The 1964 Thunderbird - Liam's first car

Where do I even begin on this one? Liam has been a car nut forever. He is especially crazy about classic American steel, chrome and muscle. For the six years that we have lived in this house we have been walking by and driving by this 1964 Ford Thunderbird hardtop a couple of blocks from our house. This car has just been rotting away. We talk about how great it would be to buy it and restore it. Eventually I suggest that Liam needs to go knock on the door and find out about the car and the owner. The guy is willing to sell it but we don't have the money just yet, so we save for a few months and come back and buy the car!

Liam closing the deal with our neighbor Brandon

So now we have the car at home. We plan to spend the next five years restoring it and then it will be Liam's first car. What a kick. Once he's old enough to drive it, it will already be over 50 years old. Grand plans. I can't wait to post updates.

There is nothing quite like a boy's first love. Here is Liam in our driveway the day after the Thunderbird made it home.