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This one is not what did, but what does an executive of smaller companies drive. RUF Automobile

Why? It wouldn't look right. And they didn't come with the car.

Brits drink warm beer?????? No, they drink ale. Ale is stored in the service porch area of the house or in a larder-a room away from the kitchen where it is about 55 degrees, and the reason is, the ale gives off its best flavor at that temperature than if it were refrigerated. And pour your ale with gusto. Putting a lot of head in the glass or tankard lets the ale bubble and release its flavor, otherwise if you don't it bubbles in your stomach where it does no good. "CHEERS"

Porsche Design <wireless earphones >>>Perfume

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The question was what they drive and not what they were driven in. So, <This is a special 1973 Z and although Mr.K drove other Z cars like a 74 260 2+2, this car was a personal favorite. His loyal friend and mine-his secretary received the car when he retired and went back to Japan.

It could be possible a valve cover is bent, so check with a straight edge. Good straight replacements are easily obtainable. We never silicone or elephant snot valve cover gaskets. Use these; AMS 3304 silicone seals from Wolfsburg West. Unlike common cork or neoprene seals that crack and deform over time, these aerospace/mechanical grade silicone seals are 100% reusable. If you need valve covers, Wolfsburg west again; Valve cover, fits 40hp-1600cc, E-Coated black, sold each. Made in Germany.

You are correct that the front brakes do most of the work, and the more aggressive the braking the more work they perform, the proportioning valve sees to that. Seeing is proof, and if you look at a car with four-wheel disc brakes you will see that the front brakes are much larger than the rear brakes. Why do people add rear disc brakes. I have a 69 Pontiac LeMans that serves double duty as a car for car shows, cruise nights and as a track car as in grand touring. Drum brakes, with the exception of the giant finned Buick brakes or Pontiac's Eight lug aluminum drum/steel wheel brakes are not able to dissipate heat fast enough like disc brakes do. If I didn't have them, I wouldn't have any braking at all in the rear after one lap on certain tracks. On the other side of the coin when I go to a cruise night, I see cars with disc brakes that I know have never been on a road course it seems they were just for bragging rights. I would like to see a comparison braking test between two late 70's T/A's rear drum/rear disc. I think 78 has rear drums and 79 has rear disc, or whatever year they switched. I'll bet in standard 60-0 test that the drum brakes work just as well. Earlier SD455's had rear drum, so I don't even know why the factory decided to put disc on a 79 or 80 wheezer - low hp T/A.

This means calling one an antique vehicle, and the other a modified vehicle-and no longer antique status.

Shake down artist.

Balance tube does not need to be disconnected. A good reading? what type of carb sync gauge do you have? I have an old Uni-Syn. Put the bubble in the middle and go to the other carb to adjust.

There was a specification change somewhere in the late 60's early 70's. At that point in time, I was a VW line mechanic and a little later a Unit repair mechanic. Unit repair consisted of rebuilding engines and transaxles. The reason for the change from .004 to .006. The lash setting was a cold setting. People would bring a car in for service and expect the car to be ready in a few hours. Well, we could never get the engines cool enough for a proper valve adjustment. The folks running the U.S., VOA and the national technical schools came up with an answer. They came up with a blower system that would reverse or back flow in the opposite direction to cool the engine down. This worked somewhat; however, you can imagine several techs all trying to use a couple of blowers that were allocated to a dealership. That's when the edict came down specifying .006. As most VW and Porsche people at the time know valve adjustments are crucial in the longevity of those engines. Valve adjustment requirements are every 3,000 miles and oil changes are every 1,500 miles. Those engines and like all aircraft air cooled piston engines like straight weight oil. Anyroad, if you have a overnight or stone-cold engine .004 is perfectly fine. If you adjust to .006 you just gain a little more noise and loose a small amount of lift and duration(=hp) from the camshaft.

