Mike - Here's a suggestion on the taillights... I have the '50 Pontiac lights on my coupe and they didn't show up worth a hoot. I didn't realize how invisible they are until I let my son drive it and I was following him in my truck. (Thank goodness I have a third brake light in the back window! ) Anyway, I took some spray-on glass frosting and coated the inside of the lenses. They still aren't perfect, but the frosted inside difuses the light and makes the whole lens show up instead of just the little element in the center where the bulb is.

By the way,.. nice work!