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Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman Over the last few months I observed several Thunderbird distributors installed with a gasket or “O” ring between the base and the engine block. A

Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman When doing a major tune up the importance of the of the distributor function is sometime neglected. This neglect is the reason that some Thunderb

Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman The 1957 vacuum advance mechanism contains a spring, a stop, and washers. Washers can be removed to advance the timing or added to decrease the t

Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman The function of the 1957 distributor differs from the ’55 and ’56 models in that the 57 model has centrifugal and vacuum advance. The constructio