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I had to replace the glove box door on our Bird and would like to put the lock from our old glove box door on the new door, but I cannot figure out how to remove the lock mechanism from the old door. I removed the 2 small bolts from the back of the lock, but I cannot figure out how to get the...

Thanks Tim, I'm hoping to be able to keep the Bird, because it's a really nice car, it's fun to drive, and it looks cool. I know that the market for 77-79 Birds on ebay isn't very good right now. I just figured that would be my best chance at finding just the right buyer, maybe like someone...

Due to some unexpected financial expenses, we may have to sell the Bird(among other things). I placed an ad on ebay to test the market. I'm hoping that things work out OK, and we're able to keep it. If we do end up having to sell it, I'm going to pretty picky about who I sell it to, as I want to...

Tim, The turbines are my favorite wheels for the 77-79 Birds. I actually saw a set of them for sale at a swap meet last Sunday; I pointed them out to my wife, but she said that she didn't really like them. They did need a lot of cleaning, and only one had a center cap. I wish I could get by...

Thanks Tim! We are really happy with the whitewalls, and the car does ride great with them -really smooth and quiet. Unfortunately, my Father's day gift this year was a $800 exhaust repair on my daily driver car(VW Beetle). I was able to have complete exhaust systems installed on both the Bird...

My wife took the T-Bird this past Thursday and had some new tires put on it. We went with Cooper whitewalls, size 215/70/15.

Our Bird is in need of new tires soon, and I'm having trouble finding a 225/70/15 whitewall. Wal-Mart does have a Goodyear 215/75/15 whitewall, will that work?

That's cool! I wouldn't mind getting one of those for our Bird. Did you just send a letter to Ford customer service to get that?

I won the ebay auction for the headlight switch, $28 plus $10 shipping for a new Motorcraft switch!! I can't wait to get it and try it out on our car!

The junkyard where I saw the 8-track player usually charges $40 for radios, plus it would probably cost about $15 to ship it. I'm not sure if you would want to pay that much for a radio that may or may not still work. Let me know if you do want it, though, and I can go back and get it. Last year...

Thanks for the info. There was a Cougar(79, I think) at one of the yards, but the bumpers were shot.

No, but I did see a Cougar with a factory AM/FM 8 track.

Tim, I've heard that the bumpers on 77-79 LTD IIs are interchangable with the TBirds, but I'm not 100% sure about that. I had a chance to get a bumper from a 77 LTD II last year, but I passed because I wasn't sure if it would fit the Bird. As for the auction for the headlight switch, I'm still...

Tim, Yeah, I did have a great time at the junkyards, especially the first one that we went to because it had mostly old cars from the 60s and 70s. We were driving the Bird and it got compliments at both yards, so that was nice too. I would like to go back when I get some extra money and get some...

I will definitely save the old switch if I win that auction on ebay. So far I'm the only bidder. Yesterday I saw a couple of Birds at the local junkyards, and I was able to get the aluminum vacuum check valves off of both of them. Today I replaced the check valve on our car with one of the...

I visited a couple of local junkyards yesterday and came across these 2 Birds. The orange one is a 79, and the brown one is a 78. I was able to get a new bezel for the headlight switch and a I got the aluminum vacuum check valve off of both cars. Both of the cars had a lot of good usable trim...

Thanks Tim, I just put in a bid on it.

Thanks Tim, The price on that switch on ebay looked good, but I'm not too crazy about the idea of using a GM AC Delco part on a Ford. I'll check and see if Dennis Carpenter or Stillwell Obsolete has a switch available. Our tax return came in last week, so I'm planning on ordering a switch...

I just saw this on ebay: item #190521652074. Will this work for a 79 TBird? It looks like a good buy.

Here are a few interesting pics of our Bird that I had from this past winter: