My $1 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon 1970 - Parked for 14 years Will it drive 0.4 miles home?

I have been walking past this car for a few years now in my neighborhood and I finally figured why not ask? I popped a note under the door just asking what the story of the car was and only a few days later I got a phone call. "if you want it, it's yours!"

So yeah. That's more or less how I got this 1970 Ford Country Squire. Under the hood we have a 390 6.4L V8 fully representing the era of excess in American auto manufacturing. 9 MPG? Who cares, it's an American V8!!

I get the car all looked over and try to get it up and running. This is a little more complicated that the air cooled cars I have worked on before, but what's a few more lessons and learning a few new things?


0:00 Intro
1:37 a quick cleanup
3:05 Let's throw a battery in
5:39 Opening up the cargo area
6:57 Prepping the engine
7:55 Dirty carb, dirty plugs = yuck
8:54 we are good to try and run this
11:34 a lovely drive in the country
11:50 Removing and cleaning the fuel tank
12:33 the water pump is dead
14:38 Fuel line is toast in b4 fuel leaks
17:06 new fuel pump
18:51 lets go home