Vintage Thunderbird Club International

When you say you mount the drum to the hub and then place the nut on backwards and cut them, can you ellaborate on this please.
Karl.

Yes I understand that, but here in Australia I haven't found anybody who does this. Do mechanics or brake repairers in the USA swage the brake drum to the hub? I made up a tool to rivet the drum to the hub and then have the drum machined to run true. Then there is the problem with different thicknes...

G'day, Looking for some info here, Correct me if you think that I am wrong. The way I understand it is that with the front drum brakes on the 63 bird in the day when you replaced the front drums you also recieved a new hub and bearings and so forth so when the garage installed them the brake drums r...

Thanks for your reply's. I tried to join tonight but it seems to come up with Jan/Feb rates, I sent an email and try later.
As soon as I join the club I will purchase one of the books.
Many thanks.

G'day. I live in Australia and I have a 63 hardtop. The car is made up of different years of cars and I am in the process of returning it back to original as much as possible but keeping the vehicle on the road as my wife and I enjoy driving it a lot. The engine is a 66 one and I recently purchased ...

Thanks for the info, I thought it might be to align the timing mark up correctly when you bolt the front cover on.
I am new to the forum, as soon as I work out how to place some pics in I will.
Karl.

G'day I live in Australia and I have a 63 hard top, I am in the process of rebuilding a new engine and transmission for the car that I imported from the states, on reading through the workshop manual there is a part about installing the front timing cover a the motor and it says to use a special too...