im learning more each day. a few more questions

Im am looking at a small door under the glove box side of the dash. i open it and it is full of leaves. it looks like maybe a manual vent or something. the car has air cond. what is that box with a door and are leaves in it a problem?

next. the kick down lever on the car. do i need to adjust it. the orginal 2bl carb is gone and it has a 4bl elde. it looks kind of too long but if you open it up all the way, it appears to pull the rod/cable some. not driveable yet so don't know if it is working right. around the parking lot it don't want to shift up too much from 1st to 2nd until you get a little fast.

next. if the interior is changed to black, the outside changed to another color, say green, are the door tops over the panels the black or the outside color.

next. the headliner is a thick kind of cardboard. is that right or should it have been covered with vinyl etc. the board appears good, but has been painted and would appear like something i should glue vinyl on. the only headlines i have seen if fabric. need a lot of help on this one espceially.

next. what are you using to do the quarter to top filler to put a vinyl top back on. is bondo or what. i dont' think seam sealer would work. and i have not used lead in 30 years.

next. the vaccum bottle does not have any hose ran to it. the two hoses that come from the dash are hooked together. therefor the controls don't move the position etc on the inside. the car has air cond. i see a spot for two hoses, but on the back side there appears a hold where maybe a third vaccum line nipple use to be??? anyway, how many line into the vac tank and which one runs to the intake?? did it have a check valve also.

next. the hood is a little stiff and the springs seem to want to spread out as you close it. is this just a lub issue or are they in trouble. its the springs/hinges that go down inside the front inner fenders. is them spreadig a normal thing.

does the trans suppose to have a vacc line anywhere like on a gm product.
....OK OK OK ill stop for now and get these answers before i post mor. THANK YOU GUYS, I REALLY NEED THE INFO :scratch: