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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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Location of 2nd Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Stamping
- Author: Don Gridley
- Year: 2013
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 57
How does your E-specification T-bird Fit in – Part 2
- Author: Tom Stanton
- Year: 2013
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 22
Article with detailed breakdown of E- specification applications and T-birds
- Author: Tom Stanton
- Year: 2013
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 22
VIN Question
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 2012
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 47
1955 -1957 Thunderbird Registry
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2012
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 7
57T-Bird ‘F’ code Registry
- Author: Frank Stubbs
- Year: 2011
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 18
Patent Data Plates Update
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2010
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 65
Data Plate Decoder Revised 2010
- Author: Multiple Authors
- Year: 2010
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 25
Patent Data Plates
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2010
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 25
Export T-Birds Update
- Author: Scott McGilvray
- Year: 2010
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 26
The Mystery of the Mexico Thunderbirds
- Author: Tom Stocks
- Year: 2010
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 20
P5FH100001-The First Production Thunderbird?
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2009
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 22
The Earliest ’55s-Connecting the Dots
- Author: Jim Schmidt
- Year: 2009
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 20
Early 1955 Thunderbird Production Sequence: Inquiring Minds Want to Know
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2009
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 28
Decoding a Data Plate
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 2009
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 62
Data Plate Paint Codes
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 2009
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 62
1955 Original Thunderbird Owner Survey! Part III
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2008
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 26
1955 Original Thunderbird Owner Survey! Part II
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2008
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 23
55 T-Bird Questions
- Author: Dick Stern
- Year: 2008
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 48
1955 Original Thunderbird Owner Survey!
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2008
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 21
In Search of the Last 1957 Thunderbird!
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2008
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 20
The C-Code Thunderbird Story-Part II
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2007
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 46
The Mystery of the Early 1955 Production
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2007
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 13
57 F-Code Questions
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2007
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 50
1955 Destination Code
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2006
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 46
1956Thunderbird Production Process II
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2006
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 19
Answers to Some Invoice Questions
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2006
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 17
1956 Thunderbird Production Process
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2006
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 20
Supercharged Survey Update
- Author: John A. Shields
- Year: 2006
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 19
1956 and 1957 Thunderbird Serial Numbers-The Database
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2006
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 30
1956 Mid-Year Changes
- Author: David Tulowitzky/Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2006
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 29
Production And Procurement of the Factory Invoice
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2006
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 20
The Last ’55
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2005
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 33
Car Color Statistics
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2005
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 42
1955 Final Assembly Line- Soft Top Buildup
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2005
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 21
1957 E-Bird Invoice Codes
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2005
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 52
1957 Color Combinations-Corrected
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2005
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 28
1957 color combinations also see J/F 2005 pg 28
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2004
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 35
Vehicle Serial Number Check
- Author: David Trucksess
- Year: 2004
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 39
1955 Thunderbird Pilot Model Production Study
- Author: John M. Smith
- Year: 2004
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 28
Thunderbird Body Testing and Development
- Author: John Smith
- Year: 2004
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 23
Decoding the Data Plate
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 2003
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 49
1956 Production Information ‘Z’ Color Available
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2003
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 30
Late ’57 T-Bird Question
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2003
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 44
1955 Early production story
- Author: Bill Boyer
- Year: 2003
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 20
1956 Production Information
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2003
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 10
1957 ‘E’ Model survey
- Author: Tom Stocks
- Year: 2003
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 8
Authenticity – 1955 Data Plate
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2002
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 54
Authenticity – T-Bird VINs
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2002
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 50
Authenticity – 1955 District Codes
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2002
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 49
Production Codes on Data Plates
- Author: Dave Tulowitzky
- Year: 2002
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 38
Authenticity – decoding the data plate
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2001
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 58
How to read the data plate
- Author: Lin Somsak
- Year: 2001
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 31
Authenticity – data plate codes and more
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2001
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 52
Authenticity – data plate information
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2000
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 45
Authenticity – data plate
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2000
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 55
Authenticity – data plate translations
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 2000
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 51
Production code
- Author: Dick Stern
- Year: 1999
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 53
Authenticity – data plate translation
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1999
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 51
Authenticity – data plates
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1997
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 49
Authenticity Data Plate
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1993
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 21
312 engine identification
- Author: Barry Thomas
- Year: 1993
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 44
A 1955 Thunderbird data plate story
- Author: Ford Johnson
- Year: 1987
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 19
1957’s data plate codes, engine parts paint color
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1986
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 30
Auithenticity – 1955 color code
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1985
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 11
Restoration of a 1957
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 1984
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 26
Information from the data plate
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1984
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 21
Changing data plate letters
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 1983
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 26
Deviations of the data plate
- Author: Gil Baumgartner
- Year: 1983
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 19
Data Plate & inspector stamp information
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 1983
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 16
Production month codes 1955
- Author: Ford Johnson
- Year: 1982
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 17
Ford assembly plant locations & codes 1955
- Author: Ford Johnson
- Year: 1982
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 14
Sales districts & codes 1955
- Author: Ford Johnson
- Year: 1982
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 13
Formats used for 1955 data plates
- Author: Ford Johnson
- Year: 1982
- Issue: Sep/Oct
- Page: 12
Replacement data plate
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1982
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 19
Dealer code DC
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1982
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 25
Missing data plate solution
- Author: Don Hyde
- Year: 1981
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 20
Original factory invoices
- Author: Editor
- Year: 1981
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 24
Correction factory invoices
- Author: Bill Cornell
- Year: 1981
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 11
Data collector, Goldenrod 1955
- Author: Steve Barnett
- Year: 1980
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 6
Data plate replacement
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1979
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 40
Data plate data collector, Goldenrod 1955’s
- Author: Steve Barnett
- Year: 1979
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 28
Invoice, data deviation 1956
- Author: Harry Tran
- Year: 1978
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 39
Data plate unusual
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1978
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 37
Data plate information
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1978
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 35
Data plate decoding
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1977
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 20
Removing paint on data plate
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1976
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 32
Data Plate color
- Author: Paul Hudgins
- Year: 1976
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 25
Data plate color
- Author: Dan Deane
- Year: 1976
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 25
Data plate decoding
- Author: Paul Hudgins
- Year: 1972
- Issue: Jan/Feb
- Page: 9
Data plates
- Author: (no author listed)
- Year: 1971
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 22
Patent data plates
- Author: Jim Schmidt
- Year: 1969
- Issue: May/Jun
- Page: 4
Data plate information
- Author: Paul Hudgins
- Year: 1968
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 6
Data plate information
- Author: Jim Petrik
- Year: 1967
- Issue: Mar/Apr
- Page: 3
Data plate information
- Author: Jim Petrik
- Year: 1966
- Issue: Jul/Aug
- Page: 6
Data plate information
- Author: Jim Schmidt
- Year: 1963
- Issue: Nov/Dec
- Page: 6