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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.

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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!

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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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I haven't updated this thread in quite a while. I've gotten a lot done, though far from being done, My son Henry has been driving it to school the past couple of weeks!

I used Aerostar springs from AutoZone.

I look forward to this. I'm not going to be able to attend most of it, but I'm going to try. I'd like my place to be a stopping point, maybe Sunday after all of it, or just if necessary for any repairs, or??

Go with the Aerostar springs. Cheap and readily available, they'll bring the front down an inch or two, and give you a firmer ride.