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I thought gold was used on Mercury blocks??

When you are sitting in the car can you move the wheel? I dont mean slide away, but up and down a bit. There are bushings in the column that deteriorate. Also the shift handle if never replaced will be worn on the end in the column from 45 years of moving from gear position to position. If your...

Here is a link to the cars I put the tops on, ‪65 Thunderbird Landau White‬‏ - YouTube, I am certainly not promoting the sale of them as it is a very sore subject with me but you can see the top color and how it turned out if you are interested

Well at 425 I think they have come down, if thats any consolation. I dont remember who I spoke to but they told me to use the black and not the white when I sprayed it with dye. Although the white SL looked really sharp with the black top it was better when I sprayed it parchment

SMS auto upholstry I believe was the name. They sent me a sample when we redid the 2 we had here and it was an exact match, they were very proud of it as well I believe it was in the $500 range. What I ended up doing was buying 2 black tops and getting a spray can of the correct parchment color...

Well the vin says its a 65 built in wixom as a 2 door hardtop with a 390. unit #'s started at 100001 so I would say you are the 51370th bird built which would not make it a early car so best guess is at some point someone either damaged the frt or just liked the look of 64 fenders/grille/tail...

I havent seen a finished dash with an overlay for one of these years. I have seen them on a 87 I had but it required alot of trimming and adjusting to get a passable fit. All in all it wasnt bad except I knew it was there and it was a different grain. Most of the places I know of are over here...

I've replaced them but always used a good used one painted to match if necessary. I sold all my spare pieces awhile back or I would help you out with one.

You have 64 fenders on it, 65's are completly different as they are recessed where the feathers go. I have seen quite a few restorations that have painted the engines blue unknowingly,which is correct for Ford from 66 on, possibly the motor was swapped? it does have earlier valve covers on it...

Heres a side shot of my 65 with the correct fender mldgs. From the ad I would say your looking at a 65 interior(door panels have pull cups 64's didnt) with 64 frt fenders atleast. Check the vin is it 5y or 4y. Also you said you drove it, was it a single sided key or double? 65 was first year for...

The latch is actually on the skirt, the 1/4 will have some small alignment pins/dowels that you would see if they were installed. You are correct 66 was a blue motor, 65 was a black block with gold valve covers and air cleaner housing. I have seen cars were people have put the wrong year fenders...

For entertainment I looked thru some info I have and in 65 skirts were a option for $26.60, In both 65 and 66 the option cost $32.70. Unfortunatly I dont have anything showing how many came that way. A few years back I had about 6 65's here and they all had skirts.

Thunderbird script on the frt fender is a 64 fender, as far as skirts go the dealer invoices for the 65's I have and had showed them as a option, although I would guess it was a pretty standard option.

Here are some pics, emberglo is a am radio also. Regular ones have normal interiors

I have a few of the promos for my car(65). I have one for a 70 I had also. There is also a promo that is a am radio. My car is blue and 3 of my promo's are blue. I had bought a maroon one, this is the easiest found color, and when I had my Special Landau I sprayed it emberglo when I painted the...

I would agree with your friends thought on the seals also. I have had tons of birds but am rather new to the turbo ones as I have learned more on the fly with the one I have. My best suggestion would be to join NATO and ask there as thats all those guys play with. I believe its NATO - North...

Check for play in the turbo.

Why do you think timing is off? was something else done? I would definitly start there though as fuel spark and air and you should run. If timing is that far off it will never start

If you hear the motor running I would bet the coupling for the gear is shot. I have seen 2 types, one being solid rubber to the gear and the other having 3 small nylon bushings that fall apart over time and then you get just what you describe, a running motor but no window movement. If you take...

From what I learned cadmium was factory and black was replacements. How much does your guy charge to replate them? Only suggestion I have would be to make sure all the pivots are good, I had one come apart and the spring will take off