I bought a Holley low pressure regulator from Charlie Price via his E-Bay store, Realrodder. 1-4 PSI for around $40.

I'm running a direct vacuum source,
From the port in the manifold, for
My vacuum advance..

Sounds like the 12-804 Holley Regulator. Now they are made offshore and some are assembled with the wrong Spring. Should be Red for low Pressure Unit and light Gold for the higher Pressure Units. I read some Reviews where Buyers were very unhappy because the low Pressure Units aren't low Pressure. As I understand it the only difference between the 12-803 and 12-804 ( low pressure) is the Spring.

  

When I bought my car it still had the original Load-O-Matic distributor and T Pot Carb.  I replaced them with a stock 1957 distributor and a Holley 1848-1 465 with an iron 1957 "B" intake and "G" heads off a 57 engine.  At the same time I installed a Pertronix unit and coil.  I also changed to lighter advance springs. It was an immediate and significant change you could feel.  I time my engine at full advance using a dial stye timing light with the vacuum advance disconnected.  I run 38 degrees full advance with pump high test gas and it runs great.  My car runs fine with the vacuum advance line off. It idles and drives around town much better with it connected.  The vacuum advance makes for better drivability.  It has no affect on full throttle operation.

First I've heard of this, hard to buy anything not made off shore these days, kinda sad....... So I have a proper gauge before my fuel block and have it adjusted. Been on for several years, so hopefully it will last

I've been very interested in this post since I just set up my Edelbrock 553 last fall.  I can't speak from years of experience, but I can tell you what I've done.  I originally bought all the rebuild parts from Charlie at Vintage Speed.  I put new plates under the secondaries (without idle screws) and installed power valve plugs when I rebuilt them.  I'd have to look back at the kit and invoice to see what size power valve I put in the primary.  I had 5 carbs to choose from when I was rebuilding, but all of my carbs were the bigger 1 1/16" venturi.  I installed everything onto the manifold and hooked up the progressive linkage, but I didn't get any further than that 3 years ago.

Last fall, I contacted Dick York (Dicks' Hot Rod Carbs) and talked to him about building fuel lines for me.  I ended up sending him my manifold and carbs, and he proceeded to check over my rebuilds.  He found a few things that I had done incorrectly (float levels, replaced the seal on the power valves and plugs to be compatible with ethanol fuels, and changed my jets).  I had no idea what jets to use, so I just re-installed the jets that were there.  I believe we went with .051 in the secondaries and .055 in the primary.  (I may be wrong on that).  He said Holley 94s should only ever have 1.0-1.5 psi and did mention that everyone will tell you different, including Charlie.  [Both Charlie and Dick were amazingly knowledgeable and have years of experience in multi-carb setups.]   

Aside from a few fuel leaks, re-clocking the distributor, and air cleaner fitment, the motor runs great in my 59 F100.  It's been driven through town and down the highway.  I've only put a couple hundred miles since winter set in on us.  I'm running an MSD 8383.  The vacuum source is from the base of the primary carb, modified using the information in Ted's article.  The port in front of the primary carb is being used for the PCV.

Please excuse the picture.  I pulled it off a video I took of it running.  The valve covers will be replaced with Edelbrock covers in the spring.

For anyone looking to add a vacuum source, here's the link to Ted's article.  I did this modification for the single 2-bbl Holley 94 on my 272 in the 55 Fairlane and the 3x2 Edelbrock 553.

http://www.eatonbalancing.com/blog/2010/02/07/modifying-the-holley-94-two-barrel-for-late-model-distributors/



Soffian Adam
Jamestown, NY
59 F100, 55 Club sedan

Looking at your picture,is there any particular reason why you ran your fuel log on the passenger side and made yourself all that extra work to bend those fuel lines? Mine are on the driver side quite easily made. Just curious?

Two main reasons: 1. I wanted the progressive linkage to be visible and easily accessible on the left side. 
                               2. All the 3x2 setups I ever see all look the same with the same three bent lines.  I wanted something different.

Soffian Adam
Jamestown, NY
59 F100, 55 Club sedan

Really nice looking set up, fuel lines look cool! Are they stainless? What air cleaners are you using? Don't remember seeing those around and I'm looking for something different for my 55. So I like making up my own fuel lines using AN fittings. I guess from my days of working on aircraft in the Navy. Something hot rodders brought home after WW II. 

OK 59F100, I now see these are from Dicks, for some reason, I have never stumbled onto his website. He has a nice alternative to the normal air cleaners, and other cool stuff