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By rexbd - 15 Years Ago
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Anyone ever put an aftermarket cruise control on a Tbird. Toying with the idea but would want to do in as stealth a mode as possible. Any recomendations on manufacturers. PS. if you think I'm nuts, I've been told that before
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By paul2748 - 15 Years Ago
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I put a cruise control in my 56 Bird last year. Not really stealthy as the governor unit sits in the inner fender panel. Its an Audiovox CCS-100 and it works pretty good, but not as good as the factory installed units in my everyday cars. I has a bit of trouble getting it going at first, but it worked good on my trip to Oregon and back (from NJ). I got it off ebay.
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By bird55 - 15 Years Ago
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It's important to me that it be stealthy as well or at least uncluttered. I would also like to hear more about this subject.
You might check with Rostra controls and see what there is to offer and let us know what you find out. I've seen several birds with cruise, just wasn't paying much attention to the setup at the time.
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By webconst - 15 Years Ago
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I have installed Audiovox vacuum units on 5, 6 & 7 T-Birds with good results. Changed '57 to Audiovox Unltracruise II mounted on firewall. Works great. They offer a dash mount and turn signal control. Going to try and install their rear collision avoidance and clear lane reset behind grill. I recommend to change to mechanical brake light switch with any cruise control. Charlie
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By DANIEL TINDER - 15 Years Ago
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I wonder if the available (radio conversion) 6Vpos to 12Vneg transformers would provide enough juice to power the Audiovox?
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By mr.uglyduckling - 15 Years Ago
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try dakota digital i looked into them and they seemed pretty good
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By 55thunderbird - 14 Years Ago
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I installed a Dakota Digital on a customer's '57 Thunderbird last Fall. Works great.
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By paul2748 - 14 Years Ago
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I have heard of a unit made by Rostra Precision Controls which is supposed to be "stealthy" A person I know installed one of these and is very happy with it.
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By kcblueoval - 14 Years Ago
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The Dakota Digital units are about $150. at most HOD ROD supply stores. I don't know how stealthy they are. A buddy talked to their reps at shows & the reps know their stuff about how they work, etc. I think they are pretty compact. I think they drive off your speedo cable. I think they offer a couple different ways to control speed. My buddy plans to get one for his "46 Coupe with 302 SBF & C4.
Good Luck
kcbluoval
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By junkyardjeff - 14 Years Ago
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After the trip to Daytona my 55 could use it too.
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By geraldchainsaw - 14 Years Ago
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i've got a question, i looked it up in the dictionary and don't come up with a good answer. so, what do u mean by "stealthy"?, is it a brand name or what??????????, years ago i bought a unit from sears and it worked great, now i would like adding to a couple of my old cars, i'll be checking out Dakota Digital to see what they have to offer, thanks for any info, don't mean to be dumb, just don't know how steallthy is used, jerry
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By bird55 - 14 Years Ago
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When I wrote "stealthy" I meant not so noticeable when you lift the hood. Or the less clutter the better, I've seen several setups but they had to much gadgetry all over.
Funny you should haul up this post, it's been around awhile.
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