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YES , A GUY E-MAILED TWICE- NAME > DAVE FIRGENBURGER (SIC) ABOUT THE TROUBLE HE WAS HAVING WITH HIS MEM SEAT-- I TRIED TWICE TO TELL HIM HOW TO FIX IT --BUT MY E-MAILS KEPT COMMING BACK >' UNDELIVERABLE' HIS E-MAIL WAS A BUNCH OF NUMBERS- MY APPLE COMPUTER CANNOT SEND TO IT... I HOPED HE WOULD...

1956 T-bird Dash Clock - No Bezel - 12vdc- Works Fine $100.00 Or Best Offer -- Mallory Uni-light Ign. Kit - Module Is Bad - $50.00 -mechanical Tach - 1955-56 Bird - Ok Works Fine 100.00 Or Best Offer /// Ed Mlynek In Ga. 1-706-376-7514

YES, NICE BOOSTER---BUT I WOULN'T RUN THE VACUUM LINE LIKE THAT--LOTS OF HEAT COMES OFF THE EXH.foul_wordMANIFOLD--PLEASE RUN THE VAC LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO KEEP THE HEAT AWAY FROM IT---I DID THE SAME YEARS AGO WITH MT 55 AND IT HAD ORIGINAL POWER BRAKE BOOSTER--THE LINE TO THE BOOSTER WENT...

ok.. i have a dail-a-matic in my 55 bird (all 3 years have the same basic seat frame) of course you can 'bolt in' a dail a magic into your 4-way power seat frame.(can't use manual seat frame - not compatible)..so you must have a manual seat...you will have to find a 4-way power seat frame...then...

I Have Installed Electronic Tach In My 55 Bird YES...ME....MY DIST. 'BROKE IN HALF' WHEN I TRIED TO REPLACE THE LEAKING OIL SEAL IN THE BOTTOM HOUSEING)..( THE HOUSING WAS CRACKED FOR ? 40+ YEARS/ )....SO, WITH REPLACEMENTS (NOW I DON'T HAVE A 'REBUILDABLE CORE' ) GOING TO BE AROUND A $1000..I...

OK...WHATEVER THE FLAT BLACK STUFF, IT'S GONE ON MY CAR..SANDING DISCS AND AIRCRAFT QUALITY PAINT STRIPPER HAVE REMOVED IT ALL....I WILL NOW..(AS YOU SHOULD TOO) USE A GOOD QUALITY 'ECHING PRIMER' ON YOUR BARE STEEL....I DID THIS WITH MY FIRST BIRD IN 2002...IT'S A SICK LIGHT GREEN...

ok...i am 'doing over' my engine compartment now and i see exactly what you are talking about, i think.....i have a white car, but now the snowshoe white, my white has yellow tint in. it is a one year only '57 color... from the factory, and when i got the car, it had no engine, trans,glass...

Steven--i Put Your Flash Drive In My Mailbox Today (sat 9-24)..they Took It--it's On The Way Back To You..i Put Everything I Had On My Hard Drive On It...so You Have A Lot Of Stuff You Won't Need - But Maybe You Have Friends With 55-57 T-birds And You Can Show Them The Things I Sent...only Thing...

And Another Thing---you Said You Wanted My Install Text & Photos Of My 4 Wheel Disc Brakes---well, I Forgot That When I Did This In 2004 - No One Had A 4 Wheel Set-up For Sale And I Had To...'piece It Together From Multiple Vendors...but I Found Out A Month Ago That Now There Is A 4 Wheel Set-up...

oh- one more thing..you don't figure i'm going to pay the $1.82 postage to send the flash drive back to you, do you? please send a money order for 2 bucks for this, ok?

Resto Mods I Have & Will Share Installs Yes - Have 55 Bird---with (all By Me -all With Full Photos & Text)....4 Wheel Disc Brakes - Billet Wheels - 1962 Cruis-o-matic 3 Speed Auto Trans - '77 Pontiac Cruise Control - Posi In Rear End & Rebuild Tips/photos/text - Electric Wiper Conversion -...

can't answer everything---but here is what little i know--there are two styles of tops-- the 55 and 56 had two 'top bows' and these were not sewn to the bows...this caused the top to expand out and up at high speeds..complaints on this to ford resulted in a 2nd design for (only) the '57 top -...

adjusting neutral safety switch...this is hard to remember but i think there is a linkage piece that is threaded a long ways and has two nuts on it so moving the threaded nuts to the 'right' position will make switch work ok..now , remember you are ALSO adjusting the back up lights at the same...

i have a posi in my 55 bird....i went thru all this in 2002..when i also went to 4 wheel disc brakes...55 & 56 rears are the same..it's a weird DANA 44 but with axles and tube ends like a ford...(rest of it is like a mopar)....to put in a posi, many things have to be done...i found out that the...

well, i don't know exactly on a manual tranny, but on a an automatic, it is located with the floor shift assembly--you can get to it under the car, drivers side....it also incorporates the back-up lights switch - so you have 4 wires going to it--the two blue wires are the neutral start...

Found The Page With The Switch Wires Location all right--everybody ca n now stop trying to find the correct wire diagram for my wiper switch---i was going thru all my 3 ring binder 'books' on all the mods i did on my bird (whew! 8 big 3 INCH THICK BOOKS!) AND LOW AND BEHOLD I found a SECOND...

TACH IS FINE USED UNIT--I BROKE MY ORIGINAL, 1957, STOCK TACH DRIVE DIST. AND HAD TO PUT A MSD DIST. IN--IT HAS NO TACH DRIVE- SO I PUT IN A SUN-PRO ELECTRIC TACH IN THE STOCK LOCATION..(FITS PERFECT!)...MY STOCK DIST. HAS A 'MALLORY UNILIGHT'.. NO POINTS CONVERSION IN IT..NOW ORIGINAL TACH...

nice 55..i have a white one with a black soft top and black hardtop, too....where is the country do you live? i'm in hartwell georgia on hartwell lake that is the boundary of georgia and south carolina........bye ed mlynek

again...there are 2 different rear ends in 55 to 57 birds....55 and 56 are ford style dana 44 rears...(this is the kind i did)..now the 57 bird (first year for it) is a ford 9 inch rear..i don't know squat about putting rear discs on that....can't help you with a 57 rear disc conversion...you...

you have to tell me which year bird you have----we are talking about 2 totally different rear ends in 55 - 57 birds...the 55 and 56 (the ones i do have photos for) are ford style dana 44 rear ends.....now the 57 bird has a ford nine inch rear that i know nothing about a rear kit for it...BUT...