Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Hello meangene, When I rebuilt the Cruise O in my 64 I found the gear on eBay. When you go on there just look up "Ford speedometer gear" and I bet you'll find it. They used these same type of speedometer gears until the 90s I believe, just check the inner diameter and pictures for the list...

Thanks you guys, I really appreciate it! I am definitely going to pick up the VTCI Manual for both my 63 and 64, once I finish my current project and the garage is free I plan on going all out on getting the Bullet and the Flair done

Hello! I recently got a 1963 hardtop that I am going to start restoring soon. It is a straight and rustfree car from the Bay Area that was mostly complete, with the exception of missing a few small parts and having an early 70s 2 barrel F series 390 as opposed to its original 390. I will post update...

Thanks for the replys, I will definitely be using all your tips!

RedBird64 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:35 pm I used SS, pre-bent lines from Classic Tube.

Just checked out their catalog, good stuff! Now I am considering replacing the brake lines too

Hello everyone, I am back with some updates on my Tbird! I am glad to see everyone enjoyed my first post, so I will definitely keep posting my progress. So right after my last post, I cleaned up the COM's bellhousing and clear coated it. After installing it, the COM was finally done, now just gotta ...

The term "Special Order" is almost always used incorrectly. This would have had to be a Pre-sold Unit(PSU). PSU means someone went into the dealership and ordered the car with the options and colors they choose. Special Order refers to a car that as something, not was not really available...

tbird wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 12:43 am Thunderbird I.D. Numbers shows code G as the paint code on your 64 data plate being Prairie Tan

I believe you made a mistake, my data plate has code C not code G

paulr wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:01 pm Car'd probably be worth more, so-to-speak, by restoring that original color. There can't be many in that color and it looks pretty cool

Oh don't worry, this car is for sure going back to its original color, I got a new paint gun and air compressor ready for it!

Thanks for all the comments! Yes I am definitely going to keep the front disc brakes, that was one of the few upgrades I wanted to do anyway so I was glad when I found out this car had some installed. Unfortunately along with that upgrade, the previous owner decided to start welding the holes for th...

Hello all! I decided to share the restoration process of my 64 HT so far. Before we dive into the bird I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Dylan, I am a 19 year old part time college student/full time worker working on my second restoration. My first restoration was a father - son project on a ...

Yep I would of loved to see it in its original color! Unfortunately it looks like it got painted over many years ago into a light blue, not a trace of the gray left other then in some small areas

Thanks for the info! Unfortunately my car's build sheet is missing, but I am definitely going to get the gate release sheet from Marti Auto Works. On a side note my car came with paint code C, or Gray Metallic. According to the data plate information sheet posted at the top of this forum that was a ...

Thanks for the reply! And yes this motor is going to be rebuilt, stripping it down now to get ready for the machine shop (this is actually my first solo restoration, the last one being a father son project last year on a Fox Mustang). The casting numbers on my motor are all close, but only the intak...

Howdy all! I just pulled the 390 from my 64 Hardtop and am trying to figure out whether or not my engine is original to the car (or at least get a good idea if it could be). The date on my VIN tag is 05F or June 5, 1964. From my research I have done on here and on other parts of the internet the dat...