thunderbird ranch

I would give John Drexler the highest rating for overall knowledge regarding Thunderbirds in general. He not only was able to diagnose my problem, but when I did not have the technical expertise to deal with the issue , he refunded in full the parts that I ordered from him.

We took our 1960 Thunderbird here about 2 years ago to be restored. After talking with John and his father we felt pretty comfortable .They both seemed to have a lot of knowledge and knew what they were doing. We had the car there for pretty much a full restoration including a paint job. The initial price range was around 24k-30k. Once we left the car there, all communication stopped. There were absolutely no updates, pictures or info as to what was going on or what progress was being made. However, there was no problem with the bills coming ever month. It had seemed like things were moving along and progress was being made based on the very low detail of the bills, but a lot of parts were being purchased. Things were getting done and it seemed like things were on track. We had gotten to

A couple of years ago I sent my car to Pittsville for John Draxler's T-Bird Ranch to finish my car's restoration. He estimated $20-30 thousand, he ended up charging me $40,000. He later said we differed on the meaning of the term "restoration." He sent my car back the first time and it did not start, had steering problems, the top did not go up and down and the sequential turn signals did not work, despite John's having charged me $600 or so for a new transistor board (actually a part he made, and a good one), the brakes were bad, most windows did not go up and done easily, doors, hood (which could never quite be made to fit) and the trunk were seriously misaligned, and the power steering pump did not work, among other problems -- I counted 17, at the time. We sent it back to him and when

Never do business with this company. I gave them my car in October of 2015 with an original quote of $4800 (the quote was $5500 but i declined the leather seats), for an entire interior restoration plus some other work. About a year later I was a little surprised when I got a bill for $10,700, but thought I would be so impressed with the craftsmanship that I wouldn't mind paying the extra. At this point when I came to inspect the car I was disappointed to find that the quality was lacking (cut in the new seats plus wrinkles in the new headliner). They said they would fix it after I was forced to threaten not to pay, then I asked how much it would take to finish the project and was told $2500. Within a week I received a bill for $19,000 and was given no explanation to why their number was s

A great source for not just parts, but advice. John has a passion for helping you solve a problem! Whether he makes a sale or not. Often not.