Most definitely. Thank you for watching and your lovely comment.

Thank you for watching and your lovely comment. We will do our best.

Thank you for watching and your lovely comment.

Thank you for watching. I appreciate that you like that I've kept the car in good and original condition. You are also insightful stating that the car is no longer just a machine. Thank you for your kind remarks.

Thank you for watching and your lovely comments. Yes, they are much more difficult to find in original specifications and condition.

Thank you for watching, Chris; and for your lovely comment!

Thank you for watching and commenting. Yes, the 6-volt, low pressure in-line pump I installed on my 1954 car solved the issue of hard starting due to the car sitting for several weeks between driving which allowed the fuel to drain back to the tank. My car has never experienced vapor lock. They are indeed fun vehicles to own from a bygone time.

Thank you for watching and teaching me something new.

@@kensshowtell You're welcome. Robe rails were for hanging robes or blankets for rear seat passengers in the days when cars had no heating systems.

@@patricknesbitt4003 Well. The heater was optional.

Thank you for watching and I'm happy you enjoyed my video. I purchased this car in 1982 at an estate auction for around $1,000. I've always been glad I did.

Thank you very much, Joe. I was thinking of you the other day and hope you two are doing well. Your lovely comment is much appreciated.

Thank you for watching and your wonderful comments.

Thank you for watching and your very kind comments! Your Bel Air is most likely fancier than my 210-Deluxe. If you have not already done so, please check out my You Tube channel beyond this particular video.

Thank you for watching and your comments. Oh! You are right about the hood emblem. How embarrassing. I'll turn it right side up immediately. It was repainted in 2003 and, therefore, has been upside down since then. I did not know that reverse lights were an option until just recently. Now you have confirmed that. I appreciate your input.

@@kensshowtell You're welcome, Sir. Yeah, I became intimately familiar with these '53s and '54s when I owned and restored two of these back in the 1970s (both Bel Air 2-door hardtops). One was a Power Glide and the other a stick-shift. The Power Glide I owned came with factory back-up lights while the stick shift car didn't. However, I found all the NOS components to install back-up lights in it. Interestingly enough, the 235 six in the stick shift came as a 115hp, while the Power Glide equipped car came with a 125hp 235 with hydraulic lifters. I guess they needed the 10 extra horsepower to compensate for the extra load of the torque converter. I have a question about the heater in your car. It doesn't appear to be a factory-installed unit, rather more dealer-installed. The Bel Airs I had both had slide lever controls for temperature control, vent direction (defrost or floor heat) and fan switch. I noticed with yours that there's a round sheet metal block-off plate on the firewall where a factory installed blower motor usually sits, and that the fan switch is located as a stand-alone on the left of the dash.

@@carlv8168 I do appreciate your information as it is a good day when I learn something new. Especially about an item I've owned for years. My understanding is that the heater is a dealer installed option for the 210. Therefore, no dash mounted slider controls. I think you are correct about that round blanking plate.

@@kensshowtell Okay, thanks for clarifying the dealer-installed heaters on 210 models. That makes sense.

Thank you very much, Todd. Good observation about the ignition coil. I've never replaced it. The engine is very smooth and pretty well balanced so minimal vibration. Maybe that is the trick. These engines are long stroke, low RPM, high torque, plenty of engine compartment room with good air flow and it has never gotten "hot" on me. Perhaps another reason why the coil has survived.

@@kensshowtell Yes. Clearly it's a well tested, proven, location. It's just funny to see that that was their choice, given the amount of open grazing land on that passenger side firewall. I had a buddy just after high school(graduated in '81) who'd restored a '56 210. Maroon on the bottom half, below the belt chrome, metallic silver above that. Tall, wide-white wall bias plies. 3 on the tree. He put a 2 speed rear axle in it, with an "in/out" lever under the dash. The engine was a 265ci V-8 with a helicopter turbo, and water injection. If he rolled down an onramp at full throttle, there would be visible "wing tip vortices" coming off the tail fins.

@@austinado16 "Open grazing land on that passenger side firewall." I like it. Everybody wants or wanted one of the "Tri-Fives."

Thank you for watching and your lovely comment. It has been a wonderful car.

I appreciate your lovely comment and information about the hood emblem. I've addressed that issue as I did not know it had been put on upside down till another viewer pointed that out. Kind of embarrassing.

@@kensshowtell This is a car you can drive every day anywhere you want to go without worrying that it will get stolen, or that it will break down on you. I truly wish the younger people would go back to liking full-size American cars instead of Japanese compacts, before our auto industry totally disappears.

@@jamesbosworth4191 Yes it is. More economical than most new cars too. The American automobile industry is all about pick-up trucks and SUV's.

@@kensshowtell Do you know why the auto industry is all about trucks and SUVs? It is because they can't produce full-size conventional passenger cars due to CAFE, and before that, when they still could, in the late 90s, the radical environmentalists convinced people to quit buying station wagons, and the pundits convinced many that their replacement, the mini van, was "uncool", so sales fell for those too. That meant they quit building them. People soon realized that they NEED a full-size vehicle, so, they started buying Suburbans, which filled in for the station wagons of yore.

@@jamesbosworth4191 It is much simpler than that. Trucks and SUVs are significantly more profitable to make and sell. No conspiracies, just good marketing and gullible customers. Just like bottled water.

Thank you for watching and your lovely comment. Yes, it has always had these and they look factory built it the body and the split lens. It is done so well I did not know they were dealer options too. Thank you for the information. It is a good day when I learn something new.

You get get backup lights as a factory option.

@@jamesbosworth4191 Thank you for watching. Yes, I've since learned that information. It's a good day when I learn something new to me.

Thank you for watching and your lovely comments. When I purchased it in 1982 (I was 31 years old), I was in need of inexpensive transportation. The car had very light use and had been well taken care of and I've just continued taking care of it. I've never used lead additives as it is a low compression engine and is not an issue. I've always used 87-octane pump gasoline even as 10% ethanol became the dominant formulation. However, if I know I'm not going to be driving the car enough to empty the fuel tank in 45 days or so, I fill up with ethanol-free 87-octane. In-terms-of fuel related seals that ethanol attacks, I've replaced the mechanical fuel pump once and replaced the single barreled Rochester carburetor once. Both these replacement items used ethanol resistant seals and diaphragms. I've stayed away from synthetic motor oils as the frequency I change the oil and filter do warrant the extra expense.