Steve,

Who am I to argue? Hey, are you all drinking beer, etc? I wish I was in SF to chew this over with you.

"OK..options for the most original looking / working set ups:"

1954/55-1st?

"we have a desenting vote..we have a person who has - a hose from air cleaner to valve cover
- and a breather cap
- and a draft tube NO PCV

and he says that you can have both the air cleaner and the breather cap on a non PCV( draft tube )"

What does non PCV ( draft tube ) refer to?

There never was a 54/55-1st non-PCV with a hose from the air cleaner (to anywhere). Now, I think you said that you might have a newer engine (can you post the casting code or the engine serial number)? What year do you want it to look like?

Tim