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The steering arms are different. An old trick was to put T-Bird steering arms on passenger cars for quicker steering. Bird arms are shorter than passenger arms. John

Also, the flywheel bolts have to have thinner heads than standard bolts or they will possibly rub the springs in the center part of the clutch disc. The pressure plate bolts have longer unthreaded portions under the head to act as dowels to locate the pressure plate. No lock washers on the...

Old Mics: Did you get the answers you needed? I sent you a PM, did you get it? John

Rob, email sent. John

Chuck Cline in NH may have one. He has a VS on his '56, has been collecting parts for years. I sold him a bracket that looks like your, but it was cast bronze if I recall correctly. I can give you his contact info if you want. John

We are blessed with at least 10% alcohol in our fuel. Alcohol has less heat energy than gasoline. Therefore the diluted gasoline will naturally tend to run lean. #60 is a pretty good jump, but what the heck, give it a try. It can't hurt, it just may decrease the gas mileage a touch. John

You will need a v-8 bell housing and flywheel. A donor car would be nice for obtaining the other v-8 specific parts, such as throttle linkage, radiator, etc. John

The factory part number is B5A-12127-B The ID number on the distributor is FDJ-12127-C. John

I always take a pair of wire cutters, slip the jaws under the end of the spring, compress the spring, grip the cable with the wire cutters, install the end in the lever, and release the cable. John

Try your local parts store. The listed replacement is AC 4206. It will not have the glass fuel bowl, but you can probably install your original bowl if that is important to you. John

Victor MS 15116 if my memory is still intact. John

It's hard to diagnose a noise without hearing it, but if you engaged the starter without starting the engine, the starter drive will be engaged with the flywheel. It has a ratchet built into it, which would ratchet when you turned the engine by hand. That may be what you're hearing. It will...

Since the left head is running hot at the rear, check to see if the head gasket is on backwards. There should be a square corner of the gasket sticking out from under the head at the front, upper corner of the head. If the square corner is at the back of the head, the gasket is backwards...

Do you have halogen headlights? If so, they may be too much load for the breaker in the headlight switch, causing the lights to go off and on. John

Here is my off the wall thought. How about the fuel pump? Not from a delivery point, but an alcohol caused deterioration of the diaphragm, causing gas to get into the crankcase. a '63 should have a pcv, and could be drawing gasoline vapor from the crankcase, causing the rough idle and fouled...