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Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman This article and accompanying photos will provide some basic information about the Dial-0-Matic seat installed in some late 1957 Thunderbirds. Photo # DM1 (click on picture for larger image) Photo # DM2...
Body/Suspension/Steering, Gil's Garage
Gil’s GarageGil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity ChairmanIf you cannot remember or do not know when the brake fluid was replaced in your Thunderbird, it is time. I recommend replacing the fluid every three years. See the restoration manual pages 324-327 for how-to...
Body/Suspension/Steering, Gil's Garage
Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman This article explains how to connect the vacuum source from the engine to the wiper motor. All 1955/56/57 models are the same except for initial vacuum connection to the engine. 1. The 1955 model (shown)...
Body/Suspension/Steering, Gil's Garage
Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman 1957 Passenger Cars except Station Wagons, Retracts and Ranchero. 14″ X 5″ with slot openings and riveted centers, used with 14″ X 7.50 tires. 1957 Thunderbirds 14″ X 5″ Kelsey...
Body/Suspension/Steering, Gil's Garage
Gil’s Garage Gil BaumgartnerCTCI Authenticity Chairman Many members will be taking to the road this summer, in their Classic Thunderbirds, to attend the various regional conventions and some will be driving several hundred miles. The T’Bird maintenance item most...
Body/Suspension/Steering, Gil's Garage
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