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ok, before ya'll administer the beating hear me out. this website has been an invaluable source of information and camaraderie for me. all you guy's AND gal's have been very helpful and friendly.
my dilemma now is that one of my inlaws has inherited a pair of '57 ford thunderbirds. these cars are complete and original except for the gas tanks. for some odd reason the deceased's wife decided to have them removed and hauled off a couple of years ago. the word is that the ol guy started them every few months. not sure about all that but thats the rumor. these cars have been sitting in the shop forever, literally. one in 1968 the other since 1970.
now fast forward 40 years........ this guy is my wifes uncle, been to the house a few times and knows that i build trucks, hotrods and harleys. he wants me to get these cars driveable to take to shows and such. he has no intention of selling them, just wants to cruise them and be the proud owner of a matched pair of '57 birds.
HELP, I know little about 57 birds except they are worth a fortune. so if any of you know of a website like this one let me know.......Thanks.......Fast75

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oh yeah, he's having them delivered next week end.........HELP...........LOL.

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We actually have a new forum here that may be for something like that. I know there are a lot of knowlegable peeps here.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/f...play.php?f=140

On the other hand there is a huge Ford forum with about 70,000 plus members that may work for them.

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I`m sure once you get into some Ford message boards there will plenty who could steer you in that direction.Maybe talk to some T-bird specialists and see if they can suggest any.If you look in Hemmings Motor News I`m sure you`ll come across something.I found this board indirectly from there.I started noticing alot of listings or old trucks had a website and started looking at those.Through links I found this place.

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Amos mintor in tx is the best on t birds that is all he dose is restore 55 56 57 birds and when his go truogh b/j auction they bring top $$$$$$$$$$ not sure if i spppppelled his name rite he is realy nice guy could thell where to get the best parts

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ok guys, here goes.

MUDDER: I found the furd forum you mentioned, thanks bud. doesn't seem to be as friendly a group of people as here, but hey they drive fords.

Special-K: thanks for the tip on Hemmings, i told Uncle Sam to subscribe to it. i get the feeling we're gonna need it, LOL.

robmrtnbb5: do you know where Amos Minter lives? i'd like to get in touch with him. he sounds like a wealth of information AND parts.

thanks guy's you've been alot of help. oh yeah, sorry about the use of the "F" word, LOL.

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I love those old T-birds.. well actually any older 50-60 car...
and I speak for everyone here, I think, that when they arrive, we need PICS!

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thats it! i am gathering up the admin posse to beat fast75 down! ;)


good luck finding a "friendly" one, they are few and far between. I know of several ford sites, but not a tbird one offhand. I will ask a few other site owner folks if they know of any for ya.

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You could go over tho the HAMB and ask them. They seem like a real friendly bunch.....:devil:;)

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Shhhh...Watch what you say.We don`t want any trouble.(we have rat rod threads):lol:

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fast i dont know where amios mintor is located just know he is in tx will try to find out if you find a t bird board some one there should know

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no Liz, PLEASE not the admin posse!!! they'll have me drawn and quartered before the sun sets........ well ya'll, they arrived yesterday. sweet jesus, what have i gotten myself into? these things are sweet. you wouldnt believe the stuff i found in the gold one. a sept 1970 issue of hotrod mag, an old semi porn mag called True Danger,not sure what year but the price was .50 cents, a menu from Pancho's featuring a 96 cent lunch special, a bottle of Jergens hand lotion thats still liquid and in a glass bottle, a dallas map that DOESN'T have 635 on it, just all kinds of old stuff. it is a literal time capsule. the trunk is FULL of stuff. waiting for the keys so i can go thru it. i havent even looked in the white one yet. we hauled it to a storage unit because of limited space in my shop.

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here's a few more

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yeah, but we LOVE rat rods, ANY rat rods............:metal:

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gonna try to locate him, if you find him let me know. thanks Bud.

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Those t-birds look awesome......there is a t-bird club here in south florida and they have over thirty members I see them at just about any car show I attend I will see if I can get you their website maybe you can contact them and they can steeryou in some direction..

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I found the website


http://www.thunderbirdclub.us/

good luck

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THANKS big al 71, i'm sure it'll help.

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I am not a Ferd guy by any means but that looks like a gold mine there.

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everyone knows i love fords .. or anyone who knows me does :)

i called off the posse just cuz of all the badass pics

best of luck and keep us updated on em as well

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Liz, you're too late. :mrt: has been summoned. I'll see if he can be distracted :barn:.

As for the gas tanks, I would bet one of them was leaking. Especially if someone left gas in them so they could be started every so often.

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SWEET JESUS, Mr T's on the forum staff? hey, i got the pics like i promised! ya'll call him off. seriously tho, that was our guess about the gas tanks also. this is gonna be a real chore, locating parts, and just going over these cars. alot of work to be done for sure. it's gonna be a blast tho. thanks Fred T.

