How cool is that! Great find and a very nice car.

Posted by: @tiny

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How cool is that! Great find and a very nice car.

Yep, and thank you. She and I are the same age...lol!

@jerry-berry Beautiful Town sedan!! lLooks like it is in real nice shape, enjoy brining ing it back a little at a time! Most of all, have fun!Cheers,Dave

I have a friend who has a 1954 Belair post car. Original power steering/brake Power glide car with very low miles. It needs very little to get it back on the road. I'm thinking real hard about a trade. I showed him the 41 and he likes it a lot. Am I stupid or what?  If I had more garage space, I would keep them both.

If it has original PS it's a fairly rare beast. Parts will be slightly more available (other than PS & PB parts, those will be more difficult to find).

@tiny Yep...I would like to have it. It has only 37K miles showing on the odometer and the car looks right for that amount.  Dang...wish I had more garage space...I'd keep both.

When the 53 came to live with us, it was unplanned. I had to kick my pickup outside to live under the carport so the 53 could have the garage space.

Well...I bought the 54. I have a friend that isn't using one of his garage spaces at all and he said I could put any car I want in the space. I'm going to post pics of the 54 in another post. 

Yeah, as I’ve posted before, the engine runs very well as long as the prime in the carburetor lasts. This is a very perplexing problem and I’ve replaced the carbs several times with no improvement and the same with the mechanical fuel pump and the car just refuses to continue running after it burns the fuel poured into the carb. I blew air through all the fuel lines and they’re clear, I even installed a glass fuel filter close to the carb and it immediately filled with fuel when I first started it. It starts, revs, idles but dies after the fuel's gone. I decided, it’s not getting enough fuel, so I am going to install an electric fuel pump and see if that solves the problem. I bought a 6 volt Carter pump thinking they have a pretty good reputation and when I began the process of finding a place to install it, there is simply no space to do so. It is over like 8  inches in height with the mounting bracket. So, I returned it and ordered one of the smaller in-line pumps and filter for it. I returned the carter to Amazon. I will let you know how it works out.

@jerry-berry If the filter just ahead of the carburetor is filling with gas it has to be something in the carburetor one would think. If the pump was bad it wouldn't fill. Out of curiosity, remove the fuel line where it enters the carburetor then activate the starter. If it's a strong, rhythmic squirt, it's likely not the pump. Reattach the line then fill the bowl and run it until it dies again. After it dies, look down the throat of the carburetor and pump the gas two or three times. You should see a strong squirt of gas into the throat of the carburetor each pump. If no gasoline is being pumped or the amount being squirted drops off after a couple of squirts, remove the float bowl cover and check for obstructions of the needle valve and check the operation of the float. If the float is stuck in the up position it won't allow gas to refill the bowl.

@tiny Great advice, Tiny. I have pulled the lines going to the carb and blown air in both directions and it's clear. This is literally the 4th carb I've had on the car and it continues the same fault on each. I am going to pull the float bowl cover and check the float and the needle valve. I'll let you know what I find.