Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Not much progress on the Bird as I'm still fabricating the tow-able pig pen for the wife. I did do some research on my brake calipers and discovered that I have front GM metric calipers from 82 to 88 assorted GM products. And rear 87 to 93 FoMoCo from Cougar, Lincoln, Mustang. I obtained this inform...

David, Got a little info & a couple of photos. I'm not sure it will help you, but it's all I got; My disc conversion kit is from classic disc brakes out of Texas (I think). I DO NOT recommend this company. First photo is of the brackets that came with my kit there are a quantity of 2 of each of ...

I am going a different direction on my brake setup, & although your tower mounts & braces look good plated, I'm probably going another direction on those too. But your hood hinges look great! Mine are on a short list to get to a better looking status. What was your process? Media blast and p...

Greetings from Spokane Washington, It's very hard to identify whose conversion is installed from the photo. The rotor looks to be a universal type judging from the multiple mounting holes. The caliper looks to be the same as the ones offered by classic disc brakes. I have a conversion kit from class...

The wilwood mc solved the clearance issue of the dual master that came with the classic disc brake kit. That master only had outlets on one side, and the front outlet was resting on the shock tower. 20190813_183810.jpg The wilwood has outlets on both sides with plugs to block the unused ports. The s...

Sorry fellow T-Birders I haven't posted in a couple of days. It's not that I haven't been working on the Bird, just too busy to post. First I replaced my broken vise with a little bigger one, but something tells me it's Chinese also... 20190818_211400.jpg 20190818_162254.jpg Got the upper A arm stru...

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Thanks for the replies fellows, I'll keep posting updates. Last night got my opposite headlight bucket complete. The glass was cracked when I opened the box, so I had to wait on the replacement. Then I got to work cleaning and de-burring the kingpin. 1 down, 1 to go 20190816_201802.jpg A brother fro...

SAD DAY! Vise Broke. I would like to say it was my monster biceps that caused the large metal vise to separate, or that I was able of applying so much torque that molecules of Iron cannot hold the brute strength.... But I think it's a more accurate statement that the Chinese don't build tools capabl...

Figured out hydroboost lines; large hole is 18 X 1.5 mm and is the high pressure input from the power steering pump. Smaller threaded hole is 16 X 1.5 mm and goes to the high pressure input of the power steering unit 5/8-18. Then the nipple return off of the hydroboost unit will "T" into t...

A arm strut mounts arrived today. See if you can tell the difference; 20190814_203353.jpg If you are running stock 55+ year old mounts, your rubber is gone! Used my high dollar torch setup to apply a little heat and a 3/4 drive and 1 3/8 socket and it begrudgingly let loose of its half century home....

Found a place to stick it. Out of the way, out of sight, not too hard to get to, near cooler. Drivers side for oil, passenger for tranny. 20190812_173011.jpg Hydroboost from a 08 F250. Slot top right hole a bit and drill top left hole 1/2 in down in the original vacuum booster bracket and it fits gr...

Remote filter options; Next to the cooler, pros; out of the engine bay & short lines to/from cooler. Cons; not so accessible, hard to get much torque on removal of filter. 20190812_075522.jpg Battery tray area, will have to fab drip tray, in line air filter from ram air takes up most of the real...

I finished the radiator support...WARNING... if you look closely at the photo you will see UGLY welds. I am not a welder nor have I ever played one on TV. But I own a welder, I can achieve penetration, and it will be fine. Sorry photo came out upside down 20190809_085800.jpg I placed 1/2 inch hard r...

When you're given lemons, make Lemonade. Modified FE motors in rocket-birds get hot. There is not currently a 4 core aluminum radiator made for our beloved Birds. And the nice brass/copper ones are $800. So I ordered a 4 core aluminum radiator for a 64 Galaxie (MC64GL) from Champion, had the stock m...