Great car, Dave. That is the same car I started to school in. Mine had two things wrong with it - it was just a junker at the time I was going to school. No old timey, cool thing going on then. And it had an automatic choke - the first year that Ford made them I think. It was a pain. My dad and brother installed a manual choke and it ran some better. The six cylinder Ford was alright, but I surely did want the V-8. Oh Yeah! the color was morning hangover green...I think it was called Seafoam green. UGLY!
Best of Luck with her!