Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Rusty, the shipping cost would be $680 if delivered here in Quebec! This is impossible, it must be an error. I found another site. Same battery and low price: https://www.battsys.com/centennial-comm ... re=battsys

I don't know if you've seen this one at RemyBattery? It seems to have the same specs as the BatteryPlus one.

https://remybattery.com/group-size-29nf-battery.html

BatteryPlus has a 29NF for 57 T-bird

CCA amps : 390

Replacement warranty : 12 months

https://www.batteriesplus.com/productde ... as/sli29nf

This T-Bird for sale has the ribs style. Build date : April 25, 1955

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/de ... 62341.html

My car was built on march 22, 1955
Smooth style.
Consecutive unit no: 175496

My wheels are 4 old Billet Specialities 15 x 6 0 mm front offset, 3.5 in. backspace -13 mm offset at the back, 3.0 in. backspace The 4 tires are 205/65r15 and are 8.2 in. wide side to side. The rear wheels stick out 0.5 in. more than the front ones. This set-up is ideal for me. If the wheels with th...

The info is from Classic Auto Supply :

Mine are painted red.

I had the same phenomenon of white smoke while I was stopped at a red light last summer. The smoke was coming from the right side of the hood. It was oil dripping and burning on the passenger side exhaust manifold. I changed the gaskets on the valve covers and the problem was solved.

One of the inventors of the spark plug was a German named Robert Bosch. In the early 1900s, France was the leading manufacturer of spark plugs. Frenchman Albert Champion was a bicycle and motorcycle racer who immigrated to the United States in 1889 to race. On the side, Champion manufactured and sol...

No problem! See for yourself!

I have a small scissor jack that does the job very well on my 55 T-Bird. When it is in the closed position it measures 3.375 inches high and can lift over 10 inches. (it came from a 2009 Nissan Altima)

I installed a mechanical brake light switch too on my car. I believe ICON is a purist and he wants to keep his car completely original and without parts of new technologies. I understand him and respect his choice.

Just by simply lifting the mat, (which I should have done from the beginning) I found that there were no wires connected to the switch. Then we will never know what was the purpose of the installation of this switch by a former owner. Thank you for your suggestions.

They probably balanced your converter to a balance quality grade of G-1 so the residual unbalance would be now : 0.57 gr. @ 7 inches radius and assuming a converter weight of approx. 40 lbs. This 0.57 gr create a force of 0.72 lbf at 1700 rpm so the unbalance force would be decreased now by about 30...