Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Wow, thanks! I was hoping to keep the cruise o matic if I could. I'm wondering how that would be with 3.73 gearing? Maybe I should go mid 3's on the gearing? LSD is something I will look at real hard as well. But let's say I go mid 3's and keep the cruise o matic - am I looking at a disaster lol? Fr...

Hello all! I wanted to pick your brains a bit. I have a 64 an I am going to rebuild the rear end in it myself. I was thinking about changing the gear ratio. Is anyone running something other than stock gears? I believe mine is 3.00 - was thinking about going to 3.25 or 3.50 or somewhere in there? 3....

I agree - I think what I am going to do is rebuild the stock 390 with new heads and intake as well - maybe swap over to a C6 for parts availability and simplicity - again, may keep the stock trans. Not crazy about fuel injection, like the simplicity of NOT having a computer - but I was considering a...

I think it would be very neat, but I would hate to chop one of these beautiful cars up to make it work. I think I will just park the roadmaster make sure it is stored correctly, and wait and see. I need to do some measuring and see how much I would have to chop up.

Hey guys, Been doing a great deal of thinking - I know, dangerous right? I may have even asked this before but would share my thoughts I am in now. My tbird's motor is not in great shape, the transmission is suspect too - I am wondering, I have a 95 Roadmaster with a busted body but GREAT LT1 motor ...

Looking good! I'll be curious to see how they look on the car with the whitewalls out. ~Steve. I know no other way to have my tires mounted than white walls out :lol: When I had my 67 newport that had 235's on it they mounted the tires on my american racing rims with the white walls in - I was shoc...

A 70's series tire shouldn't be wider than a 75 if both are the same width specification. So a 215 in either one will be the same width - 215mm. The aspect ratio (some call it profile), 70 vs 75 in this case, is the height of the tire. So 70% of 215mm would be 151mm tall and 75 would be 162mm high ...

Mounted on rims - not sure when I will get them on the car lol:)

70-series tire is wider than 75-series. You'll probably run into more problems clearing skirts with a 215/70 vs OEM-size 215/75. Others with 70s may say otherwise. Thank you! This helped a great deal. I ended up chatting online with Summit - kind of a waste of time, dude was nasty, chatted with Goo...

On my '63, just ahead of the rear wheels and inboard of the pinch welds on the sills is a flat plate, just over an inch wide and a few inches long. I used a ply wood packing strip between that and a jack stand. It was very solid. As a back up I also used a pair of jack stands under the cross member...

Not trying to be negative, but I truly think a good look in the SHOP MANUAL, would help you out. Look in section 17-1 pg 17.7 it explains lifting, Frame Contact points and such. It will give you the most supportive points on the car. Secondly using Acetone as a solvent to desolve ATF for a penetrat...

Hey Folks, Called up Tirs Discounters and they were kinda vague on the phone. Currently, I have p235-75-15 on the car - Would going down to p215-70-15 with these new rims help with the clearance for the skirts - or should I stay with the p235's? My only concern is two of the rims are 6 inches wide a...

Currently, the car has p235-75 -15 tires on it

Do I need to go down in size for these rims to 215 to fit under the skirts? I also bought a set of used skirts that I can grind on without grinding on the factory ones that came with my car.

Thanks guys!

I would really like to use the skirts if I can, also, what tires are your running with these rims, size and so on - I will probably order them off the web and have the local night guy do the switch. Did you have to use any wheel spacers or anything like that? I have a spare rim--this is the size in...

You have made me a happy man! Thank you!