Nice one. You can tell a ’53 ’cause the wiper motor is in the middle of the windshield and the tail lights are round.
The red grill slats were common with red cars and may have been stock. Cars with bodies painted the other colors went with interior/dash grill slats pretty much exclusively. The chrome ones like ours were limited to MARK-IIs from the end of the run–late ’53s, from what I’ve read.
Thanks for sharing. Though inferior to ours, that car looks like a very credible resto. A Lucas battery? Really?