Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks. Saw nothing in his store but shooting him and email now. If anyone here has a complete lens that they would part with, I would appreciate a shout. It does not have to be perfect, just complete.

No. Is Joel a member? How can I contact him?

I've seen a few but the NOS ones are far too expensive for a "driver" vehicle..... I've sent emails to a couple of vendors to see if they have repro's or serviceable originals, so we'll see what happens. The lense doesn't need to be perfect, just intact. I can fill any small cracks and polish the surface to get a good mold, but mine are in pieces, so I'd have to manually create part of the mold and I'm not that good.... ;^)

Does anyone know of a source for the backup light lens for a 55 Clipper Constellation? I'm thinking of trying my hand at molding and casting new lenses for my Clipper, but both of my backup lenses are broken and missing pieces, so I can't make a mold of them. Not sure if I'll venture into the taillight lens, but if the backup lens come out okay, I just might try!
Thanks,
John

Didn't realize that there were two different threads on the same subject. Found that out after I posted on this one and later read the other. Oh well, life goes on......

That dial is probably the automatic choke adjustment and if you put fuel directly into the carb, will have little effect. If you want to readjust it, make sure the engine is cold then just turn the cover by hand while holding the throttle open until the choke butterfly closes, then back off until it just begins to open. That will give you a rough adjustment. Tighten down the three screws that hold the cover and you're done.

Watched the spark video and it appeared kind of strange with the varying intensity. Is this vehicle equipped with a ballast resistor? If so, I would check to make sure it is good and also that the ignition is properly grounded. I'm sure that Fred, et al, would not have let the vehicle go with any timing chain or carb issues, so I would lean to either bad fuel or wonky spark. Easiest and cheapest is to check and clean all major ground connections, then move on from there.

I was able to open the first picture then scroll through the rest using the left and right arrows on the screen. I was not able to open each link listed under the embedded photo, individually. Win 10 and Chrome worked fine.

Thanks Howard. I saw that thread, and possibly one other, but there was a lot of discussion regarding the pedal ratio and some that required using different pedal mounts or modifying the stock pedal. I was wondering about the ones that are inclusive of the pedal, linkage, etc.
Hopefully, someone else has decided to take this route and has some info, because it will be awhile before mine is street legal. ;^)