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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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Preparing for economy runs

  • Author: Paul Lloyd
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1964
  • Page: 8

Preparing for concours

  • Author: Jim Schmidt
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 4

Clock repairs

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 10

Wipers won’t shut off

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 11

Cigarette lighter fuse

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 15

Clock repair

  • Author: Sam Neely
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 15

Clock repair

  • Author: G. Gross
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 12

Clock repair

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 10

Lighter for a 1955

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 21

Power window and power seat switch and relays

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 17

Free clock repairs

  • Author: Jon Gaines
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 11

Non-canceling turn signal

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 15

Cigarette lighter fuse

  • Author: Bird Calls
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 47

Getting hood open when hood release is inoperative

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 8

Clock runs down battery

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 8

Do-it-yourself cigarette lighter

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 18

Window and seat switches not working properly

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 18

Texas clock repair station

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 36

Scratched clock and tachometer faces

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 15

Replacing clock face

  • Author: Thomas McIntyre
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 42

Clock repair

  • Author: Peter Papademetriou
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 34

Clocks 1957 versus 1956

  • Author: Jesse Raine
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 47

A lighter for your Thunderbird

  • Author: Joel Carpenter
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 22

Vacuum wipers

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 27

Wipers, vacuum

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 27

Windshield washers

  • Author: Charlie Henry
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 22

Clock face removal 1956

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 29

Wiper motor, W/W

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

Wiper motor, W/W

  • Author: T-Birds Inc
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 38

Home built alarms

  • Author: Ken Pavlicek
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 34

Freeing up the heater controls

  • Author: Walt Nuckels
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 22

Authenticity Archives

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 28

Authenticity Archives

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 16

Old cars & California smog inspection

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 29

Checking your windshield wiper motor

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1984
  • Page: 22

Failing window motor

  • Author: Nick Pepe
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1990
  • Page: 27

Electric windshield wipers

  • Author: Richard Chapman
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1992
  • Page: 22

Freeing up heater controls

  • Author: Central Florida News
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1994
  • Page: 29

Fix those old wiper motors

  • Author: Edsel Owners Club
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 49

Windshield wiper and heater – water is pouring in my car

  • Author: Ken West
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1998
  • Page: 44

Authenticity – painted white clock hands

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 47

Clock repair

  • Author: Pete Shields
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 50

Authenticity – inspection stamps

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 47

Authenticity – Horn

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 42

How to refinish old license plates

  • Author: Jay Raine
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 28

Towing your T-Bird

  • Author: Old Cars Weekly
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 42

Cheapskate’s To Hoist

  • Author: Dick Chapman
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 42

T-Bird Alarm System

  • Author: Bob Burchett
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 36

Photo Document Tbird disassembly

  • Author: Old Cars Weekly
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 43

How Do I Use the Early Bird Technical Article Index on the CTCI Web Site?

  • Author: Jerry Wotel
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 34

Identity Theft

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 35

Update- Lead Substitute Warning

  • Author: Pete Shields
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 42

Ethanol Problems for Early ‘Birds

  • Author: Albert Ciejka
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 32

1955 Thunderbird crash test photos

  • Author: John Smith
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 23

1955 Thunderbird Test Track

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 24

1957 Paint Colors 3rd member

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 43

1955 Thunderbird-The Second Prototype

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 25

1955 Assembly Line Photos-Part II

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 20

Silk Screen Data

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 37

An Explanation of the Ford Part Numbering System

  • Author: Hoosierbird News
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 37

1957 T-Bird Hood Insulation

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 36

57 Bird Export Question

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 41

Fuse Locations

  • Author: Trail Bird News
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 26

1957 Modifications

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2007
  • Page: 45

57 T-Bird Authenticity Question

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2007
  • Page: 52

Thunderbird Shipping Process

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 21

The Restoration of a Supercharged 1957 ‘F’ Bird-Part 2

  • Author: Tom Maruska
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 44

The Restoration of a Supercharged 1957 ‘F’ Bird-Part 3

  • Author: Tom Maruska
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 46

1955 Thunderbird Field Modifications

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 18

The Restoration of a Supercharged 1957 ‘F’ Bird – Part 5

  • Author: Tom Maruska
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 28

How Much Does a 1957 T-Bird Weigh

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 65

The Restoration of a Supercharged 1957 ‘F’ Bird – Part 6

  • Author: Tom Maruska
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 23

1957 T-Bird Finish Question

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 52

Weight of a ’57 D ‘Bird

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 52

Restoration 101 — ’55 T-Bird

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 51

Gasoline and oil additives

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 18

Restoring your paint finish

  • Author: Multiple Authors
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 57

