Just got my brakes done and went for a joy ride in my 54 3800 with my nephew. Wow, it drives like a truck! The guys in the old days must have been hard core and built big. I now see why they have such big stearing wheels. I thought it would be pretty rough with the straight axles, but wow this thing is rough. It is missing shocks in the back and one front leaf spring is broken at the back shakle. We only ran it up and down our grass runway, in third it only made 25 on the speedometer, did not want to push it to hard since it is the frist time it's been run in 40 plus years. Only other biggie is that the clutch is slipping pretty bad.
JMS
