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The extended lip faces the crank gear. If there is a spring in the seal that spring and open part of seal should always face the oil side of crankcase/ crank gear. Make sure the timing cover is not damaged/bent from other seal install or removals in the past. Properly support the T-cover when installing the new seal. Lube the seal lip and apply a small amount of sealer on the OD of seal before installing seal. Use the proper diameter driver to install slowly and carefully.

It broke off the seat back at the first of three rivets that hold the rest of the hinge on the seat back. You can see that mine has a reinforcement added.

My son did the vinyl wrap for the bumpers of his '36 Plymouth. He did a LOT of sanding to get rid of all the rust and pits. The wrap looks nice, but not as nice as chrome. I would guess it is about 80% as reflective as chrome. And you are correct - it is not nearly as durable as chrome. However, the cost was about 1/4 the cost of chrome, so he figures even if he has to have it redone in 5 years, he is still way ahead of the game as far as price goes.

In trucks the flap is welded to the seat back frame, allows the seat bottom to be adjusted forward/backward on the seat base.

I no longer have that ball and chain holding me back. It's amazing what I can afford now. DO NOT use this crazy idea,

Unless the king pins were completely ignored for thier whole existence, they should be serviceable. There are upwards of 18 grease fittings associated with steering parts. Find them and get fresh grease into them. New zeroks and heat maybe necessary to get the old hardened grease out. This is especially true with the king pin pivot points. My 46 has 118000 miles on its original king pins. They get greased every year. It is good practice to cycle the steering from lock to lock while servicing the grease fittings and applying heat. If you need to replace the kingpins, I believe the new ones are oversized and the bushings need to be reamed to fit the oversize plus the grease tolerance. This procedure would probably require a specialist with old school tools. If you need to go that route look for a place that works on medium duty trucks, construction and or farm equipment.