Vintage Thunderbird Club International

You can replace the gear at the transmission
Contact cables Speedometers USA 1-888-907-6506
they can advise you what you need and have the parts on hand
CASCO sells gears as well

There was fiberglass insulation under my hardtop headliner,
but
hard to say if it was original or not,
I would advise to add it if your in there

I purchased and installed a complete dual exhaust system from CASCO on my 57
very well made and fine quality
I chose the aluminised pipe with the stainless steel mufflers, clamps and brackets
also added the muffler heat shields
went quite well

Remember the fordomatic has two internal pumps that will provide resistance when turning the drive shaft
usually after about a half turn it will feel like it’s locking up but if your turning the tire you should be able to overcome the resistance.

Ward, run the engine with the valve covers off
If you don’t see oil flow, pulling the rocker arm assembly is pretty simple
then you can check the oil passages through the head and rocker arm assembly
possibly they just need cleaned up
the car is talking to you, don’t ignore it

Hi Dave, I assume that you have a manual transmission because you mention the rubber boot. I do have an automatic, I replaced the rubber that fits in the top and closes the area around the shift lever also lined the inside of the shifter box with insulation It was like a heater outlet before that.

Thats interesting about the relay for the Pertronix Igniter, I have a Mallory Unilite tach drive distributor on mine and works fine with the O.D. Not the relay, When the kick down switch on the throttle is depressed it shorts out the ignition to unload the transmission and allow the overdrive to di...

Ranchbird is correct I bought a car with the Borg Warner OD it was missing the relay, kick down switch and the harness was a mess bought everything from Vintage Auto Garage including the wire harness a couple things worth mentioning if you are running a pertronics electronic ignition the kick down s...

Rusty, I use a foil backed insulation from Lowe’s Comes in 6 inch rolls, haven’t had any heat issues with the sticky part be sure to insulate the inside of the shifter box, I had to also replace the rubber flap at the open end of the shifter box as well. I used a double sided foil insulation on top ...

Most any alignment sould be able to check and adjust a 57 Tbird
As in any task experience with the equipment is key
talk with the shop manager

If a local parts house doesn't have a number for a 55/56/57 bird, ask for gaskets for a 62-64 Ford F100 292 engine. Same gasket. The Felpro label states that the gaskets are for a 5.1L, 4.8L 4.2 L 3.9L Know that the 5.2 is the 312 CBI, Wish they would also translate them to the English measurements...

With regards to the resistor
it depends on the coil you use
some coils have the resistance built into them and a resistor is not required

Shodding ? Never heard of this term, please edumacate me please

Adding washers under the front studs will provide a little more comfort for long legs

I added an original style power steering system to our 57
Steers very nice, not a difficult job