Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Thank you OldMics! I am surprised that these were reproduced. Just seems to be a part that would have low demand and high cost to make. I know that you may not won't to say who that Vendor is, but I will search a couple of catalogs to see if I can find it. Thanks again. HAZ567 This might be an answ...

I also have a 56 and installed a new I think it was a carter but I'm not 100 percent sure on that. Car ran fine until I layed into it a little and it would bog down like it was running out of gas. I went ahead and put in an electric fuel pump to supplement the mechanical and the problem completely ...

Welcome Nicko, Ask away there are a ton of Roadster owners on this forum. Congrats I love the color Red.

Thanks. I actually do not have skirts on the car. Although a pair of skirts came (unattached) with the car, they were never repainted as part of the restoration. I have read so much about issues with skirts that I never decided to get them painted and put on. I feel the skirts make the Iconic look ...

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Tue May 26, 2020 12:56 am

God help if your spare tire is in the rear bumper continental holder assembly.....

I would carry a spare donut tire in the trunk forget about the spare in the continental kit. It's just for show. Don't ask me how I know ..........

Nice find, Is there a continental kit attached to the back of the 62? If so there was never one. If there is it's an after market not OEM....

Would a magnetic screw driver work while holding the spring in place?

Hi, I agree with Joe. It's easier to just replace a belt and tighten it. The gen. work fine under normal use. But the belt tension will do it too. Good luck I did try to tighten up the belt,I also replaced with a new one . the Gen had aged through time. But with age I decided to go with the alterna...

Change the generator to the Alternator. I did, this made a big difference on my 56. my GEN light never came on.

I would worry more about the skirts, I had one come off a year ago, I did find a way to zip tie the skirts. I have the same Wire wheels covers. I NEVER had a problem as long as you make sure that they snap in tight. Make sure there's no gap between the rin and the other edge of the wire ring.

Look for the Blue-Yellow stripe to horn button, look for Black-yellow stripe to for horn relay. Here's a picture of the Horn Relay for a 1961. https://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_thunderbird/ford-thunderbird-horn-relay-12-volt-1957-63.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=&scid=scplp66-30765-1&...

Concours Parts catalog has one that looks just like the original one, 4 row core 1/2 tube on 5/16 centers part # 8005-Optima 699.95.(2019 recent catalog) Page 63 call 800-722 0009. Casco has the same one around the same price. part# 8005H High Efficiency for 669.00 4 row 5" tubes on .395 centers pag...

Yep, the' first one is the one. Thanks Alan.... and Thank You Wally for offering. I appreciate all that this forum offers.
So far so good......

I asked the same thing, This project was started a few years, He ordered the kit back then. It took awhile for it to arrive. He told me he took out the parts to look for any instructions. then it sat until when it was needed to put on the car. As he can remember there wasn't any instructions..... Fa...

I was told there is a guy in Toronto Canada that fabricated it. The person that bought the kit his name is Cliff from Morris Illinois... Thank You Raven for your interest.