1955 T-Bird Performance review

  • Author: Science & Mechanics 12/55
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2011
  • Page: 23

Use of Modern Fuels

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2011
  • Page: 38

T-Bird safety checklist

  • Author: Multiple Authors
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2011
  • Page: 17

Overdrive driving tips

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 50

CTCI Grille plaque location

  • Author: CTCI
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 19

Updated Table of Contents and Pages for 1955 and 1957 Electrical Manual

  • Author: Gene Nelson
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 5

Supercharged! The D/F Thunderbird Story (reprinted from Jan-Feb 2007 Early Bird)

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 37

Tips to Keep Mice Out of Stored Cars

  • Author: Dan Balagna - Summit Automotive
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 16

Travelling Checklist – A Great List of things to take on an extended trip

  • Author: Hagerty.com
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 20

Tips when buying a 55-57 Thunderbird – appropriately titled ‘Caveat Emptor’

  • Author: Ross Woodman
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 40

Winterization and longer term storage check list

  • Author: Mort White
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 39

Troubleshoooting Electrical Leaks

  • Author: Classic Auto Restorer
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 58

Refinishing Old License Plates

  • Author: Trail Birds of Southwest Florida
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 58

Hidden antenna

  • Author: Randy Smith
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1964
  • Page: 2

AM-FM radio

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 2

Repair of volumatic control

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 11

Comments on radio

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 1

Radio repair

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 9

1957 radio repairs

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 2

1954 Ford radio identical to 1955 T-Bird radio

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 15

6-volt stereo

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 11

No AM-FM radio for Classic T-Bird

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 16

Replacement radio

  • Author: T. Brackeen
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 46

1957 Ford radio not same as T-Bird radio

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

Radio on-off switches from Fords and Mercurys fit T’Bird radio

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 18

Speed compensated volume control radio

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 18

Stereo tape in a 1955

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 19

Radio dial 1957

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 20

Radio output transformer

  • Author: Ron Dow
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 44

Replacement for radio output transformer

  • Author: Ron Dow
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 44

Radio noise suppression capacity

  • Author: Mike Spalding
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 15

Town & country radio to FM/AM

  • Author: Lance Herrington
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 12

6-volt AM/FM radio

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 28

Radio

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 42

Antenna, rear deck repair 1957

  • Author: Wilson Irvine
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 22

AM/FM radio 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 30

CB radio & stock antenna

  • Author: Jack Jordan
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 19

Use your Thunderbird stock antenna for CB radio

  • Author: Jack Jordan
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 19

Radio repair

  • Author: Mike O'Neill
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 29

Antenna location 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 36

Antenna installation location 1956

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 38

CB for 6-volt Thunderbird

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 24

Trunk mount antenna placement

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 23

Rear deck antenna 1957

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 25

Radio volume wire to distributor 1957

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 21

Antenna rear deck identification

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 27

Rear fender antenna location

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 28

Installation of a radio/cassette player

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 34

Rear fender antenna location

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 34

Radio problem

  • Author: Bob Struth, Jr.
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1987
  • Page: 38

Radio problem

  • Author: Bob Struth, Jr.
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1988
  • Page: 40

What’s new for Thunderbirds – radio antenna

  • Author: Thunderbird Headquarters
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1991
  • Page: 18

Noisy radios

  • Author: Old Cars
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1992
  • Page: 27

Thunderbird radios

  • Author: James Hill
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1993
  • Page: 26

Installing a CB radio in a Thunderbird

  • Author: Frank Bell
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 41

Antenna hole location

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 51

Antenna trunk hole location

  • Author: Merwyn Grace
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 51

Town and country radio

  • Author: Al Vito
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 54

Converting the Thunderbird radio

  • Author: Bill Abate
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 49

Thumbscrews – radio speaker

  • Author: Ray Miller
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 45

Excellent radio modification

  • Author: Dick Flynn
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 41

Radio Failure 1955

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 49

1955 Radio 12V Conversion

  • Author: Pete Shields
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 44

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

Clock exchange

  • Author: Ted Cain
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1964
  • Page: 8

Tachometer usage

  • Author: Harry Zapolski
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1964
  • Page: 2

Clock exchange

  • Author: Ted Cain
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1964
  • Page: 4

Speedometer replacement

  • Author: Harry Zapolski
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1965
  • Page: 5

Clock repair

  • Author: Mike Neale
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1967
  • Page: 3

