why put the spare wheel on the front? that might make it less safe in an accident, and it might also move too much weight to the front of the car and create extra unwelcome understeer in the vehicle handling...
I had a '52 Fleetline and has Fenton Headers, performance distributor and a hot coil. a dual carburetor setup using Holly carb's and had 28" glass pack mufflers. It ran really good. Thanks for posting.