Vintage Thunderbird Club International

... 8502. I made a 1,500 mile round trip this past summer to the CTCI Nationals with my 57 with a/c on the whole trip and never had a overheating problem. I live in SW florida so air is a plus.


Although I think Casco still sells the baffle, I've read that it can actually make your engine run hotter.

I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and recently purchased a very rusty 1956. It is complete but the body is mostly rust. I am going to make a full size advertisement out of the body I can send photos of anyone interested in seeing my work. I have a complete engine and trans I will sell that turns over ...

Hi all. Just picked up a 78 Diamond Jubilee w39k on it. Enjoy the car so much! Does anyone know where I can get a front license plate bracket as where I live here in NY requires a front plate. I have searched online with no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated

... the Thunderbird application as I ignored the description and selected each boot strictly according to their actual dimensions . It seems tht ES has since removed the dimensional drawings from their site due to the usual "legal reasons" we've come to expect in the litigious world we now live in. I ...

... accumulating parts to make a replica but now I have an original, era correct, car phone.
I have the yellow one rewired as a stereo Bluetooth speaker set...It can live in the garage now.

I'll wire the car phone the same way.
It'll spend its life on the console playing the theme song from
Burke's Law.

I landed on this thread while searching expansion valve. It has some good info and pics. I have had my car a long time and when I got it there was no a ... but have only just decided it's time to see if it works (no urgency as I live in England!). I added a small can of R134a replacement after changing the ...

... a 59 tbird I had sold some years back. For a 59 I have never pitted and rechromed/restored roof panel chrome and never pitted rechromed/restored door ... NOS inbox horn ring, and some miscellaneous parts and literature. I live in Emmaus Pa. If interested, you can reach me at buckscounseling2@verizon ...

G'day Michael.
Yes I was going to purchase some from the Bird Nest they have then listed as only $1.00 each, freight should not be that much.
The thread ... as in the MPC which according to AMK Inc is a different screw. I can live with that because I believe that when Ford drew up their drawings by the ...

... to restrict the exhaust, but I don't want it to be loud either. I've purchased Borla 2 1/4-inch Pro XS mufflers and their 2 1/4-inch resonators. I ... hopefully, the resonators will make them quieter still, without being a restriction. Whatever the outcome will be, I will have to live with it.

Thanks for all the feedback and guidance.
I reached out to Barry at certified rebuilders and he was very pleasant and confident. I sent him my switch ... These are complicated, but with support from an online community it seems more manageable.
FYI, I live in Danville, about 25 minutes from Livermore!

Certified Rebuilders remade my switch years ago and I’ve got Andrew Pines solid state relays. It is now as reliable as one of these can be I suppose. Mine was a basket case when I got it. If you work in Concord, where do you live? I’m in Livermore.

Where do you live? I just has High Tech Transmission in Doraville, GA rebuild my COM.

I did wire it open. Thinking flap maybe be broken off in side. Since I live in SoCal not really needed. Might just remove and place a spacer in line.



Good choice. You don’t need it in SoCal. I deleted the valves on both the 55 and 57 during the restos. No downside noticed. This was in Anchorage.

I did wire it open. Thinking flap maybe be broken off in side. Since I live in SoCal not really needed. Might just remove and place a spacer in line.

... at all)He was saying that the heated intake vaporizes the fuel to much and that the engine needs a little more liquid at speed and pushing it ... if you have to remove the intake,which it is far from that in my experience.Now i do live in the south and our summers get super hot and humid.