Heloo , New from Illinois

[Tony V]

Welcome to VK!

[JoeNewberry]

I come from a family of Ford fanatics, but I envy anyone driving a 50s model anything.

Sadly, the days when you could just replace tubes in a set and get it working good as new have passed. I know you wanted to avoid it, but the first thing to do is to replace the capacitors. A handy guide on this can be found here:

Replacing Capacitors in Old Radios and TVs

I'm sure everyone here would be happy to help you get started on that process.

Anyways, welcome aboard!

[Macfrederick]

Heyu thanks! . im a chevy guy through and through but to be honest , when they are that old i think theyre all cool. The 2 door was completley rotten everywhere when i first got it . It should be ready for the drag strip this summer.
The 4 door i bought at a farm auction with no motor or trans . Brought it home and put in a small block and auto , cleaned the lines , rebuilt the brakes and drive it whenever im not working as long as theres no salt on the roads.