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I ordered some new window fuzzies for the inside of the door window trim pieces (beltline weatherstrip for you purists), got it from Restoration Specialties and Supply, and they have every type you'll need.

The old fuzzies were attached with staples, I installed the new bits with 1/8" pop rivets which pull down below the material and it doesn't look like there will be any issue with scratching the windows. The ends are bent curved to follow the rear of the trim pieces, and that was a bit of a challenge but with some finger pressure and some use of channel lock pliers (only cut myself a few times) I figured out how to duplicate the curves and they turned out good.

Now I have all the window trims installed on the interior, of course this is all coming off in the future when we paint the car, and the upper door frames will be painted to match the red trims, but for now it really spiffs up the car.

We went for a country drive the other evening and then stopped at a steakhouse to have dinner, ran into some folks we knew and ended up giving a tour of the car out in the parking lot. Dinner was delayed but that was OK :o).

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I had been letting the oil level get down toward the "low" mark on the dipstick in the belief that, like modern dipsticks, that meant it would be 1 qt low. Well, it got almost there so I added a qt of oil. Rechecked after it drained down and...wow, that didn't move much. OK, how about another qt. And another, and about a half. Wow, I was 3 1/2 qts low! So I definitely will be adding quart marks to the dipstick next oil change.

Rereading the owners manual it says to keep it between the full and low marks. I'd rather keep it topped up, like a modern car, especially with my niosy lifters and the long time that this car sat. But, maybe it has a "sweet spot" at say, 1 qt low or something? Piston airplane engines routinely run best a quart or 2 low, if you top them off they just throw the extra out the breather and lubricate your landing gear or whatever is under there. Do these engines behave similarly?

Since I topped it up, we've put almost 300 miles on between going to a car show and then yesterday putting about 170 on leaf peeping over in MN. And today I checked the oil and it's about 2 qts low. Incidentally we got about 14 mpg yesterday averaging around 50-55 mph overall.

I was looking for reasons the Ghost is using oil (besides sitting in a barn for 40+ years) so I drove around the other night for about 15 minutes and then did a compression test. Survey says:

72, 70, 80, 62, 89, 71, 88, 70. Well that's pretty underwhelming. I was hoping that putting about 2300 miles on it in the last year would help reseat the rings, it starts instantly and runs fine other than the noisy lifters. No blue smoke from the exhaust, nor any oily residue in the exhaust pipe. So it must be venting out the "road draft" tube, guess I'm helping extend the life of the asphalt.

Not surprising it runs smoothly, usually engines with low compression do this. Concerned about #4 with the low pressure. The rest look better. Any crankcase vapors from the crankcase breather tube? Probably lots of blowby going somewhere. I would keep the oil level at the 'Full' mark.


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Thanks for posting up, I continue to enjoy this tread.
I had a Furd Escort winter beater years ago that had a rusty dipstick.(A bad sign) Used about a Qt per 250 miles.
I saved all my fairly clean drain oil & "recycled" it through the engine as it was not gonna hurt that motor!

There's no easy way to start this...this is Hans's son, Sean. My dad passed away Thursday in a plane crash. He was on the way back after spending around two hours in the air when there was some sort of in-flight emergency that didn't allow for him enough time to make it back.

I just want to personally thank all of you for the help you gave my dad over the years, and I know he appreciated you a hell of a lot. He loved working on the car and it had been a dream of his for quite a while. I'm not sure when, but I fully intend to finish the Grey Ghost someday, and I'm sure I'll need your help then. Until then, please don't hesitate to contact me with anything.

If you would like any more information or anything at all, please shoot an email to sahlness@cableone.net That is my personal email and I will get back to you.

Once again, my family would just like to thank all of you.

Very Sincerely,
Sean

Sean,

So very sad to hear of your Dad's passing. My condolences to you and the family for his loss.

That is very sad news indeed. My sympathies go out to you and your family as well.

Very sorry for your loss.