- #1956 thunderbird bird used power steering assembly manual#
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Actually, the new Corvette wasn’t all that bad despite its drawbacks, being fairly nimble and reasonably fast for its era. It had a hard time giving away the first Corvettes for promotional reasons to VIPs and celebrities, many of whom disliked the car. GM tried to make the Corvette both American and foreign - and failed on both counts.
#1956 thunderbird bird used power steering assembly manual#
And it had a lazy, power-soaking two-speed automatic transmission, when foreign sports cars usually had manual transmissions. The Corvette had few comfort or convenience features for comfort-minded Americans, and wasn’t inexpensive. It also lacked outside door handles and had a then-odd creaky fiberglass body and ill-fitting soft top.
#1956 thunderbird bird used power steering assembly windows#
The Corvette was racy looking but had clumsy side curtains - accepted on British sports cars - instead of roll-up windows expected on a GM sports car. GM knew nothing about building sports cars. It arrived late in 1953 and GM didn’t hesitate to call it a sports car, although the first-generation (1953-55) ‘Vette was all wrong for most sports car buyers in America. The Chevy Corvette from General Motors was the only sports car from a big domestic automaker in the early 1950s. Ford had been working on a two-seater, but wasn’t serious about it because sports cars accounted for a tiny percentage of the U.S. He then telephoned Ford headquarters in Michigan and told it to get to work fast on a two-seater so Crusoe would have something to see after returning from Europe. “Oh, but we do,” the quick-witted Walked fibbed. “Why can’t we have something like that? ” Crusoe asked Walker after examining a sporty European two-seater. The story goes the Thunderbird two-seater was built because Ford division general manager Lewis Crusoe was admiring European autos at the 1951 Paris auto show with Ford designer George Walker. sports cars were sold, largely because their producers lacked resources to compete with big automakers. They saw that British sports cars, like the MG and Jaguar, drew lots of attention and sold relatively well here. car producers, such as Nash and Kaiser, built a limited number of sports cars in the early 1950s to enhance their image. The 1955-57 “T-Bird” was America’s second mass-produced sports car from a large domestic automaker, behind the Chevrolet Corvette. The mass media often has mistakenly called any sporty looking car, like the Ford Mustang, a “sports car.” It’s given the 1955-57 Thunderbird the same description, although Ford stressed from the get-go its “new baby” was a “personal car.”įord knew the sports cars market was very limited and calling the Thunderbird a “personal car” would give it broader appeal. It’s been in television shows, movies and print advertisements and pictured on a U.S. I did not see any visible leaks from the hose connections, so will try the simplest solution, first.The 1955-57 two-seat Ford Thunderbird is among the most iconic American cars. So, I will check that, and the reservoir cover seal. I am not sure, but suspect that I have NO FILTER in my reservoir? Thanks, MN63 - I also found this great post, started by Karl That is why turning your steering wheel back and forth and turning on your windshield wipers (for 63 T birds) ensures all the air is flushed out with fresh fluid. After you stop the car with air in the lines it will rise to the high points in the lines. Better to keep the filter than removing it. You see some aeration occurring as the force of the fluid hits the wall. Note: if you remove the filter you can also experience foaming much like running a hose of water into a bucket. Replacing the filter and allowing just a little of pressure relief at the top of the reservoir cured the noise. In my case the source of the foam was not the fittings but the reservoir filter was plugged causing the return fluid to foam. I noticed foam in my reservoir after driving and that was the source of the noise. Check your fittings and hose on the suction side of the pump ( reservoir to pump). That causes the groaning or growling noise. The air gets compressed and then explodes when it hits the pump impeller. Cavitation is when you suck in air into the system on the suction side of the pump. My experience with the groaning noise at low RPM when you just start out was due to cavitation of the power steering pump. There was a post thread last August that also talked about noisy power steering.
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