Vintage Thunderbird Club International

In times past I found that the vibrating contacts within the horn do to oxidize with time and require some love. A little rub with a very fine (1000 grit or more) pad on them works wonders. The internal horn contacts are the points of vibration to cause them to work effectivly. Be carefull and do no...

Several years back I had a problem with a pump which I bought new/rebuilt. Be observant (sp) that the short pipe stem between the the pump and the block can leak and again you need to pull it all apart. The rebuilders do not seem to care if the stub pipe is pitted. Just an observation from years pas...

Jim Fair enough for me. Will keep it in mind when i redo my motor if and when.

By the way I just opened 60fore's link on the discusion of silver block colour. Is the colour silver or argent or this there a specific color #. Reason for my inquiry is my 64 block color which is an original Canadian car is a silvery lite green but possibly aged in color motor.

I guess I started a stir about the CANADIAN engines. First in my error I was so much in a rush to speak of the silver engines I did not read the post relating to the cars being 66's. Sorry haste makes waste and can start a lot of misdirection. True the 66's have blue engines! Dah!. Secondly the colo...

Just a short note of interest. In my library of old stuff and information no where is a DSO exist with a suffix of 7. The maximum is 6. Also a prefix of 7 is Los Angeles or San Jose or Salt Lake City or Seattle. By chance do the cars have original motor blocks painted in a silver grey or silver gree...

Good day. as a t bird owner and a member for 35 odd years with the VTCI. Its good to be back in the seat again. Kids/their education/ numerous new jobs I lost track of the CLUB for some time but I'm back. I had your problem 20 odd years ago. In my case it was a gear problem. The grease dries out and...