Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Hi All, So my car is a late 62 hardtop. A while back I ordered a front end rebuild kit from a supplier here in northern Calif. Now that I am putting it in there are several issues, when the ball joints in the kit are torqued to the correct specs the studs are so long that the castle nuts won't even ...

Hi, I just did mine. I used a very small screwdriver at the base and carefully worked it up and out of the stainless channel. Like Jim says it is just a pressure fit. Mine did have a lot of dirt and grime specially on the bottom and it seemed to help to wash it with lots of soap and water to help it...

Thank you Jim, That info is great.

Quick question, my trim code is 57 the turquoise. Is the aluminium anodized or a paint or a clear stain? If a paint or stain, might anyone have a mix code? Thank you for any info.

That looks great! I have the foam and covers also so sometime soon I will start mine also. Great timing. Thank you for all your tips and the pics!

Thank you, perfect timing! I am putting my trunk back together and I didn't take enough pics ::. The body book is somewhat hazy for me as to how the light was mounted so thank you for the pic Jim!
Casey C

Hi , I just finished redoing mine but I am unsure about where you are talking about. On my 62 the top of the vent window is held by a pin that is secured with 2 screws that are tapped into the widow frame. The bottom of the vent window is secured by a bolt (that is part of the frame) with a spring a...

Thank you so much Jim, Your pictures are great! I thought my female part on the trunk emblem was broken, but I see in your pics yours is jagged just like mine is, so maybe mine is ok. with the pics and the explanation that gives me exactly what I needed. I hope you realize what a big help you are to...

Hi, I have one more question about the upper a arm. The book says to torque the a arm bushings you have to force a 9 1/2 inch spreader between the flanges after getting the 1.85" measurement from flange to center of mounting bolt. My a arm does not look bent or crushed but there is no way I am ...

Hi all, I have a couple of questions on my 62 that I know someone will know the answers to. 1. Does anyone have a picture of how the spring for the trunk key cover is attached ? The previous owner took it apart and I don't know if he broke it or what but it doesn't look right. I have some catalogs t...

Hi, You might give Thunderbird headquarters in Concord,Ca a call they have a dash to firewall harness in their offerings. I got the firewall forward harness from them, and it looks good. I have not hooked it all up yet but I am an electrician and it looks good to me so far.

John,
Thank you so much for such a timely and well organized article! I am doing my dashpad now and this will be a great resource to help me with my rebuild.

Jim thank you much for the link to all the great information on the heat shields and Scott thank you for your input too I have a much better idea now of what I'm going to do

Hi All, I hope this question is ok here. I am putting my exhaust back together now and I am curious about how it is supposed to leave the manifold. The thing I do not know is I am reading about metal shields and mine did not have them. Are they needed? If so how is the layering done correctly, gaske...

Hi Geoff,
I hope this helps but if you go to Jim Wulfs website down at the tech section, he has a whole section on his trunk. Here is his link,
http://www.tbirdgarage.com/Site_2/63_M_ ... k_Kit.html