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65 THUNDERBIRD PROJECT

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The Thunderbird is  finally coming together after 3 years of working on it (started Nov. 2014) with all the parts now reassembled. Next we need to decide on wheel and tires. First we tried the wheel from the 51 that is a 17" American Racing.  Then tried the wire spoke wheel from the 60 Starliner and decided to go with the 17" American Racing style wheels and Michelin tires. Now looking for wheels we can afford.  The head lights still had to be put back together and I had seen some cars at the Good Guys Scottsdale show with Halo Headlights that I liked so I bought a set.  The headlight buckets had to be modified (slots on each side) to accept the LED Halo Bulb and the existing adjusting screws were frozen so new ones were purchased  The new lens accept Halogen lamps that will be much brighter and the Halo ring at the outer edge of the lens are on all the time the engine is running.  Along with the existing lamp sockets new wiring harness had to be made for the