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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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Softtop

Adjustment of soft top

  • Author: Skip Riggs
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1963
  • Page: 4

Rear window installation tips

  • Author: T. Syms
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1963
  • Page: 4

Soft top exchange

  • Author: Granville Leonard
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1965
  • Page: 3

Rear window installation tips

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1966
  • Page: 4

Rust on soft top bows

  • Author: Jack Hussey
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1967
  • Page: 7

Soft top fabric repair

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 9

Soft top fabric repair

  • Author: John McCullen
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1968
  • Page: 4

Soft top weather-stripping

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 14

Soft top weather-stripping

  • Author: James Neulin
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1969
  • Page: 16

1956 soft top fit a 1957

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

Soft top tacking strips

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

Convertible tops for a 1957

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1970
  • Page: 19

Correct way to lower soft top

  • Author: Ford Service Letter
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1971
  • Page: 24

Soft top tack strip and retainers

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 14

Repairing front stainless trim bar on front of soft top

  • Author: Paul Hudgins
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1973
  • Page: 14

Soft top tack rail strips

  • Author: Buckie Sager
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1974
  • Page: 28

Soft top 1955 – 1956

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1975
  • Page: 34

Sagging soft top

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 26

Soft top sag

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 35

Top sag

  • Author: Terry Sundkvist
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 21

Soft top molding

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 33

Soft top 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1976
  • Page: 33

Soft top interchangeability, 1956 & 1957

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 30

Soft top sag 1955

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 29

Spring adjusters & springs

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1977
  • Page: 29

Soft top tacking strip

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

How to Restore a Soft Top Part I

  • Author: Don Johnson
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 10

How to restore a soft top, Part I

  • Author: Don Johnson
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 10

How To Restore a Soft Top Part II

  • Author: Don Johnson
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 14

How to restore a soft top, Part II

  • Author: Don Johnson
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 14

How to Restore a Soft Top Revisited

  • Author: Don Johnson
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 7

How to restore a soft top, Once Revisited

  • Author: Don Johnson
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 7

Authenticity – Soft tops, authentic materials & finishes

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1979
  • Page: 11

Soft top tack strip

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 26

Soft top tack strip rejuvenation

  • Author: Ford Johnson
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 19

Paint, power seat frame, soft top arm

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 24

Cleaner for vinyl top

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 24

Soft top fabric & color options 1957

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1980
  • Page: 20

Color and material of soft tops

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 22

Recovering a T-Bird softtop

  • Author: Marino & Hayes
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1983
  • Page: 23

Moisture and your convertible

  • Author: Editor
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1985
  • Page: 27

Chrome header trim for my softtop

  • Author: Don Hyde
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:1986
  • Page: 32

Parts to convert to an original softtoop

  • Author: Dan Deane
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:1986
  • Page: 30

Interchangeable parts Fords to T’Birds

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1986
  • Page: 35

Side latch fit on the softtop

  • Author: Barry Thomas
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1986
  • Page: 35

Soft-top cleaning

  • Author: Terry Ridgley
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:1992
  • Page: 50

How to restor the convertible top

  • Author: John Kennedy
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 35

The choices in convertible tops

  • Author: Neil Schebetta
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1995
  • Page: 40

More hints for restoring convertible top frames

  • Author: William Crowell-Davis
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:1996
  • Page: 42

Soft top pins/rivets

  • Author: L.D. Turner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:1997
  • Page: 46

Tips on caring for convertible tops

  • Author: Bill Siuru
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:1999
  • Page: 46

Authenticity – 1957 soft top brackets

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 51

Making convertible tops look better, last longer

  • Author: Old Cars
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 45

Authenticity – 1956 restoration

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 42

Some things leak

  • Author: Mike Sipple
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2001
  • Page: 53

Authenticity – ’55 Restoration Questions

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2002
  • Page: 42

Soft top fit

  • Author: Pete Shields
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 46

Rag Top Care

  • Author: Tim Howley
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2003
  • Page: 37

Convertible Top Fitting

  • Author: Pete Shields
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 43

Recovering A Soft Top

  • Author: Stephen Coffey
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 39

1955 soft top frame

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2004
  • Page: 51

1957 Tonneau Covers

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2005
  • Page: 45

Top Plates

  • Author: Dick Stern
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2006
  • Page: 40

Replacement Top for 1956

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

57 T-Bird Question

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

Early ’55 Tonneau

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Nov/Dec
  • Year:2008
  • Page: 65

Convertible Top Fitting & Soft Top

  • Author: Jim Dinunzio
  • Issue: May/Jun
  • Year:2010
  • Page: 51

Thunderbird Colors

  • Author: Multiple Authors
  • Issue: Mar/Apr
  • Year:2011
  • Page: 9

56 soft top adjustments

  • Author: Jim Dinunzio
  • Issue: Jan/Feb
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 51

Early ’55 soft top deck plates

  • Author: Gil Baumgartner
  • Issue: Jul/Aug
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 27

soft top maintenance

  • Author: Multiple Authors
  • Issue: Sep/Oct
  • Year:2012
  • Page: 50