Vintage Thunderbird Club International

I read in another post about an OFS manual. I'm looking for something that can tell me what is "correct" for my '65. I saw hood pads on e-bay that said late '64 -early '65 had 3 pc set. My '65 was built on the first day of production, and I'm sure the hood is orig but it has (or had) 5 pad...

I see permatex has a couple of products for rubber gaskets, if you try them out let us know what you think.

I used to maintain a fleet with 361/391 engines. I found a lot of covers that had been tightened and re-tightened. You might want to take them off, check them on the engine without a gasket and see if they rock. I straightened a lot of covers in the edge of the work bench with a hammer an a little p...

I also replaced the old leaking cork gaskets with new Fel-Pro rubber gaskets. I did not use any "glue" because I read somewhere that it's not necessary. I torqued the bolts to -64 shop manual specs. Should I tighten more because I now use the rubber gaskets? How much? Slight oil leak is v...

is any-one making a cap or skin for the dash pad? Is a donor padded dash the only fix?

I only have an AM but my owners manual says they turn over.