...and two extra leafs in the spring pack (total of 7) so as I found out, passenger car U bolts are too short to use on the wagons!
Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

55 and 56 TBirds came with the Dana 44.  As an added bonus, they had factory lowering "blocks" to make the Tbirds sit lower.  I believe the length was the same as the sedans.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

At least on the 55 birds I've had, it's actually the perches (if that's the right word) that are different. The one back in the 60's needed lowering blocks when I put the wagon rear end in. Don't know about the u bolts. The wagon rear end was removed with a torch. I do remember having to get the lowering blocks to make the original u bolts work. I hadn't noticed before.

The one I have now had bad welds on the perches. Just figured it was a Monday production job. But when I went to replace the bearings, it had truck axles, and needed the larger bearings. I figure the rear end had been replace somewhere along the way. Still, it was a better job than the piece of plywood under the floor, so the wood screws could hold the gas pedal down.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Did the 55 and 56 birds really com with a factory lowering block?

  Vic Correnti

The pads were much taller on the birds than the passenger cars which act as lowering blocks, but they were welded to the rear housing so not really a removable lowering block.

-Gary Burnette-