Clock repair

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 2

Speedometer error

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

Tachometer, reading versus road speed

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

Speedometer error

  • Author: T. Brackeen
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 11

Junkyard temperature gauge

  • Author: Tom Lawford
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 15

Turn indicator problems

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 24

Make your tachometer talk

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 22

Tachometer drive

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 18

1957 clock repair stations list

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 4

Tachometer and speedometer cable routings

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 18

T-Bird and Ford heat gauges

  • Author: Bill Dickey
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 32

More on heat gauges

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 24

Make New instrument knobs

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 25

Repairing speedometer drive

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 14

Wandering temperature gauge

  • Author: J.G. Sketoe
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 42

Tachometer calibration service

  • Author: Ron Dow
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 34

Fix headlight switch for panel dimming

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 12

Clock face removal 1956

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 29

Heat gauge reverse reading

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 37

Instrument panel cleaning 1956

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 39

Auto to manual – speedometer problems

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 25

12-volt conversion for 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 23

Erratic gas gauge 1955

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 36

Fuel gauge problem

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 26

Instrument dial and needle colors

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 26

Speedometer calibration

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 26

Repro instrument dials available

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 27

Speedometer problems

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 28

Speedometer gearing to correct error

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 13

Gauge problems in 12-volt conversion

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 32

Fuel and temperature gauges

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 24

Temperature gauge and sending unit problems

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1984
  • Page: 24

Thunderbird clock repair

  • Author: Lloyd Van De Bogart
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1987
  • Page: 13

Improve speedometer accuracy

  • Author: Steve Gwilliam
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1994
  • Page: 41

1955 temperature gauge

  • Author: Oli Catalano
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 52

Temperature gauge

  • Author: Bill Abate
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1997
  • Page: 49

How to fix broken speedometer cables and electric clocks

  • Author: Old Cars
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 51

Inaccurate readings on the temperature and fuel gauges

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 49

Authenticity – tachometer

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 55

Inexpensive digital temperature readout

  • Author: Norm Brinkmeyer
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 41

Tachometer cable

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 47

Data plate information

  • Author: Jim Schmidt
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1963
  • Page: 6

Data plate information

  • Author: Jim Petrik
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1966
  • Page: 6

Data plate information

  • Author: Jim Petrik
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1967
  • Page: 3

Data plate information

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 6

Patent data plates

  • Author: Jim Schmidt
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 4

Data plates

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1971
  • Page: 22

Data plate decoding

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1972
  • Page: 9

Data plate color

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 25

Data Plate color

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 25

Removing paint on data plate

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 32

Data plate decoding

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 20

Data plate information

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 35

Data plate unusual

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 37

Invoice, data deviation 1956

  • Author: Harry Tran
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 39

Data plate data collector, Goldenrod 1955’s

  • Author: Steve Barnett
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 28

Data plate replacement

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 40

Data collector, Goldenrod 1955

  • Author: Steve Barnett
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 6

Correction factory invoices

  • Author: Bill Cornell
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 11

Original factory invoices

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 24

Missing data plate solution

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1981
  • Page: 20

Dealer code DC

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 25

Replacement data plate

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 19

Formats used for 1955 data plates

  • Author: Ford Johnson
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 12

Sales districts & codes 1955

  • Author: Ford Johnson
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 13

Ford assembly plant locations & codes 1955

  • Author: Ford Johnson
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 14

Production month codes 1955

  • Author: Ford Johnson
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1982
  • Page: 17

Data Plate & inspector stamp information

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 16

Deviations of the data plate

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 19

Changing data plate letters

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 26

Information from the data plate

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1984
  • Page: 21

Restoration of a 1957

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1984
  • Page: 26

Auithenticity – 1955 color code

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1985
  • Page: 11

1957’s data plate codes, engine parts paint color

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1986
  • Page: 30

A 1955 Thunderbird data plate story

  • Author: Ford Johnson
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1987
  • Page: 19

312 engine identification

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1993
  • Page: 44

Authenticity Data Plate

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1993
  • Page: 21

Authenticity – data plates

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1997
  • Page: 49

Authenticity – data plate translation

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 51

Production code

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 53

Authenticity – data plate translations

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 51

Authenticity – data plate

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 55

Authenticity – data plate information

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2000
  • Page: 45

Authenticity – data plate codes and more

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 52

How to read the data plate

  • Author: Lin Somsak
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 31

Authenticity – decoding the data plate

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 58

Production Codes on Data Plates

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 38

Authenticity – 1955 District Codes

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 49

Authenticity – T-Bird VINs

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 50

Authenticity – 1955 Data Plate

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 54

1957 ‘E’ Model survey

  • Author: Tom Stocks
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 8

1956 Production Information

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 10

1955 Early production story

  • Author: Bill Boyer
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 20

Late ’57 T-Bird Question

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 44

1956 Production Information ‘Z’ Color Available

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 30

Decoding the Data Plate

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 49

Thunderbird Body Testing and Development

  • Author: John Smith
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 23

1955 Thunderbird Pilot Model Production Study

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 28

Vehicle Serial Number Check

  • Author: David Trucksess
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 39

