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As an update, the windshield is in. My son and I waited for a warm sunny day and were able to get it in, stainless and all. The back window is a lot harder, the rubber is not giving enough to allow the glass to seat. The sharp curves don't work well with the extruded rubber. If it was molded, it might be a little easier. I'm still looking for a glass shop to give it a try. Hopefully I can get it taken care of soon.

The filter is far from the headers. The pipe that it is close to is an intake runner, and when the engine is running those runners stay very cold. That's why I built it like that. Cold air is denser and allows more power to be made. The long runners introduce a ram effect on the intake charge and produce more power. This was a question about installing the windshield and rear window.

Yesterday I spent the better part of the day working the trim into place. The soapy water makes it easier, but not easy. No pictures yet. Maybe I'll get some help over the weekend. Today I go to work at the brewery.

The engine pictures are current, but it's not done under the hood. Planning on using a fuel block and hard lines. I set that up before I was able to find the right fittings to use on the hard lines. The filter is in a temporary position. As an update, I have been able to put some of the stainless on the strips that are on the glass. Slow going and hard on the hands.

Thanks for the video. Always fun to watch those. They were working on a 55, which is slightly different, with the locking strip on the outside and the weatherstrip gets installed on the car first. My book shows the strip gets put on the glass first. They did show the stainless going on after the glass, so I think I can do it that way. I'm open to suggestions!

I haven't posted in a while, but there is at least one other thread about this car. I have owned it since December 1989. It is my first car, got it when I was 17. Two years ago I had a fire under the hood. Not big enough to cause a lot of problems, but enough that I decided it was finally time to do a mostly full "restoration." I disassembled everything, stripped most of it, then took it to a good paint shop. Picked it up last December, and now have it mostly put back together. I have driven it around the block, and hoped to drive to my local glass shop to have the windshield and rear window installed professionally. When I talked to him about doing the job, he seemed enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. I dropped off all the parts(windshields, weatherstripping, and stainless) yesterday waiting for a call telling me to bring the car. Went by the shop this morning and he told me he wasn't sure how to do it and afraid to try. I've got the manual and instructions, and have read everything about it, and now have the weatherstrip installed on each of the glasses. Question for anyone who has done this on a 53-54 car. Do I need to put the stainless on before I rope the windshield(or rear window) per the manual? I've built a stand to hold the window vertical, which makes it a bit easier, but it's still quite difficult to get the stainless in place. How hard is it to install the stainless after the windows are in place? Thanks for any info.

Thanks!

I'm looking to get one of these vent removal tools, but haven't been able to search it out. Do you have a link to the ebay ad? Thanks in advance!

This is what I'm currently running. One of the float towers broke on one of the original three carbs. I couldn't come up with a set that exactly matched, so I decided to upgrade. It runs and idles great, but it won't pull in the low range now. Once it gets to around 1800rpm it pulls hard with full throttle. I would love to have more low end, but on the highway in overdrive at 75mph, sitting at 2100rpm, it has so much smooth power!

Upgrades

I know nothing of your level of sanity. That was back in college. A guy down the hall from me in my dorm gave me a bank of four Mikunis that came from an early 80's 750 Suzuki. The throats on them looked about the same size as the ports on my freshly rebuilt(cammed and ported) flathead in my 54. Three ports. three carbs, no problem. I built the manifold then installed it. Started right up, idled great but wouldn't rev at all. I knew nothing about carburetors, so I limped it to my hot rod mentor's house. He looked at me funny, then ran a drill bit through each of the main jets. Ran like fuel injected after that. Made a lot more power. Smooth power through the range. Lacked a little in the low range, but easy to deal with.

Thanks, I think he likes it, but you never can really tell with a 17 year old boy. He is into electronics, so we mounted an amplifier/bluetooth thing in the dash where the old trashed radio was. He ran the wires and seems happy about that. BTW that works just fine on the 6volt system. We also installed an aftermarket turn signal switch to replace the stock non-working set under the steering wheel. He kept having to roll down the window on the way to school, and its cold in Massachusetts in November without a heater. Then I finished installing the heater. More pictures to come.

This is what I did about 30 years ago in a welding class.

Now with bumpers

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