing after getting it we found it wasn’t from a T-bird. But another 60’s ford car. The dimensions were ok but the brackets and bolts holes didn’t all line up. That took a little “fabrication” but nothing major. The next thing we took notice to is that at some point in the cars’ past the original 64 “Z”code 300HP 4v 390 had been replaced with a 68-9 2v 390 of unknown origin. Charlie wanting to retain the original “look” of the car decided to paint the motor the correct colors for the 64 model year. The motor and most all the accessories black and the valve covers and air cleaner Castillian Gold.