Thanks Dusty, RR and everybody for your input and help! I'm sorry for not following the thread after popping the question way back. Finally catching up on everything now and wanted to thank all the folks who responded with very helpful info and advice.
And thanks to Dan who moved this to the (proper) Drive line forum.
I hope this reply goes out to the thread and that all the guys see it.
After a busy year with family etc i 'm finally getting back to the '53. Almost done if I can tackle the door realignment too.
Maybe a drive-in sometime in the near future 😁


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