<VV> T-Bird advice ? - NO Corvair

[Grant Young]

I am hoping there might be another of us who has a earlier T-Bird with whom to correspond and share experience and advice. I just made a deal for a bullet 1962 "restored" convertible (which has mostly sat in storage for about 9 years) and hope to not have to "reinvent the wheel" to improve things like a loose swing away steering column and very slow to operate convertible top mechanism (the "trunk" opens backwards to accept the roof), and iffy A/C system. Thanks,
Grant