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CTCI – Technical Article Index

Instructions

This index will list the CTCI documents that match selected Concours Judging Categories and Sections. These areas defined in the judging are used to classify a section of the vehicle which is then linked to where to find the documents you are looking for. Please note that a document may relate to more than one section or even category, so may be listed under multiple search areas.

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Mechanical

Shifting by tachometer

  • Author: Skip Riggs
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1963
  • Page: 4

Carburetor fires

  • Author: Emil Purdes
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1965
  • Page: 3

Reasons for backfiring

  • Author: Reg Kepler
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1965
  • Page: 3

Engine stalling

  • Author: Jim Schmidt
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1967
  • Page: 8

Starting problems

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 2

Starting problems

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 2

1955 starting problem

  • Author: Jerry Kramer
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 16

Clunk in automatic transmission

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 6

Hard starting 1955

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 6

Paxton supercharger on 1957

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 9

Cold weather starting

  • Author: Jim Petrik
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 12

Engine stalls at intersections

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 8

Improve starting of 1955 Birds

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1971
  • Page: 3

Chronic hard starting on 1955

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 20

E Model idle

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 16

Supercharge troubleshooting

  • Author: Ford Service Letter
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 17

Hard starting

  • Author: Norman Myers
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 7

Engine dieseling

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 20

Start in park conversion

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 32

Hard starting 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 38

Hard starting 1955 – 1956

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 38

Hard starting with 8-volt system

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 37

Hard starting

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 38

Hard starting 1955-1956

  • Author: Lyle Fleming
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 21

Hard start 1955

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 35

Carburetor, hard starting

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 27

1955 T-Bird hard starting problem solutions

  • Author: R.W. Dickson
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 21

Transmission slipping and no kick down

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 26

6/12-volt battery helps hard starting 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 30

Hard starting one more time

  • Author: Lawrence Hewson
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 10

Starting engine after long storage

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 26

Hard starting due to overheating

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 22

Hard starting due to 6-volt system poor shape

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 30

Another hard starting 1955 T-Bird

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1986
  • Page: 34

Hard starting

  • Author: Bob Struth, Jr.
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1987
  • Page: 38

Hard starting 1955 or 1956

  • Author: William Crowell-Davis
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1993
  • Page: 25

Hard starting

  • Author: Bill Abate
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1998
  • Page: 37

Hard starting

  • Author: Jay Raine
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1998
  • Page: 37

How not to be left at the side of the road

  • Author: Jay Raine
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 34

Hard starting problems

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 48

Hesitation on acceleration

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 54

Authenticity – pulling a 312

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 48

Authenticity – hot engine problems

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 38

55 T-Bird Questions

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 39

Thunderbird Body, Wheel and Headlight Alignment

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 20