1957 color combinations also see J/F 2005 pg 28

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 35

1957 Color Combinations-Corrected

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 28

1957 E-Bird Invoice Codes

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 52

1955 Final Assembly Line- Soft Top Buildup

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 21

Car Color Statistics

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 42

The Last ’55

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 33

Production And Procurement of the Factory Invoice

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 20

1956 Mid-Year Changes

  • Author: David Tulowitzky/Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 29

1956 and 1957 Thunderbird Serial Numbers-The Database

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 30

Supercharged Survey Update

  • Author: John A. Shields
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 19

1956 Thunderbird Production Process

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 20

Answers to Some Invoice Questions

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 17

1956Thunderbird Production Process II

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 19

1955 Destination Code

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 46

57 F-Code Questions

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2007
  • Page: 50

The Mystery of the Early 1955 Production

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2007
  • Page: 13

The C-Code Thunderbird Story-Part II

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2007
  • Page: 46

In Search of the Last 1957 Thunderbird!

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 20

1955 Original Thunderbird Owner Survey!

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 21

55 T-Bird Questions

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 48

1955 Original Thunderbird Owner Survey! Part II

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 23

1955 Original Thunderbird Owner Survey! Part III

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 26

Data Plate Paint Codes

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 62

Decoding a Data Plate

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 62

Early 1955 Thunderbird Production Sequence: Inquiring Minds Want to Know

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 28

The Earliest ’55s-Connecting the Dots

  • Author: Jim Schmidt
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 20

P5FH100001-The First Production Thunderbird?

  • Author: John M. Smith
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2009
  • Page: 22

The Mystery of the Mexico Thunderbirds

  • Author: Tom Stocks
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 20

Export T-Birds Update

  • Author: Scott McGilvray
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 26

Patent Data Plates

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 25

Data Plate Decoder Revised 2010

  • Author: Multiple Authors
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 25

Patent Data Plates Update

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 65

57T-Bird ‘F’ code Registry

  • Author: Frank Stubbs
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2011
  • Page: 18

1955 -1957 Thunderbird Registry

  • Author: Dave Tulowitzky
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 7

VIN Question

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 47

Article with detailed breakdown of E- specification applications and T-birds

  • Author: Tom Stanton
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 22

How does your E-specification T-bird Fit in – Part 2

  • Author: Tom Stanton
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 22

Location of 2nd Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Stamping

  • Author: Don Gridley
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2013
  • Page: 57

Installation of air conditioning

  • Author: Donald Jordan
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 4

6-volt air conditioned

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 13

Keeping your cool

  • Author: John Ralph
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 6

Air conditioning a little bird

  • Author: Harold Smith
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 7

Air conditioner on 6-volts

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1971
  • Page: 12

Air conditioner installation kit

  • Author: (no author listed)
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1971
  • Page: 21

Air condition your Thunderbird without butchery

  • Author: Vern Gould
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 3

Free information and plans to air condition T’Bird without butchery

  • Author: Vern Gould
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 16

Air conditioner cable routing

  • Author: Lance Herrington
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 17

Air conditioner, new & small

  • Author: Jerry Ambrose
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 43

Fan clutch used with air conditioning

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 42

Air conditioning

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 30

1957 out-of-sight air conditioner

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1978
  • Page: 38

Air conditioning 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 39

6-volt air conditioner for 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 42

Air conditioner for 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 22

Good luck even with air conditioning

  • Author: Tommy Brooks
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 18

AC condenser cuts off air to the radiator

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1989
  • Page: 45

AC condenser location

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1989
  • Page: 46

Freon and air conditioning

  • Author: Dennis Baetz
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1993
  • Page: 25

R-12 refrigerant

  • Author: Bay Area Mustang
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1994
  • Page: 40

Freon-based air conditioners

  • Author: Charles Slack
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1994
  • Page: 40

Auto air conditioning – use it or lose it

  • Author: Golden Empire Mustang
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 47

Auto air conditioning – use it or lose it

  • Author: Pony Tales
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 47

Psst–want to buy some freon

  • Author: Julie Halpert
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 15

Psst-want to buy some freon – black market

  • Author: Orange County Register
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 15

Air conditioning for your Thunderbird

  • Author: Tye Ouzounian
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1996
  • Page: 34