Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Samson, Your assumption is correct. On a properly adjusted/operating 55-57 bird park brake system the cable would have too much tension on the pulley to be accidentally dislocated by incidental contact while working in the area. This is true for either full on or full release position. Check the cle...

Easiest way to check is with a phone GPS app. Then you will know. True. I recently bought a gps speedometer off Amazon. When I want to use it I attach it to a small piece of Velcro hidden under the dash edge and it plugs into my phone charger also under the dash. I also have the gps app on my phone...

Beautiful restoration. However If you used standard suspension components the car is sitting very high for a newly restored bird. I’d be surprised if the level would wear down to being correct.

Also from Gils garage, the hot side of the starter relay 10ga wire. Making it a direct connection to the positive battery post.
I wired my emergency flashers from there so they are always hot. Any connection from here should be fused. The article and photos are at Gil’s Garage.

MPG’s are starting to matter now. This is Goffs Ca. this morning. Outside Needles off I-40.

You can get more information on the fuse box at Gil’s Garage at CTCI. It’s a great idea to take added loads off the ignition switch.

ICON 1956 wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 11:55 pm The answer is Thunderbird !

Alex would say…….Im sorry Icon. Im going to have to rule against you. You did not phrase it in the form of a question.

I can’t find the part number or anywhere that sells the jam nut style. Does any know know where I can get a set of the jam nut valve adjusters for the passenger side to replace the one piece? [/qu If your rockers do match, I wouldn’t worry about the jamb nuts. Leave well enough alone. The “friction...

There’s appears to be more than enough threads open on the late friction style to add a thin profile back up jamb nuts. My 55 has had friction style since 2004 with no problems. (No jamb nuts)

The oil port exists on my 56. Here's how I do it. I remove the clock and use the hole to access the speedo port. I have a long plastic pipet with a squeeze bulb that I put a little oil in. Then I fish that to the port and squeeze. I leave my clock in place without the nuts and washers so that I can...

You asked about information on the frame. If you mean serial numbers to match the firewall data plate here are the locations. The right front under the heater box is the best to view. Transmission colors are all natural. As far as things to watch out for, I know of two cases where the build sheets w...

Since you are going to pull the wheel, take it with you to the paint supplier and see what they suggest for materials.
To be correct the wheel should be the interior turquoise. A rear quarter panel windlace is easy to remove for a color match.

I just got a 57. The tach needle is broken but I can't find a replacement. Is this something that can be done? Do you know how it was broken? Yes they are fragile but not so that they come apart under their own weight. I’m thinking it may have been cracked on installation but stayed together for aw...

Don't forget that big parts that determine success or failure of DIY steering wheel restoration are filing V-grooves in all of the cracks and filling them with a material that has similar expansion/contraction properties to the Tenite or similar plastics used from the mid-'50s-on. Not only that, th...

Don't forget that big parts that determine success or failure of DIY steering wheel restoration are filing V-grooves in all of the cracks and filling them with a material that has similar expansion/contraction properties to the Tenite or similar plastics used from the mid-'50s-on. Not only that, th...