Yeah, these old rides can be noisy, first thing I noticed in my 47 coupe after change to 3:55 gears was noise level went way down.
You should consider better ratio gears, check with Patrick's Antique autos in Casa Grande, AZ.
www.patricksantiquecars.com/

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