Lots of stories of how the car came to be, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and found another story. A smaller two-seater sports roadster was developed at the behest of Henry Ford II in 1953 called the Vega. The completed one-off generated interest at the time, but had meager power, European looks, and a correspondingly high cost, so it never proceeded to production. The Thunderbird was similar in concept, but was more American in style, more luxurious, and less sport-oriented. Credit for the development of the original Thunderbird is given to Lewis Crusoe, a former GM executive lured out of retirement by Henry Ford II; George Walker, chief stylist and a Ford vice president; Frank Hershey, chief stylist for the Ford Division; Bill Boyer, designer for the Body Development Studio, who became the manager of the Thunderbird Studio in the spring of 1955; and Bill Burnett, chief engineer. Ford Designer William P. Boyer was the lead stylist on the original 1955 two-seater Thunderbird and also had input in the following series of Thunderbirds that included the 30th Anniversary Edition.[4] Hershey's participation in the creation of the Thunderbird was more administrative than artistic.[citation needed] Crusoe and Walker met in France in October 1951. Walking in the Grand Palais in Paris, Crusoe pointed at a sports car and asked Walker, "Why can't we have something like that?" Some versions of the story claim that Walker replied by telling Crusoe, "Oh, we're working on it" ... although if anything existed at the time beyond casual dream-car sketches by members of the design staff, records of it have never come to light.[citation needed] Walker promptly telephoned Ford's HQ in Dearborn and told designer Frank Hershey about the conversation with Crusoe. Hershey took the idea and began working on the vehicle. The concept was for a two-passenger open car, with a target weight of 2,525 lb (1,145 kg), an Interceptor V8 engine based on the forthcoming overhead-valve Ford V8 slated for 1954 model year introduction, and a top speed over 100 mph (161 km/h). Crusoe saw a painted clay model on May 18, 1953, which corresponded closely to the final car; he gave the car the go-ahead in September after comparing it with current European trends. After Henry Ford II returned from the Los Angeles Auto Show (Autorama) in 1953, he approved the final design concept to compete with the then new Corvette. The name was not among the thousands proposed, including rejected options such as Apache (the original name of the P-51 Mustang), Falcon (owned by Chrysler at the time),[5] Eagle, Tropicale, Hawaiian, and Thunderbolt.[6] A Ford stylist who had lived in the southwest submitted the Thunderbird name.[7] The word "thunderbird" is a reference to a legendary creature for North American indigenous people. It is considered a supernatural bird of power and strength. Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, also lays claim to being the inspiration for the name of the car. According to it, Ernest Breech, a Thunderbird Country Club member who was then chairman of Ford Motor Company, was supposedly deeply involved in the creation of the Thunderbird. Breech, it is claimed, asked the Club's permission to use the name, which was granted.[8]

But what happened to the girl???

T5 trans did not come behind Y block Fords. Peter has already looked at the topic to change the title. I'm surprised he did not re direct the thread over to Ford or the technical section like he should have done and where this thread belongs.

A 59 Bird and 59 Caddy are apples and oranges. In the 58-60 T-Birds they are basically the same, it's just bits and pieces but IMO the 59 is the best looking, especially the front end. I remember one of the car shows on TV and the host who didn't know much asked the owner of a 59 if the front grille was customized or not. It's the front grille of the 59 that does it for me. And all three years, and later T birds as well show other car makers how to stow a convertible top. They look so clean without all that hardware sitting out back, even the ones with fiberglass covers. From worst to best. 1960>>1958 >1959 And that flush rear deck when the top is down is the way to do it. A+ Ford! Some of you know I'm an Olds/Pontiac guy.

The car below is Buicks version of the same body. Someone had a thread on here about that car and now I see it's for sale on Hemmings. I find these two cars attractive, and they ride very nice. 307 Powered, and not much you can do about that with the anti-tampering laws, but still great cars.

I live in Prescott Arizona, down in the valley of the sun (Phoenix) the percentage of white cars is off the charts, and for good reason. In 2019 I bought a new truck. I must admit I wanted black-super black. The only reason I ordered super white was because they didn't offer a real black. The black was metallic, I believe silver flakes in it. My other driver car is a 2012 and is painted in super black. If you get a ding or worse, it's easy to match that paint.

Unless you live in Phoenix.

I wonder John. Just how did he fit??

Steering wheel in the lap. I didn't like it either, and it doesn't matter if it's a T-Bird or a Corvette or and E type.

Working with old cars I often get the "pleasure" of stripping off that hard compacted combination of grease dirt and oil that seems to defy all efforts to remove it but simply stays where it is and seems to be taunting me with "Keep trying buddy, I've been here for 100 years and I aint moving now". So that got me wondering - is there a word or phrase that describes this stuff? Yes I understand. It goes like this: O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. Then something usually happens and it all falls into place.

Someone is gonna have to fight for shotgun because all three have passed on. Glenn Corbett Don't forget Officer Reed (still with us) has one too. Right between Reed and his wife is the Loyola Theater in Westchester Ca. where i grew up. To the right of his wife is the Broadway Westchester department store where my parents used to shop.

Located on the Palos Verdes peninsula, Marineland of the Pacific.

The driver had three chances and failed all three. 1. Once the engine started dear old dad said " check the gauges, test the brake pedal firmness. You are supposed to do this every time! 2. Having not listened to dear old dad on # 1. On a roll out of the gate apply the "E" brake. 3. Having not listen to dear old dad on # 2. If all else fails shove the automatic into park. Dear old dad would have said "I told you so." And Fred Sanford would have also quipped on the end of that "Dummy."