I've decided to join this. It will be centered on a Packard Super 8 which will be twin turboed and dry sumped. It will be mounted to a LeMans Rracer (haven't decided which yet) with a transaxle. The accessories will be donated by an old stock car (oil pump, fuel cell etc.) initially I had thought of a ProCharger or cramk driven blower but the front of the engine will be hidden. hence the turbos.
As I said in my March 17 post, ours had that and it was caused by not having an inner fender. I can't remember if they added one or not. By then the car was 3-4 years old and the paint had faded enough that the new fenders stuck out so they painted the whole car. We had to do it out of town as our dealer refused to do it.
Stripping is done. filling the scratches in the hood. Primer.
Motor is done.
Second round of filler on the seats
Added clear amber to the turn signals and some black wash here and there to the grille.
Spectacular! Impressive attention to detail. A pleasure to look at. As for the Gold Comet, are you building just the engine or was there a truck called that too?
Here's a few more Jeff. The White Arias heads illustrate what Mike is explaining above. You can barely make out the ARIAS on the white material. However I have other white stuff that is better. But the clear stuff is definitely the best.
Here is a set of injectors. I can try to get some closer clearer photos if you like. I think the finish quality will be your decision. What is perfect for one person may be mediocre for another.
After two days, not much of a strip. Looks like I had painted it dark blue initially then the baby blue to make it look like my wife's car. If the purple juice doesn't succeed, I'll go buy a bottle of brake fluid.
This one had both. It was recalled when the top of the fenders rusted through (no inner fenders) and it kept stalling on left turns. Until the mechanic at the local Gulf station told me to remove the carb and fling it as far as I could then go to the dealer and buy a new one. Apparently they were aware of a built-in problem but kept charging for tuneups while they had the new revised carbs on the shelf all along. Never had a problem after that. The only other rust appeared much later at the bottom of the doors. Visible in the photo. By then it was 12 years old.