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Very cool!! No reason to be ashamed of those Fords, they look pretty solid. Nice find :smoke:

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thanks buddy. not at all ashamed, these things rock. i just wish i knew more about them. give me a couple of months and i'll be an authority (yeah right) on them. by the time i get to the white on i should have a good idea of what i'm doing anyway, LOL..............:smoke:

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Those look nice theyll be cool wen done

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It has been a long time since I have seen a Franz filter. Too cool. As yes you CAN use a roll of TP in those filters, as long as it the rock hard sand paper kind of TP. Charmin will not work. :lol:

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wow those cars just need a little polish new tires on the white one and ready to rock it ratty :D awesome find...

here's some links for you
http://www.tbird.org/sites.htm

also did a quick search and found these
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/rafr...1139790k534562

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-...11910005r20196

hope it helps.

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now theres an idea, i haven't seen a '57 bird rat rod, lol. i just wonder if i can talk uncle Sam into doing one restoration and one rat rod. it sure would make my life ALOT easier. i doubt thats gonna happen tho, but it is a good thought. i'll definately hold on to that idea. thanks for the links buddy, that will come in handy...........Fast75........................:metal:

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yeah, i heard you could use TP back in the day. i had a friend tell me the other day that the stuff now is too biodegradeable and wouldnt work. i did find filter kits in the Concourse catalog. i'll just get some of those. i would like to find a new outer chrome housing tho. this one is pitted, i could rechrome it but i'd lose the Franz sticker. this friend of mine has some sweet cars too. a '64 malibu 2 door rag top that looks like he just drove it off the show room floor. a '49 packard, and a cherry '72 buick electra rag top.............:smoke:

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what if you found a suitable size Fram filter and cut it open to get the element out of it? that way you could keep the patina look and still have modern filtration? the flip side would be if you restoring it, get someone to make the stickers and then get it rechromed. hell with my nova i was lucky enough to score some original 60's license plates and even the registration stickers that went on the window. the stickers were repoped for movie props but i bought the remainders so my car will be rocking vintage plates, stickers and even the license plate frame.

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A Franz filter will not give you modern filtration. The Franz is a bypass filter. Only some of the oil is filtered at any time and over time, all of the oil is filtered.

The boys I ran with used Amsoil and never changed their oil. Every 3k, they replaced the Franz filter and added a quart. Right or wrong, those fellows never lost an engine due to oiling issues.

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Man don't listen to these guys. Those cars are A+ amazing. You have 2 when you wanna give one away call me, no need to be greedy in the recession ^_^ Good luck and keep some pics on here.

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wow, I think they just need a wash and some fresh gas...

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They are sweet, not that sweet tho. the gold one is the first one up, going to have the engine and tranny rebuilt. all new interior, its pretty ragged out. just a whole slew of stuff to be done. aw hell, you know the drill, LOL.

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the drill????

ah you mean
1 buy
2 assess
3 strip down
4 figure out what you need and what you accidentily threw away
5 spend a wad getting replacement parts
6 refresh car
7 assemble
8 wonder why you started in the first place
9 enjoy it till you move on to the next project
10 repeat.

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well said...........................

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its a 10 step process right :D i can think of a few other steps but i just kept it at 10 :D

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here's a few more:
pull the plugs
damn this aint looking good
drink a bud
pour some tranny fluid in the plug holes
drink a bud
pull the hood
contemplate
drink a bud
need to buy an engine hoist, and more beer.
drink a bud
strip the chrome off
drink a bud
damn these bumpers are gonna be a *****
great, rust in the eyes
where's my safety glasses
flush eyes out
drink a bud
knocked the hide off knuckles
bleed
drink a bud
bleed
damn, is it gonna stop?
drink a bud
still bleeding
wrap dirty shop towel around hand
more contemplating
drink a bud
damn, getting a buzz here
cussing
sling the hammer
drink a bud
more cussing
go find the hammer
where the hell is the hammer?
F#@k it, i'm going to bed.
NEXT MORNING:
DAMN, I feel like sheeit.
i hate hangovers
i know, maybe a bloody mary would help
HEY BABY, HAVE YOU SEEN MY HAMMER????????

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hehehe i see i'm not the only one that bleeds in my shop. the worst i had was when a tin snips that fell off my bench got kicked up by my slippers when i ran for the phone. it hit the back of my leg by my Achilles and butterflied the skin. I realized that there was something sticky on my foot and looked down. told my friend "ima have to call u back, i sliced open my leg". trying to get my leg to stop bleeding my mom comes out and asks me if i needed anything. told her "probably gonna have to go to the ER, but i have the power steering pump out of my truck. gotta get it back together before i can go. got any gauze?" she comes out with a MAXI PAD..... i was like WTF? then i thought well it's super absorbent. told her to grab my duct tape, taped it on, got the truck together and went to the ER. the doctors couldn't stop laughing at me. then the bastards decided to GLUE my leg back together. my friggin cut was superglued back together.... and ever since i keep superglue close by :D